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Public awareness and practices towards self-medication with antibiotics among the Malaysian population. A development of questionnaire and pilot-testing

It is well documented that injudicious antibiotic use and practicing self-medication with antibiotics (SMA) can lead to antibiotic resistance. The objective was to validate and develop an instrument in Bahasa Melayu to assess the awareness and practices towards SMA in the Malaysian population. A pil...

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Main Authors:	Aslam, Adeel, Gajdács,, Márió, Zin, Che Suraya, Ab Rahman, Norny Syafinaz, Ahmed, Syed Imran, Jamshed, Shazia Qasim
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Published:	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) 2020
Subjects:	RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/81504/1/81504_Public%20awareness%20and%20practices.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/81504/2/81504_Public%20awareness%20and%20practices_SCOPUS.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/81504/13/81504_Public%20awareness%20and%20practices_WOS.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/81504/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7168161/pdf/antibiotics-09-00097.pdf
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spelling	my.iium.irep.815042020-11-10T04:19:48Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/81504/ Public awareness and practices towards self-medication with antibiotics among the Malaysian population. A development of questionnaire and pilot-testing Aslam, Adeel Gajdács,, Márió Zin, Che Suraya Ab Rahman, Norny Syafinaz Ahmed, Syed Imran Jamshed, Shazia Qasim RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology It is well documented that injudicious antibiotic use and practicing self-medication with antibiotics (SMA) can lead to antibiotic resistance. The objective was to validate and develop an instrument in Bahasa Melayu to assess the awareness and practices towards SMA in the Malaysian population. A pilot study was conducted among 100 Malaysians participants. Reliability testing in terms of test-retest, internal consistency, and content validity was performed. One-way ANOVA and t-test were applied to determine significant differences between groups. A panel of nine experts evaluated the research instrument for content validity and it was found to have strong content item validity (Indices = 1). Each domain (level of knowledge and understanding about antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance: Practice towards self-medication) showed good internal consistency of Cronbach’s alpha 0.658 and 0.90. While test-retest reliability value for each domain was 0.773 (p = 0.009), and 0.891 (p = 0.001. The mean ± standard deviation (SD) for level of knowledge about antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance was 21.8 ± 7.02 and for practice scores (SMA) 6.03 ± 2.30. The instrument established sound reliability and validity and, therefore, can be an effective tool for assessing public awareness, and practices toward self-medication with antibiotics in the Malaysian population. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) 2020-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/81504/1/81504_Public%20awareness%20and%20practices.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/81504/2/81504_Public%20awareness%20and%20practices_SCOPUS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/81504/13/81504_Public%20awareness%20and%20practices_WOS.pdf Aslam, Adeel and Gajdács,, Márió and Zin, Che Suraya and Ab Rahman, Norny Syafinaz and Ahmed, Syed Imran and Jamshed, Shazia Qasim (2020) Public awareness and practices towards self-medication with antibiotics among the Malaysian population. A development of questionnaire and pilot-testing. Antibiotics, 9 (2). pp. 1-14. E-ISSN 2079-6382 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7168161/pdf/antibiotics-09-00097.pdf 10.3390/antibiotics9020097
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spellingShingle	RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology Aslam, Adeel Gajdács,, Márió Zin, Che Suraya Ab Rahman, Norny Syafinaz Ahmed, Syed Imran Jamshed, Shazia Qasim Public awareness and practices towards self-medication with antibiotics among the Malaysian population. A development of questionnaire and pilot-testing
description	It is well documented that injudicious antibiotic use and practicing self-medication with antibiotics (SMA) can lead to antibiotic resistance. The objective was to validate and develop an instrument in Bahasa Melayu to assess the awareness and practices towards SMA in the Malaysian population. A pilot study was conducted among 100 Malaysians participants. Reliability testing in terms of test-retest, internal consistency, and content validity was performed. One-way ANOVA and t-test were applied to determine significant differences between groups. A panel of nine experts evaluated the research instrument for content validity and it was found to have strong content item validity (Indices = 1). Each domain (level of knowledge and understanding about antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance: Practice towards self-medication) showed good internal consistency of Cronbach’s alpha 0.658 and 0.90. While test-retest reliability value for each domain was 0.773 (p = 0.009), and 0.891 (p = 0.001. The mean ± standard deviation (SD) for level of knowledge about antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance was 21.8 ± 7.02 and for practice scores (SMA) 6.03 ± 2.30. The instrument established sound reliability and validity and, therefore, can be an effective tool for assessing public awareness, and practices toward self-medication with antibiotics in the Malaysian population. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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author	Aslam, Adeel Gajdács,, Márió Zin, Che Suraya Ab Rahman, Norny Syafinaz Ahmed, Syed Imran Jamshed, Shazia Qasim
author_facet	Aslam, Adeel Gajdács,, Márió Zin, Che Suraya Ab Rahman, Norny Syafinaz Ahmed, Syed Imran Jamshed, Shazia Qasim
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title	Public awareness and practices towards self-medication with antibiotics among the Malaysian population. A development of questionnaire and pilot-testing
title_short	Public awareness and practices towards self-medication with antibiotics among the Malaysian population. A development of questionnaire and pilot-testing
title_full	Public awareness and practices towards self-medication with antibiotics among the Malaysian population. A development of questionnaire and pilot-testing
title_fullStr	Public awareness and practices towards self-medication with antibiotics among the Malaysian population. A development of questionnaire and pilot-testing
title_full_unstemmed	Public awareness and practices towards self-medication with antibiotics among the Malaysian population. A development of questionnaire and pilot-testing
title_sort	public awareness and practices towards self-medication with antibiotics among the malaysian population. a development of questionnaire and pilot-testing
publisher	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
publishDate	2020
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/81504/1/81504_Public%20awareness%20and%20practices.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/81504/2/81504_Public%20awareness%20and%20practices_SCOPUS.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/81504/13/81504_Public%20awareness%20and%20practices_WOS.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/81504/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7168161/pdf/antibiotics-09-00097.pdf
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Public awareness and practices towards self-medication with antibiotics among the Malaysian population. A development of questionnaire and pilot-testing

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