Use of antibiotics by urban and rural residents in Heilongjiang Province, China: cross‐sectional study

• Published in: Tropical medicine & international health Vol. 20; no. 12; pp. 1815 - 1822
• Main Authors: Gu, Jiarui, Zhao, Jizi, Huang, Ying, Yang, Weidong, Ren, Zheng, Li, Wenjing, Fan, Yuzhuo, Zhang, Qiao, Zhang, Fengmin, Fu, Yingmei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2015
• Subjects: Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Awareness; China; Cross-Sectional Studies; Drug Resistance; Female; Health disparities; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Infection - drug therapy; Logistic Models; Male; Medical treatment; Middle Aged; public health; Rural areas; rural health care; Rural Population; Surveys and Questionnaires; Urban areas; urban health care; Urban Population; Young Adult; China; Heilongjiang China; rural health care; urban health care; antibiotic resistance; antibiotics; China; public health

Objective To identify and compare the factors affecting the knowledge of, attitude towards and use of antibiotics between urban and rural residents in China. Methods A total of 3631 urban and rural residents in Heilongjiang Province, China, were selected using random sampling. Questionnaires recorde...