World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

EVALUATE THE ATTENDANCE OF PATIENTS TOWARD ANTIBIOTICS USE IN JORDAN

Jebril Al-Bedour*, Rabh Alsahwish, Farah Hijazeen

ABSTRACT

Background All over the world, antibiotics are the most commonly prescribed medications.[1] This contributes to increase antibiotic resistance which negatively affecting patients.[2] Patient misuse of antimicrobials is a major factor in the spread of antimicrobial resistance worldwide.[3,4,5] Antibiotic misuse and overuse occurs due to a complex interaction of many factors related to patient knowledge and attitudes, such as patient needs; bad habits of self-medication; experience and knowledge of patients in the field of antibiotics and poor patient education.[6,7,8] Knowing and understanding patients' attitudes and practices toward antibiotics can help maintain antibiotic efficacy.[9-12] Therefore, we was conducted a survey to assess patients' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding antimicrobial use and resistance.

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