Consumers' knowledge and attitudes toward antibiotic resistance
항생제 내성에 대한 소비자의 지식 및 태도

Su-Mi Chae, Eun-Ja Park, Sylvia Park
2011 Health Policy and Management  
This study was conducted to investigate the association between socio-demographic factors and attitudes toward antibiotic resistance and consumer's knowledge on antibiotic use for common cold. Telephone survey was conducted between June 24 and July 2, 2009, among 1,015 adults who were randomly stratified by age, sex and area. A total of 921 respondents were included in the analysis. Logistic regression was used to analyze the influence of socio-demographic factors on knowledge and attitudes. A
more » ... otal of 452 respondents(49.1%) recognised that they knew about antibiotic resistance and 769 respondents(83.5%) worried that antibiotic resistance is a serious problem in Korea. A total of 577 respondents(62.7%) had adequate knowledge on antibiotic use and resistance. Multiple logistic regression showed that younger age and higher education level were associated with adequate
doi:10.4332/kjhpa.2011.21.3.365 fatcat:lc32lvyncverzjrekcqzztdmfe