Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: February | Volume: 7 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 381-386
A Study on Awareness of Antibiotic Resistance among Medical Students: A Cross Sectional Study
Rajitha Maddala1*, Altaf Hussain Shaik1*, Viswa santhi A1*, Simpson GB*
1Assistant Professor,
*Dept of Pharmacology, Nimra Institute of Medical Sciences, Jupudi, Ibrahim Patnam, Krishna dist, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Corresponding Author: Rajitha Maddala
ABSTRACT
Background: Antibiotics are the drugs which can cure the infective diseases. They were the greatest contribution of the 20th century to therapeutics. Interestingly, antibiotics are the most commonly used and misused drugs of the 20th and current century. Poor knowledge and lack of training about antibiotic resistance during undergraduate medical students may lead to a change in behavior among future doctors. Research assessing undergraduate medical students knowledge about antibiotic resistance is rare in the literature. Thus, the objective of this study was to assess the awareness of antibiotic resistance among undergraduate medical students.
Objectives: This Cross‑Sectional, questionnaire‑based study is to assess the awareness of antibiotic resistance among medical students
Methodology: The present research is a cross‑sectional, questionnaire‑based study conducted at Nimra institute of medical sciences, Ibrahim patnam, Krishna dist, Andhra Pradesh, India. After getting approval from the institutional research committee. The students who interested to participate in study were included. All the 334 students from year 1st, 2nd and year 3rd MBBS students participated in the study. A questionnaire consisting total of 15 questions distributed to the students and the data collected. The results were analysed using SPSS version 23. P value < 0.05 considered as significant.
Results: 2nd & 3rd year students have more awareness of antimicrobial resistance than 1st year students.
Conclusion: The study concludes that medical students should have in – depth knowledge about antibiotic resistance and its underlying mechanisms to prevent the misuse of antibiotics
Keywords: Antibiotic resistance, awareness, knowledge, medical students
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