Have a personal or library account? Click to login
Attitudes, perceptions and knowledge regarding antibiotic use for respiratory illness and antibiotic resistance in Romania: an observational, questionnaire-based study results Cover

Attitudes, perceptions and knowledge regarding antibiotic use for respiratory illness and antibiotic resistance in Romania: an observational, questionnaire-based study results

Romanian Journal of Rhinology
Volume 13 (2023): Issue 52 (December 2023)
By: Codrut Sarafoleanu and  Raluca Enache  
Open Access
|Oct 2023

References

  1. World Health Organization. Antimicrobial resistance: Key facts. 2021. Available at: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/antimicrobial-resistance. Accessed July 3, 2023.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  2. Reygaert WC. An overview of the antimicrobial resistance mechanisms of bacterial. AIMS Microbiol 2018;4(3):482-501. DOI: 10.3934/micro-biol.2018.3.482.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Antimicrobial resistance. 2022. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/about.html. Accessed July 3, 2023.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  4. European Medicines Agency. Antimicrobial resistance. 2022. Available from: https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/human-regulatory/overview/public-health-threats/antimicrobial-resistance. Accessed July 3, 2023.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  5. Patrascu E. Antibiotics – Where to? Romanian Journal of Rhinology. 2020;10(37):1-3. DOI: 10.2478/rjr-2020-0001.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  6. Chellat MF, Raguž L, Rainer Riedl R. Targeting antibiotic resistance. Angew Chem Int Ed. 2006;55:6600-26. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201506818.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  7. European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control. ECDC country visit to Romania to discuss antimicrobial resistance issues. Stockholm: ECDC; 2018. Available from: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/Country-visit-Romania-discuss-AMR-issues-June-2018.pdf. Accessed July 18, 2023.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  8. European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control. Surveillance Atlas of Infectious Diseases. Antimicrobial resistance. Available from: http://atlas.ecdc.europa.eu/public/index.aspx. Accessed July 18, 2023.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  9. Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Europe 2023 – 2021 data. Stockholm: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and World Health Organization; 2023. Available from: https://www.who.int/europe/publications/i/item/9789289058537. Accessed July 18, 2023.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  10. Hersh AL, Shapiro DJ, Pavia AT, Shah SS. Antibiotic prescribing in ambulatory pediatrics in the United States. Pediatrics. 2011;128(6):1053-61. DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-1337.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  11. Sur DKC, Plesa ML. Antibiotic use in acute upper respiratory tract infections. Am Fam Physician. 2022;106(6):628-36.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  12. Hersh AL, Jackson MA, Hicks LA; American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases. Principles of judicious antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections in pediatrics. Pediatrics. 2013;132(6):1146-54. DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-3260.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  13. Global Respiratory Infection Partnership. [Internet]. Available from: https://www.grip-initiative.org/. Accessed July 18, 2023.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  14. Voidazan S, Moldovan G, Voidazan L, Zazgyva A, Moldovan H. Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the use of antibiotics. Study on the general population of Mures County, Romania. Infect Drug Resist. 2019;12:3385-96. DOI: 10.2147/IDR.S214574.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  15. Pogurschi EN, Petcu CD, Mizeranschi AE, Zugravu CA, Cirnatu D, Pet I, et al. Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance: A latent class analysis of a Romanian population. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19(12):7623. DOI: 10.339./ijerph19127263.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  16. Barbu IC, Gheorghe-Barbu I, Grigore GA, Vrancianu CO, Chifiriuc MC. Antimicrobial resistance in Romania: Updates on gram-negative ESCAPE pathogens in the clinical, veterinary and aquatic sectors. Int J Mol Sci. 2023;24(9):7892. DOI: 10.3390/ijms24097892.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  17. Topor G, Grosu IA, Ghiciuc CM, Strat AL, Lupusoru CE. Awareness about antibiotic resistance in a self-medication user group from Eastern Romania: a pilot study. PeerJ. 2017;5:e3803. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3803.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  18. European Union. Eurobarometer 522. Antimicrobial resistance – country factsheets in English Romania. 2022. [Internet]. Available from: https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/surveys/detail/2632. Accessed July 20, 2023.