Antibiotic Use Survey
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1. Antibiotic consumption
Antibiotics are medications which are sometimes used to treat infections. There are several different types of antibiotics; penicillin is the most common.
1.1 Which of the following medications are antibiotics?
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Paracetamol
Seloken
Kavepenin
Chloramphenicol
Ampicillin
Alvedon
1.2 Have you ever taken antibiotics?
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1.3 How many times have you consumed antibiotics during the past 12 months?
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2-5 times
More than 5 times
1.4 How many times has another adult in your household (over 18 years old) received antibiotics during the past 12 months?
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Once
2-5 times
More than 5 times
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1.5 How many children under the age of 18 live in your household on a regular basis?
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3 or more
1.6 How many times have children in your household received antibiotics during the past 12 months (in total)?
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2-5 times
More than 5 times
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1.7 Is anyone in your household taking antibiotics at the moment?
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No
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1.8 If yes, for what reason?
2. Antibiotic accessibility
The following questions should be answered using the scale below. Use this scale to indicate to what extent you agree with the question/statement.
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2.1 Leftover antibiotics can be saved for personal future use or to give to someone else.
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2.2 Leftover antibiotics should be taken back to the pharmacy.
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2.3 I think that it is good that one needs a prescription to acquire antibiotics from pharmacies in Egypt.
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2.4 I think that it is good to be able to buy antibiotics online, without having to see a doctor.
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2.5 I think that it is good to be able to acquire antibiotics from relatives or acquaintances, without having to be examined by a doctor.
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2.6 It is good that one can buy antibiotics without a prescription in pharmacies within certain countries.
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3. Antibiotic use and its effects
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3.1 Antibiotics make one recover faster when having a cold.
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3.2 If one’s mucous becomes colored when having a cold, one always need antibiotics to get rid of the cold.
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3.3 The body can usually fight mild infections on its own without antibiotics.
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3.4 A persistent cough (longer than one week) always needs to be treated with antibiotics to disappear.
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3.5 It is appropriate to take antibiotics when having a sore throat and a common cold, otherwise one may suffer complications.
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3.6 Is it appropriate for cancer patients to take antibiotics before immunotherapy?
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3.7 A lung infection in a 3-6 year old child always needs to be treated with antibiotics.
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3.8 Lower respiratory tract infections can heal themselves without antibiotics.
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3.9 By taking antibiotics one can often avoid staying home from work.
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3.10 Antibiotics are supposed to kill all bacteria in the body.
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4. Side effects and resistance
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4.1 Antibiotics often cause side effects such as diarrhoea.
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4.2 Antibiotics cause negative effects on the body's own bacterial flora.
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4.3 If one feels better after only partially completing an antibiotic course, one can terminate the therapy immediately.
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4.4 Bacteria can become resistant to antibiotics.
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4.5 The more antibiotics we use in society, the higher is the risk that resistance develops and spreads.
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4.6 People can become resistant to antibiotics.
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4.7 Antibiotic use for animals can reduce the possibility of effective antibiotic treatment for humans.
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4.8 Resistance can spread from animals to humans.
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4.9 Resistance can spread from person to person.
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4.10 People travelling outside their home country risk bringing resistance upon return to their country.
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4.11 Today, antibiotic resistance is a big problem in Egypt.
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4.12 Today, antibiotic resistance is a big problem in the world.
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5. Patient experiences, patient-doctor relationships and infection prevention
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5.1 Doctors always conduct a thorough examination regarding whether a patient is in need of antibiotics or not.
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5.2 Doctors prescribe antibiotics when a patient expects it.
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5.3a I have experienced antibiotic prescription for myself or my kin.
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5.3b When antibiotics are prescribed, the doctor takes time to provide information on how they should be used, in an understandable manner.
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5.4 I usually know how antibiotics should be taken, even if I was given information about their use.
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5.5a I have experience, as a patient or as kin, of acquiring prescribed antibiotics from a pharmacy.
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5.5b Pharmacy staff take their time to inform me on how antibiotics should be used.
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5.6 I often know before I visit a doctor, whether I need antibiotics or not.
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5.7 I am confident in a doctor’s decision if s/he does not prescribe antibiotics.
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5.8 A doctor who does not prescribe antibiotics when the patient thinks that they are needed, is not as good a doctor.
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5.9 I am confident in a doctor's decision if s/he prescribes antibiotics.
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5.10 I usually know how infections should be treated.
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5.11 If I get an infection, I often wait and see, i.e. rest and take it easy, and see if the infection goes away on its own.
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5.12 Hand hygiene (hand washing or alcohol hand rub) reduces the risk of spreading common infections, such as influenza.
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5.13 I am confident in the work that Egypt healthcare in carrying out to minimise the development of resistance.
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5.14 I am confident that pharmaceutical companies will be able to develop new medicines which will solve the problem of antibiotic resistance.
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