Antimicrobial resistance - are future prescribers aware? A study among undergraduate medical students in Kumaon region

Authors

  • Mohd Maroof Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, RDMC, Banda, Uttar Pradesh, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4190-0078
  • Mohd Najmul Aqib Khan Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6575-5023
  • Zafar Masood Ansari Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Government Medical College, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India
  • Sadhana Awasthi Professor and Head, Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8468-4267
  • Preeti Senior Resident, Department of Community Medicine, SSJGIMSR, Almora, Uttarakhand India https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4876-6016
  • Rupali Gupta Senior Resident, Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India
  • Kartik Krishan Atri MBBS student, Government Medical College, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3789-0409

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v14i4.49902

Keywords:

Antimicrobial resistance; Knowledge; Attitude; Practice and awareness

Abstract

Background: According to the WHO, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines making infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness, and death and is a global issue and measures to halt this is the need of the hour.

Aims and Objectives: This study aims at identifying awareness as well as knowledge, attitude, perception, and practice regarding AMR and antibiotic use among medical undergraduate students, so to get insight and take appropriate actions to enhance their knowledge that will help in reducing AMR as they are the future prescribers.

Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 483 undergraduate medical students enrolled in government medical college, Haldwani. A pretested, semi structured questionnaire was designed to collect data from participants through Google forms regarding sociodemographic profile, and behavior of the participants regarding antibiotic use which comprises: Attitude, perceptions, and practice.

Results: Majority of study participants have heard about AMR before (97%) of which most of them got information about antibiotic resistance by web/internet (35%). Majority of study participants were aware (>90%) of phenomenon of antibiotic resistance, 98.9% of them were correctly able to identify Amoxicillin and Penicillin as antibiotics, most of them had correct knowledge about role of antibiotics. Majority (83.6%) of participants take antibiotic only after the prescription of doctor, 78.9% of them reported use of antibiotics in the last year.

Conclusion: A fair good amount of awareness, knowledge, attitude, perception, and practice regarding AMR and its use was found among study participants. Still, there is scope of improvement in it that can be addressed through giving more emphasis on this in undergraduate teaching curriculum.

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2023-04-01

How to Cite

Mohd Maroof, Mohd Najmul Aqib Khan, Zafar Masood Ansari, Sadhana Awasthi, Preeti, Rupali Gupta, & Kartik Krishan Atri. (2023). Antimicrobial resistance - are future prescribers aware? A study among undergraduate medical students in Kumaon region. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 14(4), 137–142. https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v14i4.49902

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 4 (2023)

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