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Article: Antibiotics nonadherence and knowledge in a community with the world's leading prevalence of antibiotics resistance: Implications for public health intervention

TitleAntibiotics nonadherence and knowledge in a community with the world's leading prevalence of antibiotics resistance: Implications for public health intervention
Authors
KeywordsAntibiotics resistance
Community
Education
Knowledge
Nonadherence
Issue Date2012
PublisherMosby, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ajic
Citation
American Journal Of Infection Control, 2012, v. 40 n. 2, p. 113-117 How to Cite?
AbstractBackground: Community determinants of antibiotics nonadherence, an important contributor of antibiotics resistance, remained unclear. Objectives: Our objective was to investigate whether deficient antibiotics knowledge could contribute to nonadherence in a community with high prevalence of antibiotics resistance. Methods: We recruited 465 people by random sampling from 5 urban areas in Hong Kong. A structured questionnaire was used to assess antibiotics knowledge and adherence. Adherence was defined as completing the most recent course of antibiotics entirely according to physicians' instructions. An antibiotics knowledge score ranging from 0 to 3 (highest) was composed based on the number of correctly answered questions. Results: Of the 465 participants interviewed, 96.3% had heard of the term "antibiotics," and 80.6% recalled having previously received antibiotics prescription. Among the eligible 369 subjects, 32.9% showed nonadherence. Percentages of participants with antibiotics knowledge scores of 0, 1, 2, and 3 were 11%, 27%, 33%, and 29%, respectively. There was a higher prevalence of nonadherence among people with lower antibiotics knowledge score (P <.001). Furthermore, people with nonadherence had a significantly lower mean antibiotics knowledge score (1.3 ± 1.0 versus 2.0 ± 0.9, P <.001), with no interaction with education (P <.05). Adjusted for potential confounders, antibiotics knowledge scores of 2, 1, and 0 independently predicted increased risk of nonadherence by 1-fold (odds ratio [OR], 2.00; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.01-3.94; P =.047), 4-fold (OR, 4.77; 95% CI: 2.30-9.92; P <.001), and 17-fold (OR, 18.41; 95% CI: 6.92-48.97; P <.001) respectively, compared with the maximum score of 3. Conclusion: Lack of antibiotics knowledge is a critical determinant of nonadherence independent of education in the community. © 2012 by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/139864
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2023 Impact Factor: 3.8
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.959
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dc.contributor.authorChan, YHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorFan, MMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorFok, CMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLok, ZLen_HK
dc.contributor.authorNi, Men_HK
dc.contributor.authorSin, CFen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWong, KKen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWong, SMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYeung, Ren_HK
dc.contributor.authorYeung, TTen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChow, WCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLam, THen_HK
dc.contributor.authorSchooling, CMen_HK
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dc.date.issued2012en_HK
dc.identifier.citationAmerican Journal Of Infection Control, 2012, v. 40 n. 2, p. 113-117en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0196-6553en_HK
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dc.description.abstractBackground: Community determinants of antibiotics nonadherence, an important contributor of antibiotics resistance, remained unclear. Objectives: Our objective was to investigate whether deficient antibiotics knowledge could contribute to nonadherence in a community with high prevalence of antibiotics resistance. Methods: We recruited 465 people by random sampling from 5 urban areas in Hong Kong. A structured questionnaire was used to assess antibiotics knowledge and adherence. Adherence was defined as completing the most recent course of antibiotics entirely according to physicians' instructions. An antibiotics knowledge score ranging from 0 to 3 (highest) was composed based on the number of correctly answered questions. Results: Of the 465 participants interviewed, 96.3% had heard of the term "antibiotics," and 80.6% recalled having previously received antibiotics prescription. Among the eligible 369 subjects, 32.9% showed nonadherence. Percentages of participants with antibiotics knowledge scores of 0, 1, 2, and 3 were 11%, 27%, 33%, and 29%, respectively. There was a higher prevalence of nonadherence among people with lower antibiotics knowledge score (P <.001). Furthermore, people with nonadherence had a significantly lower mean antibiotics knowledge score (1.3 ± 1.0 versus 2.0 ± 0.9, P <.001), with no interaction with education (P <.05). Adjusted for potential confounders, antibiotics knowledge scores of 2, 1, and 0 independently predicted increased risk of nonadherence by 1-fold (odds ratio [OR], 2.00; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.01-3.94; P =.047), 4-fold (OR, 4.77; 95% CI: 2.30-9.92; P <.001), and 17-fold (OR, 18.41; 95% CI: 6.92-48.97; P <.001) respectively, compared with the maximum score of 3. Conclusion: Lack of antibiotics knowledge is a critical determinant of nonadherence independent of education in the community. © 2012 by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.en_HK
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherMosby, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ajicen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofAmerican Journal of Infection Controlen_HK
dc.subjectAntibiotics resistanceen_HK
dc.subjectCommunityen_HK
dc.subjectEducationen_HK
dc.subjectKnowledgeen_HK
dc.subjectNonadherenceen_HK
dc.titleAntibiotics nonadherence and knowledge in a community with the world's leading prevalence of antibiotics resistance: Implications for public health interventionen_HK
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