항생제에 대한 지식이 소비자의 항생제 사용행태에 미치는 영향

• 영문명: The Association Between Consumers’ Knowledge and Behavior on Antibiotics Use for Common Cold
• 발행기관: 대한약학회
• 저자명: 박은자(Eun-Ja Park) 채수미(Su-Mi Chae) 박실비아(Sylvia Park)
• 간행물 정보: 『약학회지』제55권 제6호 (2011년), 492~499쪽, 전체 8쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 기타의약학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2011.12.31

영문 초록

The objective of this study is to examine the association between the knowledge and behavior of consumers on antibiotics use for common cold. Consumers’ knowledge about antibiotics was measured by a questionnaire consisting of six items related to the effect of antibiotics and another three items about use of antibiotics. Telephone interview was conducted during the days between June 24 and July 2, 2009, and 1,015 persons responded the interview. Final analysis included 896 persons without missing data. Thirty six percent of respondents answered that they checked their prescriptions to ensure that antibiotics was prescribed for common cold. About 6% asked their doctors to prescribe antibiotics for common cold, and 9.7% asked them not to. More than a quarter of respondents answered that they used to take antibiotics leftover from a previous illness. Patients who knew better about the effect of antibiotics on common cold were more likely to ask doctors not to prescribe antibiotics (OR 2.30, 95% CI 1.45~3.65), or to check prescriptions (OR 1.86, 95% CI 1.40~2.46). Higher knowledge about use of antibiotics was related to low probability of asking doctors to prescribe antibiotics. This result suggests that consumers' knowledge about antibiotics can influence doctor’s prescription of antibiotics for common cold.

키워드

antibiotics common cold consumers' knowledge prescribing