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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among Pharmacy and Non-Pharmacy Interns in Saudi Arabia Regarding Antibiotic Use and Antibiotic Resistance: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study.

Laila Albalawi, Abeer S Alhawiti, Dania Alnasser, Jawaher Alhumaidi, Tahani Alrashidi, Awatif M Alnawmasi, Mostafa A S Ali, Saleh Alqifari, Hanan Alshareef

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Laila AlbalawiFaculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71491, Saudi Arabia.
Abeer S AlhawitiFaculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71491, Saudi Arabia.
Dania AlnasserFaculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71491, Saudi Arabia.
Jawaher AlhumaidiFaculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71491, Saudi Arabia.
Tahani AlrashidiFaculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71491, Saudi Arabia.
Awatif M AlnawmasiFaculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71491, Saudi Arabia.
Mostafa A S AliPharmacy Practice Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71491, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-5851-5088
Saleh AlqifariPharmacy Practice Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71491, Saudi Arabia.
Hanan AlshareefPharmacy Practice Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71491, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-1264-7229
University of Tabuk · SA

Funding

University of Tabuk 0083-1443-S
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This cross-sectional descriptive study aims to explore the knowledge, attitudes, and practices among pharmacy, dentistry, medicine, and nursing interns in Saudi Arabia regarding antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance. Interns received a soft copy of a structured and validated self-administered questionnaire using an online survey platform. A total of 266 interns responded to the questionnaire. On average, the participants achieved good scores in the knowledge and practice domains, followed by the attitude domain. The average knowledge percentage was 76.1% (SD 17.1) compared to 84.6% (SD 20.5) for practices and 61.5% (SD 23.2) for attitudes. The results suggest that pharmacy interns had insignificantly better overall scores compared to non-pharmacy interns for knowledge, attitudes, and practices. This study shows that the scores for knowledge, attitudes, and practices of pharmacy, dentistry, medicine, and nursing interns regarding antibiotic use and resistance were high overall. However, interns' belief in their responsibility in preventing antibiotic resistance is lacking.

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antibiotic resistanceantibioticsinternsSaudi Arabia

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PMID37174825
PMCPMC10178345
OpenAlexW4367624185

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