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. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 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". The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 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', The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 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. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 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
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.
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