Table 1 Demographic distribution of participants

Gender

 Male

207

57.8

 Female

151

42.2

Age

 18–24

20

5.5

 25–34

134

37.4

 35–44

135

37.7

 45–54

60

16.8

 55–64

9

2.5

Mean Year of practice ± STD 9.32 ± 7.8 (95% CI 8.46–10.18)Year of Practice

 0–7

153

42.7

 8–14

100

27.9

 15–25

41

11.5

 > 25

18

5.2

 Missing

46

12.8

Profession

 Physicians

213

59.5

 Nurse

63

17.6

 Community health extension workers

35

9.8

 Dentists

14

3.9

 Pharmacists

6

1.7

 Others (Allied health professionals)

27

7.5

State

 Borno

65

18.2

 Delta

51

14.2

 Ebonyi

63

17.6

 Jigawa

62

17.3

 Lagos

70

19.6

 Plateau

47

13.1

Health care center

 Primary health care

63

17.6

 Secondary health care

97

27.1

 Tertiary health care

198

55.3

How relevant is antimicrobial resistance for your daily work

 Highly

190

53.1

 Moderately

115

32.1

 Sparsely

38

10.6

 Not at all

15

4.2

Use of Practice guideline for Antimicrobial therapy

 Frequently

111

31

 Moderately

143

39.9

 Rarely

68

19

 There are no good guidelines

16

4.5