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Jan 12, 2021;10 (1):

Understanding of Pharmacy Students towards Antibiotic Use, Antibiotic Resistance and Antibiotic Stewardship Programs: A Cross-Sectional Study from Punjab, Pakistan.

Khezar Hayat, Shazia Jamshed, Meagen Rosenthal, Noman Ul Haq, Jie Chang, Muhammad Fawad Rasool, Usman Rashid Malik, Anees Ur Rehman, Kashif Maqbool Khan, Yu Fang
Author Information
  1. Khezar Hayat: Department of Pharmacy Administration and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China. ORCID
  2. Shazia Jamshed: Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu 22200, Malaysia.
  3. Meagen Rosenthal: Department of Pharmacy Administration, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, USA. ORCID
  4. Noman Ul Haq: Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Balochistan, Quetta 87900, Pakistan.
  5. Jie Chang: Department of Pharmacy Administration and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China. ORCID
  6. Muhammad Fawad Rasool: Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan. ORCID
  7. Usman Rashid Malik: Department of Pharmacy Administration and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China. ORCID
  8. Anees Ur Rehman: Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan. ORCID
  9. Kashif Maqbool Khan: Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.
  10. Yu Fang: Department of Pharmacy Administration and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China.
PMID: 33445511 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10010066

Abstract

Antibiotic resistance (ABR) is a significant issue for public health globally. An adequate understanding of ABR and the approaches used to tackle ABR, including antibiotic stewardship programs, are vital. This study aimed to get an insight into antibiotic use, ABR, and antibiotic stewardship programs among pharmacy students of Punjab, Pakistan. This multicenter study was undertaken among final (fifth) year undergraduate pharmacy students of 7 universities of Punjab, Pakistan. A paper-based self-administered questionnaire comprising 48-items was utilized for data collection. Descriptive and inferential statistics were employed for data analysis. This study included a total of 296 respondents with a response rate of 85.8%. Most of the students had an average understanding of antibiotic use (59.8%), ABR (42.6%), ABR mechanisms (48.0%), and factors of ABR (51.7%). Only 21.6% of students have heard about antibiotic stewardship programs. More than half of the students believed that educating and training healthcare professionals (53.4%) and medical students (57.8%) about the prescribing and judicial usage of antibiotics could reduce the ABR burden. The awareness of most of the pharmacy students about certain aspects of antibiotic use, ABR, and stewardship programs was suboptimal.

Keywords

antibiotic resistance antibiotic use knowledge pharmacy students stewardship programs

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Grants

  1. 2015qngz05/"Young Talent Support Plan", "High Achiever Plan" of the Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, and the Central University Basic Research Fund (2015qngz05)
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