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Volume 9, Number 3 (2024)
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Relationship between Knowledge about Antibiotics and Behavior in the Use of Antibiotics in University Students

Volume 9, Issue 3, June 2024     |     PP. 74-90      |     PDF (619 K)    |     Pub. Date: August 22, 2024
DOI: 10.54647/cm321283    32 Downloads     3878 Views  

Author(s)

Tirta Darmawan Susanto, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Pelita Harapan, Tangerang
Trevino Aristarkus Pakasi, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta
Dewanto Andoko, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Pelita Harapan, Tangerang
Tiara Julianti, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Pelita Harapan Tangerang
Naftali Intania Kristianti, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Pelita Harapan Tangerang

Abstract
Background: Antibiotics are the type of antimicrobials that have been used to treat bacterial infection in the body. The knowledge about antibiotics can influence antibiotic use. In Indonesia, many studies have contradictory results regarding the relationship between antibiotic knowledge and attitude toward antibiotic use. Therefore, this study aims to know about the level of knowledge and attitude regarding antibiotic use in medical students and other students and to determine the relationship between knowledge about antibiotics and attitude toward antibiotic use. Aim: To determine the relationship between knowledge about antibiotics and attitude regarding antibiotic use in the medical students class of 2020 UPH. Methodology: This analytic cross-sectional study was conducted in January 2023. The questionnaires were distributed through social media to 177 students at UPH. The submitted data was arranged in Microsoft Excel and analyzed with SPSS Statistics using Chi-Square, Fisher's Exact, and Binary Logistic methods. Result: Of a total of 183respondentst, there are 102 (55,6%respondentsnt who have a good knowledge of antibiotics, and 101 (55,2%) respondents who possess a good attitude in using antibiotics. Conclusion: The result denoted a significant correlation between knowledge and attitude regarding antibiotic use in medical students class of 2020 UPH (p= 0,0001 in the chi-square method and p= 0,016 in Fisher's Exact; 95% CI = 1,87- 54,03).

Keywords
knowledge, behavior, antibiotics use, university students

Cite this paper
Tirta Darmawan Susanto, Trevino Aristarkus Pakasi, Dewanto Andoko, Tiara Julianti, Naftali Intania Kristianti, Relationship between Knowledge about Antibiotics and Behavior in the Use of Antibiotics in University Students , SCIREA Journal of Clinical Medicine. Volume 9, Issue 3, June 2024 | PP. 74-90. 10.54647/cm321283

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