Parental self‐medication of antibiotics for children in Jordan
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This study aims to describe the prevalence and predictors for parental antibiotics self-medication of their children and to characterize their knowledge, practice and attitude within this area. This is a cross-sectional study which targeted parents of children between the ages of 1–12 years. Parents were asked to fill out an online validated questionnaire that aimed to assess their knowledge, practice and attitude to self-medication of children with antibiotics. In this study, 332/855 (39.2%) participants had previously self-medicated their child(ren) with antibiotics. The overall score in the knowledge section was satisfactory (mean = 3.48 out of five); however, the majority of participants (72.1%) did not have the knowledge that antibiotics are solely indicated for bacterial infections. Parents with older age, lower education, not working in a medical field, families with low-income and lived away from the capital were found to have higher rates of self-medication (P-value <0.05). The findings of this study show that there is a high prevalence of parental self-medication practice of antibiotics in Jordan that should be considered as alarming problem. The lack of adequate parental knowledge about the use of antibiotics may be a major cause of the increased self-medication among them.
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The prevalence of pediatric ASM in India falls below rates in the Middle East (34%) and specific countries including Jordan (39.2%), Mongolia (42.3%), Tanzania (47.7%), and Yemen (60%).
“However, the prevalence in India falls below the rates observed in the Middle East (34%) [34] and specific countries like Jordan (39.2%) [37], Mongolia (42.3%) [38], Tanzania (47.7%) [39], and Yemen (60%) [40].”
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- Authors
- Mukattash, T. L., Alkhatatbeh, M. J., Andrawos, S., Jarab, A. S., AbuFarha, R. K., & Nusair, M. B.
- Affiliations
- Jordan University of Science and Technology (JO)
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics Faculty of Pharmacy Applied Science Private University Amman Jordan
- Yarmouk University (JO)
- Corresponding author
- Mukattash, Tareq L.
- Venue
- Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2019-11-17
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 75-80
- ISSN
- 1759-8885 (ISSN-L)
- 1759-8893
- OpenAlex
- W2985591387
- Cited by
- 36
- References
- 33
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 3
- FWCI
- 2.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Jordan University of Science and Technology
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology › Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Pharmacology › Pharmacy and Medical Practices
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Keywords
- antibiotic self-medication, parental self-medication, children, antibiotic knowledge, antibiotic attitudes, pediatric antibiotic use, parental education, parental income, Jordan
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