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  19. European Union. Eurobarometer 407. Antimicrobial resistance – country factsheets in English Romania. 2013. [Internet]. Available from: https://health.ec.europa.eu/publications/antimicrobial-resistance-special-eurobarometer-407_en. Accessed July 20, 2023.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  20. Maarouf L, Amin M, Evans BA, Abouelfetouh A. Knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of Egyptians towards antibiotic use in the community: can we do better? Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2023:12(1):50. DOI: 10.1186/s13756-023-01249-5.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  21. Waaseth M, Adan A, Roen IL, Eriksen K, Stanojevic T, Halvorsen KH, et al. Knowledge of antibiotics and antibiotics resistance among Norwegian pharmacy customers – a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 2016;19(1):66. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-6409-x.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  22. Mazinska B, Struzycka I, Hryniewicz W. Surveys of public knowledge and attitudes with regard to antibiotics in Poland: Did the European Antibiotic Awareness Day campaigns change attitudes? PLoS ONE. 2017;12(2):e0172146. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172146.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  23. Iovu MB. Knowledge and behaviors regarding the use of antibiotics: A descriptive cross-sectional survey in Romania. Archiv Euromedica. 2020;10(1):21-4.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  24. Paget J, Lescure D, Versporten A, Goossens H, Schellevis F, Vn Dijk L. 2017. Antimicrobial resistance and causes of non-prudent use of antibiotics in human medicine in the EU. Brussels: European Commission.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  25. Skliros E, Merkouris P, Papazafiropoulou A, Gikas A, Matzouranis G, Papafragos C, et al. Self-medication with antibiotics in rural population in Greece: a cross-sectional multicenter study. BMC Family Pract. 2010;11:58. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-58.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  26. You JH, Yau B, Choi KC, Chau CTS, Huang QR, Lee SS. Public knowledge, attitudes and behavior on antibiotic use: a telephone survey in Hong Kong. Infection. 2008;36(2):153-7. DOI: 10.1007/s15010-007-7214-5.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  27. Ling Oh A, Hassali MA, Al-Haddad MS, Syed Sulaiman SA, Shafie AA, Awaisu A. Public knowledge and attitudes towards antibiotic usage: a cross-sectional study among the general public in the state of Penang, Malaysia. J Infect Dev Ctries. 2011;5(5):338-47. DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1502.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  28. Altiner A, Duerden M, Kozlov R, Lopez-Pintor E, Sessa A, Shepard A, et al. Understanding attitudes and perceptions of consumers in relation to antibiotic use for respiratory Illness and symptoms in Europe. P2298. 33rd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Copenhagen, Denmark, 15-18 April, 2023.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  29. Andre M, Vernby A, Berg J, Lundborg CS. A survey of public knowledge and awareness related to antibiotic use and resistance in Sweden. J Anti-microb Chemother 2010;65(6):1292-6. DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkq104.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  30. Tomas A, Paut Kusturica M, Tomić Z, Horvat O, Djurovic Koprivica D, Bukumiric D, et al. Self-medication with antibiotics in Serbian households: a case for action? Int J Clin Pharm. 2017;39(3):507-13. DOI: 10.1007/s11096-017-0461-3.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  31. Godycki-Cwirko M, Cals JWL, Francis N, Verheij T, Butler CC, Goossens H, et al. Public beliefs on antibiotics and symptoms of respiratory tract infections among rural and urban population in Poland: a questionnaire study. PLoS One. 2014;9(10):e109248. DOI: 10.1371/journal. pone.0109248.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  32. European Commission. Special Eurobarometer 338. Antimicrobial resistance. November–December 2009. Brussels: TNS Opinion and Social, 2010. Available from: https://health.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2016-11/ebs_338_en_0.pdf. Accessed July 20, 2023.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjr-2023-0023 | Journal eISSN: 2393-3356 | Journal ISSN: 2069-6523
Journal RSS Feed
Language: English
Page range: 144 - 157
Submitted on: Jun 12, 2023
Accepted on: Aug 1, 2023
Published on: Oct 14, 2023
Published by: Romanian Rhinologic Society
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
antibiotic resistance,
sore throat,
upper respiratory tract infections,
flu,
cold
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Clinical medicine, other,
Surgery,
Surgery, other,
Otorhinolaryngology,
Speech, voice and paediatric hearing disorders,
Oromaxillofacial surgery

© 2023 Codrut Sarafoleanu, Raluca Enache, published by Romanian Rhinologic Society
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Previous articleVolume 13 (2023): Issue 52 (December 2023)Next article