A Study regarding Parental Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) among Antibiotic Use in Children in Henan Province of China

Abstract

Abstract Aim Inappropriate antibiotic use leads to AMR. This research targets to learn about Henan Province parental knowledge, attitude and practice regarding antibiotic use in their children. Materials and methods During the October through December 2020, Henan Maternal and Child Health Hospital's hospitalized parents participated in a cross-sectional questionnaire survey. The study was evaluated using logistic regression analysis. Results In general, parents were less knowledgeable about the following topics: antibacterial medications are not anti-inflammatory medications; scientists cannot always discover new drugs; colds and viral infections cannot be treated with antibacterial medications; and the combined effects of antibacterial medications are not always superior. The respective awareness rates were 40.83%, 28.37%, 57.09%, 39.10%, and 59.52%. For the attitude, a little of parents still had misconceptions. In total, 10.73% parents were willing to use antibiotics, 16.61% believed that expensive antibiotics would be more effective, 45.68% parents didn’t agree the doctor's treatment plan, 14.19% parents would be dissatisfied of no antibacterial drugs, 10.73% parents believed they understood antibiotics well, just only 57.79% parents were correct in their understanding of broad-spectrum antibiotics. Conclusions Parental knowledge of antimicrobial agents in Henan Province is good, but some problems persist. Government departments and medical institutions at all levels must continue to strengthen the conduct of antibacterial drug knowledge propaganda of parents for the prevention of bacterial drug resistance.