Relationship between Socioeconomic Demographic Characteristics with Antibiotic Self-Medication in Community Dwelling Adults
Abstract: Infectious diseases
escalation in developing countries especially in Indonesia lead to
increasing use of antibiotics in the
community. Self-medication with antibiotics may increase the risk of resistant
bacteria and irrational use of antibiotics. This study was conducted to
determine the relationship between socioeconomic -demographic characteristics
with antibiotic self-medication.
Methods: An analytical cross sectional study was conducted on people from
Sayang Village in West Java Indonesia
aged over 18 years and had experience in using antibiotics. A total of
146 respondents were selected as the sample of this study. A validated
questionnaire was used to collect data. Data were analysed by using descriptive
statistics and Chi-Square test to analyze the relationship between
socioeconomic demographic characteristics with antibiotic self-medication.
Results: Out of 146 questionnaires that were completed, 111 were female
and 35 male respondents, 75 respondents had experience in using antibiotics
without prescription. The survey showed significant relation between
antibiotics use with monthly income (p=0,031) and source of income (p=0,009).
Conclusions: The study confirms that there is relation between monthly
income and source of income with antibiotic self-medication.
Keywords: Antibiotics,
self-medication, socioeconomic -demographic characteristics
Author: Michael Aditya,
Istriati Istriati, Aih Cahyani
Journal Code: jpkedokterangg170086
