ATTITUDES AND RELEVANT FACTORS OF CAN THO CITY PEOPLE ABOUT THE USE OF ANTIBIOTICS

Thị Minh Ngọc Lê, Duy Khánh Đặng

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Background: In the face of increasing antibiotic resistance and the increasingly common use of antibiotics without a doctor's prescription, it is important to raise awareness about the use of antibiotics. is one of the important stages of health management. If the attitude and awareness of the drug buyer is not appropriate, it can lead to many different relationships, directly affecting health, increasing the burden of treatment costs and, most seriously, the patient's life. sick people. Objectives: Assess the current status of attitudes and related factors of Can Tho city residents towards the use of antibiotics. Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study with a sample size of 414, through interviews with people living in Ninh Kieu, Thot Not and Phong Dien, Thoi Lai districts in Can Tho city. Results: The proportion of people participating in the survey with the general level of good, average, and poor attitude of using antibiotics was 14.3%, 8.4% and 77.3%. Factors related to average attitude scores include place of residence, age and occupation. Conclusion: The study found that many people have poor attitudes about antibiotic use and that place of residence, age, education level and occupation are factors related to people's attitudes about antibiotic use

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