Participant knowledge | Before awareness | After awareness | p value | Regression | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | p valuea | Odds ratio | Lower 95% CI | Upper 95% CI | ||
Do you believe more expensive antibiotics are more likely to make you feel better? Yes No | 216 407 | 34.7 65.3 | 8 35 | 18.6 81.4 | 0.011455 | 0.036 | 0.431 | 0.196 | 0.945 |
Do you believe you have to take an antibiotic whenever you have an infection, like a cold? Yes No | 139 483 | 22.3 77.7 | 3 40 | 7 93 | 0.004288 | 0.024 | 0.255 | 0.078 | 0.837 |
When you get a cold, when do you think you should start taking antibiotics? I don’t take them When feeling the first symptoms of a cold After cough and sputum appear After the colour of mucous changes After a doctor or pharmacist tells me to take one I have never had a cold I don’t know Others | 88 71 124 105 207 1 18 10 | 14.1 11.4 19.9 16.8 33.2 0.2 2.9 1.6 | 11 3 4 2 24 0 0 0 | 25 6.8 9.1 4.5 54.5 0 0 0 | 2.67021E-07 | 0.845 0.108 0.02 0.015 Ref - - - | 1.078 0.364 0.278 0.164 - - - - | 0.506 0.107 0.094 0.038 - - - - | 2.296 1.247 0.821 0.708 - - - - |
When you have been taking antibiotics, when do you think you should stop the antibiotic treatment? When I feel better After I finish the full course I have never taken antibiotics I don’t know | 202 397 18 5 | 32.5 63.8 2.9 0.8 | 5 37 1 0 | 11.6 86 2.3 0 | 6.41626E-05 | 0.006 Ref 0.619 - | 0.266 - 0.596 - | 0.103 - 0.077 - | 0.686 - 4.592 - |
Participant attitudes | Before awareness | After awareness | p value | Â Regression | Â | Â | Â | ||
n | % | n | % | p value a | Â Odds ratio | Â Lower 95% CI | Upper 95% CIÂ | ||
Would you ask a doctor to prescribe an antibiotic if you believe you need one, even if the doctor did not think it was needed? Yes No | 109 513 | 17.5 82.5 | 3 40 | 7 93 | 0.030886 | 0.087 | 0.353 | 0.107 | 1.162 |
Would you buy antibiotics to use without being told you need them by a doctor? Yes No | 208 413 | 33.5 66.5 | 7 34 | 17.1 82.9 | 0.013828 | 0.035 | 0.409 | 0.178 | 0.938 |
Do you think you should be able to buy antibiotics whenever you want them? Yes No | 188 433 | 30.3 69.7 | 11 30 | 26.8 73.2 | 0.642698 | nd | nd | nd | nd |