Knowledge about infections is associated with antibiotic use: cross-sectional evidence from the health survey Northern Ireland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antibiotic overuse is the main modifiable driver of antibiotic resistance. Factors associated with overuse have been inconsistently reported and vary across populations. Given the burgeoning occurrence of infectious diseases around the world, there remains a great need to identify barriers and solutions to the control of infections. We examined whether knowledge about infections and antibiotic resistance is associated with antibiotic use in a northern European population sample.

Methods

The Health Survey Northern Ireland 2014/15 was completed by a cross-sectional sample of 4135 participants aged > 16 years. Participants were asked whether they had taken an antibiotic in the past 12 months; and six questions were asked concerning knowledge about infections and anti

SUBMITTER: Shebehe J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8170648 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature