Evaluation of Parents Knowledge about the Dangerous Effect of Excessive Use of Antibiotics on Children with URTIs in Saudi Arabia, 2017
Aljohani, M., Alakhmimi, M., Alalmaei, A., alturaigi, H., Alshareef, M., Aldughaythir, S., Alenazi, A., Alamri, S., Alsahafi, R., Alrajhi, F. (2017). Evaluation of Parents Knowledge about the Dangerous Effect of Excessive Use of Antibiotics on Children with URTIs in Saudi Arabia, 2017. EKB Journal Management System, 69(2), 1968-1972. doi: 10.12816/0040631
Maram Mohammed Aljohani; Mai Khalid Alakhmimi; Abdulaziz Zaher Alalmaei; hamood sulaiman alturaigi; Musab Shakir Alshareef; Saad Saleh Aldughaythir; Ahmed Abdullah Saleh Alenazi; Seba Ghaithan Alamri; Rawan Ahmad Alsahafi; Furat Mohammed Alrajhi. "Evaluation of Parents Knowledge about the Dangerous Effect of Excessive Use of Antibiotics on Children with URTIs in Saudi Arabia, 2017". EKB Journal Management System, 69, 2, 2017, 1968-1972. doi: 10.12816/0040631
Aljohani, M., Alakhmimi, M., Alalmaei, A., alturaigi, H., Alshareef, M., Aldughaythir, S., Alenazi, A., Alamri, S., Alsahafi, R., Alrajhi, F. (2017). 'Evaluation of Parents Knowledge about the Dangerous Effect of Excessive Use of Antibiotics on Children with URTIs in Saudi Arabia, 2017', EKB Journal Management System, 69(2), pp. 1968-1972. doi: 10.12816/0040631
Aljohani, M., Alakhmimi, M., Alalmaei, A., alturaigi, H., Alshareef, M., Aldughaythir, S., Alenazi, A., Alamri, S., Alsahafi, R., Alrajhi, F. Evaluation of Parents Knowledge about the Dangerous Effect of Excessive Use of Antibiotics on Children with URTIs in Saudi Arabia, 2017. EKB Journal Management System, 2017; 69(2): 1968-1972. doi: 10.12816/0040631

Evaluation of Parents Knowledge about the Dangerous Effect of Excessive Use of Antibiotics on Children with URTIs in Saudi Arabia, 2017

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Article 29, Volume 69, Issue 2, October 2017, Pages 1968-1972    PDF (346.84 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.12816/0040631
Authors
Maram Mohammed Aljohani1; Mai Khalid Alakhmimi1; Abdulaziz Zaher Alalmaei2; hamood sulaiman alturaigi2; Musab Shakir Alshareef3; Saad Saleh Aldughaythir3; Ahmed Abdullah Saleh Alenazi4; Seba Ghaithan Alamri3; Rawan Ahmad Alsahafi1; Furat Mohammed Alrajhi1
1King Abdulaziz University
2Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
3King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University For Health Sciences
4Ibn Sina National College
Abstract
Background: upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) are highly encountered by children all over the world with repeating episodes from 6-8 times during the year.  However being of viral origin and a self-limited disease, many parents’ attitudes forces physician to use antibiotics thus resulting in antibiotic resistance.
Objectives: to study the parental knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) toward antibiotic use among children with URTIs in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Methods: a self-administered questionnaire was distributed among parents presented at a random sample of primary schools in KSA from February 2017 to June 2017.
Results: a total of 547 parents were included from different parts of KSA, most of them were females, graduated from a college and received a moderate income. Overall, KAP toward using antibiotics in URTI for children was very low among 72% of subjects and was good in only 28% of subjects showing that there was inappropriate level of KAP among the studied population.
Conclusion: Saudi parents have inadequate knowledge about antibiotic use in children for treating URTIs that showed incorrect answers for attitudes and practices. 
Keywords
KSA; KAP; Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (URTIs); Antibiotic resistance
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