Table 8 Association of socio-demographic characteristics with attitude statements towards interventions of antimicrobial resistance, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, October to November 2015
Statements | Response categories | p value | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very useful | Useful | Not useful | Not sure | Sex | Age group | Facility | Location | Ownership | Experience | Training | Up to date information | |
Reduction of antibiotic use for outpatient setting | 45 (20.6) | 135 (61.9) | 29 (13.3) | 9 (4.1) | 0.007* | 0.000* | 0.403* | 0.065* | 0.114* | 0.000* | 0.728* | 0.103* |
Access to current antibiogram | 81 (37.2) | 115 (52.8) | 5 (2.3) | 17 (7.8) | 0.172* | 0.054* | 0.026* | 0.483* | 0.073* | 0.322* | 0.492* | 0.016* |
Antimicrobial usage policy | 141 (64.7) | 66 (30.3) | 3 (1.4) | 8 (3.7) | 0.000* | 0.031* | 0.353* | 0.138* | 0.001* | 0.193* | 0.526* | 0.002* |
Updating about local antibiotic resistance patterns | 159 (72.9) | 41 (18.8) | 3 (1.4) | 15 (6.9) | 0.834* | 0.211* | 0.043* | 0.060* | 0.255* | 0.287* | 0.529* | 0.185* |
Establish national antimicrobial resistance surveillance | 140 (64.2) | 71 (32.6) | – | 7 (3.2) | 0.000* | 0.687* | 0.012* | 0.000* | 0.056* | 0.075* | 0.101* | 0.007* |
Establish hospital infection control committee | 155 (71.1) | 63 (28.9) | – | – | 0.293 | 0.296* | 1.000 | 0.223 | 0.834* | 0.399* | 0.773 | 0.021 |
Develop institutional guideline for antimicrobial use | 146 (67) | 65 (29.8) | 7 (3.2) | – | 0.427* | 0.782* | 0.038* | 0.075* | 0.001* | 0.605* | 0.252* | 0.189* |
Education on antimicrobial therapy for prescribers | 148 (67.9) | 59 (27.1) | 11 (5.0) | – | 0.287* | 0.095* | 0.007 | 0.324* | 0.000* | 0.018* | 0.843* | 0.039 |
Establish microbiology diagnostic services | 149 (68.3) | 66 (30.3) | 3 (1.4) | – | 0.244* | 0.225* | 0.003* | 0.437* | 0.000* | 0.020* | 0.720* | 0.049* |