Kap assesment

1. KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND
PRACTICE OF ANTIBIOTIC USE AND
ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
AMONG PHARMACY STUDENTS IN
UNIVERSITY OF BENIN
SEMINAR PRESENTATION
BY
ENEKWECHI CHINAZA JENNIFER
(PHA1405711)
TO
DEPARTMENT OF CLINICAL PHARMACY
FACULTY OF PHARMACY , UNIVERSITY OF BENIN, BENIN CITY,
EDO STATE.
JULY, 2021

2. OUTLINE
BACKGROUND
METHODOLOGY
RESULTS
CONCLUSION
REFERENCE

3. BACKGROUND
The emergence and spread of pathogenic bacteria that is resistant to
antibiotics has become a major public health concern.
The incorrect prescription, inappropriate consumption and excess use
of antimicrobial drugs, specifically antibiotics, are possibly the main
factors contributing to the widespread of antibiotic resistant bacteria.
This study aims to evaluate the rationale (knowledge, attitude and
practices) towards the use of antibiotics as well as their resistance
among Pharmacy students in the University of Benin.

4. METHODOLOGY
A cross-sectional study was conducted among pharmacy students
between April and May 2021. The students completed a questionnaire
made up of three dimensions:
The sample size was calculated, classroom visited. The data was
collected in spreadsheets and analysed with descriptive statistics.
The frequency distribution of the knowledge, attitude and practices
dimensions between the students academic levels were presented as
percentage from a total of 100.

5. RESULTS
• SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF RESPONDENTS/PARTICIPANTS (N = 249)
Socio-demographic characteristics Number (Frequency %)
Age (years)
<18 4 (1.6)
18-21 80 (32.1)
22-23 71 (28.5)
≥23 94 (37.8)
Sex
male 122 (49)
female 127 (51)
Students level
first year 42 (16.9)
second year 40 (16.1)
third year 40 (16.1)
fourth year 40 (16.1)
fifth year 41 (16.5)
sixth year 46 (18.5)

6. RESULTS
• Table 2: Summary of study variales
Mean Score Response Percentage distribution of respondents
n (%)
Number N (%)
Attitude Variables
Good Attitude 161 64.79
Poor Attitude 88 35.21
Total 249 100
Knowledge Variables
Poor knowledge 86 34.54
Good knowledge 163 65.46
Total 249 100

7. CONCLUSION
• This study revealed that knowledge and attitude of pharmacy students
towards the use of antibiotics are very good even though there were
variations with respect to different factors.
• Students characteristics like age, and gender had negligible impact on
the students knowledge and attitude. But the students academic level
had an appreciable impact on students knowledge and attitude

8. REFERENCES
• Al Barakh N, Algain S, Al Barrak A, Al Mazrooa S and Alfaleh S (2016)
The assessment of Knowledge, attitude and practice of antibiotics usage
among Saudi female students in Princess Nourah University (PNU). J
Pharma Care Health Sys 2: 1.
• Haque M, Rahman NIA, Zulkifli Z and Ismail S (2016) Antibiotic
prescribing and resistance: knowledge level of medical students of clinical
years of University Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia. Ther Clin Risk Manag
12: 413.
• Suaifan GA, Shehadeh M, Darwish DA, Al-Ije H and Yousef A-MM (2012)
A cross-sectional study on knowledge, attitude and behavior related to
antibiotic use and resistance among medical and non-medical university
students in Jordan. Afr J Pharm Pharmacol 6: 763-770

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