Table 3 Participants’attitude towards antimicrobial resistances among paramedical health science students at University of Gondar, North West Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 323)
Items | Response | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Agree | Neutral | Disagree | |
1. Antimicrobial resistance will affect you and your family’s health. | 293(90.7%) | 19(5.9%) | 11(3.4%) |
2. It is necessary to give more education for final year students about antimicrobial resistance. | 307(95.0%) | 8(2.5%) | 8(2.5%) |
3. Inappropriate use of antimicrobials causes antimicrobial resistance. | 304(94.1) | 9(2.8%) | 10(3.1%) |
4. Poor infection control practices by healthcare professionals will cause the spread of antimicrobial resistance. | 299(92.6%) | 9(2.8%) | 15(4.6%) |
5. Final year students should get special training on the appropriate prescribing of antimicrobials before exit. | 310(96.0%) | 4(1.2%) | 9(2.8%) |
6. You have to follow the recommendations of your hospital antimicrobial guidelines in the future. | 233(72.1%) | 75(23.2%) | 15(4.6%) |
7. Currently, antimicrobial resistance is a major problem in the world as well as in Ethiopia. | 228(70.6%) | 26 (8.0%) | 69(21.4%) |
8. Antibiotic prescribing should be more closely controlled. | 289(89.5%) | 10(3.1%) | 24(7.4%) |
9. Dispensing antibiotics without prescription should be more closely controlled. | 272(84.2%) | 19(5.9) | 32(9.9%) |
10. People’s socioeconomic status has an effect on the risk of being affected by antibiotic resistance. | 249(77.1%) | 29(9.0%) | 45(13.9%) |
11. The consequences of antibiotic resistance will affect your future work as a health professional when caring for patients with bacterial infections. | 282(87.3%) | 8(2.5%) | 33(10.2%) |
12. Students can contribute to the work being done to control antimicrobial resistances. | 284(87.9%) | 21(6.5) | 18 (5.6%) |
Overall level of attitude | Positive | Neutral | Negative |
311(96.3%) | 10(3.1%) | 2(0.6%) | |