The Rate of Adherence to Antibiotics and Reasons for Non-adherence among the Public

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dc.contributor.authorAhmed, Nehad J.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-18T10:30:25Z
dc.date.available2020-11-18T10:30:25Z
dc.date.issued2020-05
dc.description.abstractAim:Poor adherence to antibiotics is common and related to poorer clinical outcomes such as increasing the bacterial resistance.To explore the rate of adherence to antibiotics and to know the reasons that lead to antibiotic non-adherence among the public.Methodology:This is a retrospective study include an online questionnaire survey for the participantswho were prescribed oral antimicrobial drugs during the last year.The data was collected and analyzedusing Excel sheet software and the Descriptive data were presented by frequencies and percentages.Results:The majority of the respondents stated that they sometimes forget to take their antibiotics.Moreover, 78.3% of them said that sometimes they forget to carry their drugs when they go out. They reported many reasons for noncompliance but the major reasons were “they do not need to continue treatment once the condition improves” followed by “they are too busy in study or work”.Conclusion:Numerous factors lead to antibiotic noncompliance, but the main reasons were related to the public knowledge and attitude. Therefore, antimicrobial stewardship programs should focus on the patient education to solve the problem of non-complianceen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartmentof Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, Saudi Arabiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationAhmed Nehad J.. The Rate of Adherence to Antibiotics and Reasons for Non-adherence among the Public. Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International. 2020 May; 32(7): 42-47en_US
dc.identifier.issn2456-9119
dc.identifier.issn2231-2919
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/215971
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherSCIENCEDOMAIN internationalen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber7en_US
dc.relation.volume32en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.9734/JPRI/2020/v32i730458en_US
dc.subjectAdherenceen_US
dc.subjectnon-adherenceen_US
dc.subjectrateen_US
dc.subjectantibioticsen_US
dc.subjectpublicen_US
dc.titleThe Rate of Adherence to Antibiotics and Reasons for Non-adherence among the Publicen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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