Assessing mother’s antibiotics information by comparing internet and healthcare professionals as sources of informatics

H. Kutrani, Antisar A Atiyah, H. M. Adam, H. A. Elhashmi
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Parents especially mothers view the internet as a source to obtain information about their children’s health care. This study was designed to assess mother’s antibiotics information by comparing the Internet and healthcare professionals as sources of informatics. A cross-sectional descriptive study was performed in the outpatient pediatrics clinics at the Children Hospital and Benghazi Medical Centre, from February 2018 to June 2018. The sample size was 308 mothers attending the outpatient pediatrics clinic during the period of data collection. Knowledge/beliefs, behaviors, adherence, and awareness of antibiotic resistance were determined through the analysis of data obtained from the questionnaires. Eighty-two percent of mothers had a poor level of knowledge and beliefs regarding antibiotic use; however, about half of the mothers had good behaviors toward the antibiotic and a good level of awareness of antibiotics resistance. Despite this poor knowledge, 61.7% of the mothers had an overall good Adherence to antibiotic use. Furthermore, half of the mothers obtained their information about the antibiotic from the internet. A good knowledge level and good awareness of antibiotics resistance levels were attained from the Internet source. Meanwhile a good behavior and good adherence regarding antibiotic usage were gained from a healthcare professional. In conclusion, mother’s good information showed a significant difference existed between the Internet and the healthcare professional sources. Therefore, this study recommends that healthcare professionals should educate mothers concerning online information. Moreover, there is a need to improve mother’s knowledge about antibiotics uses.
通过比较互联网和卫生保健专业人员作为信息源来评估母亲的抗生素信息
父母,尤其是母亲,将互联网视为获取子女保健信息的来源。本研究旨在通过比较互联网和医疗保健专业人员作为信息源来评估母亲的抗生素信息。2018年2月至2018年6月,在儿童医院和班加西医疗中心的儿科门诊进行了一项横断面描述性研究。样本量为308名在数据收集期间就诊于儿科门诊的母亲。通过分析从问卷中获得的数据,确定了抗生素耐药性的知识/信念、行为、依从性和意识。82%的母亲对抗生素使用的知识和信念较差;然而,大约一半的母亲对抗生素有良好的行为,并且对抗生素耐药性有良好的认识。尽管缺乏这方面的知识,但61.7%的母亲总体上坚持使用抗生素。此外,一半的母亲从互联网上获得了有关抗生素的信息。对抗生素耐药水平有较好的知识水平和认识。同时,从医疗保健专业人员那里获得了良好的行为和良好的抗生素使用依从性。综上所述,母亲良好信息在互联网和医疗专业来源之间存在显著差异。因此,本研究建议医疗保健专业人员应该对母亲进行在线信息教育。此外,还需要提高母亲对抗生素使用的了解。
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