Factors related to Antibiotic Use Behaviors among Patients in Outpatient Departments of Community Hospitals
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This descriptive research was aimed to determine antibiotic use behavior and factors related to antibiotic use behavior among patients in the outpatient department of five community hospitals in Phayao province. Four hundred participants were recruited using multi-stage random sampling. The research tools included an antibiotic knowledge test (reliability=.72) and antibiotic use behavior questionnaire (reliability=.85). Demographic data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Pearson’s correlation coefficient and Chi-square analysis were used to test the relationship between factors and antibiotic use behavior. The research revealed that 48.75% of participants was advised regarding antibiotic use around 1-2 times and 37.75% had physical health problems. The majority of them (95.75%) had never had drug allergies. The majority (84.25%) had a moderate level of antibiotic knowledge. About half (50.50%) had a moderate level of antibiotic use behavior. Five factors were significantly related to antibiotic use behavior; age with a low level of negative correlation (r=-.253, p<.001), antibiotic knowledge with a low level of positive correlation (r=.222, p<.001). In addition, educational level, occupation, and physical health problems were significantly related to antibiotic use behavior (p<.05). This research suggests that health care staff should provide more methods of antibiotic education to patients in the Outpatient Departments of community hospitals by taking into account the differences in education, career, age and congenital disease of patients in order to promote appropriate antibiotic use behavior.
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บทความและรายงานวิจัยในวารสารพยาบาลกระทรวงสาธารณสุข เป็นความคิดเห็นของ ผู้เขียน มิใช่ของคณะผู้จัดทำ และมิใช่ความรับผิดชอบของสมาคมศิษย์เก่าพยาบาลกระทรวงสาธารณสุข ซึ่งสามารถนำไปอ้างอิงได้
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