Public awareness and practices towards self-medication with antibiotics among the Malaysian population. A development of questionnaire and pilot-testing

• Main Authors: Aslam, Adeel, Gajdács,, Márió, Zin, Che Suraya, Ab Rahman, Norny Syafinaz, Ahmed, Syed Imran, Jamshed, Shazia Qasim
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) 2020
• Subjects: RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/81504/1/81504_Public%20awareness%20and%20practices.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/81504/2/81504_Public%20awareness%20and%20practices_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/81504/13/81504_Public%20awareness%20and%20practices_WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/81504/; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7168161/pdf/antibiotics-09-00097.pdf

It is well documented that injudicious antibiotic use and practicing self-medication with antibiotics (SMA) can lead to antibiotic resistance. The objective was to validate and develop an instrument in Bahasa Melayu to assess the awareness and practices towards SMA in the Malaysian population. A pil...