KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIORS IN RATIONAL ANTIBIOTICS USE OF NURSING SCIENCE STUDENTS, BOROMARAJONANI COLLEGE OF NURSING, SANPASITHIPRASONG

Abstract

This research is a survey research. The purpose of this research was to study the knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of rational antibiotic use among nursing science students of Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Sanpasithiprasong. The study population was nursing science students, grade 3-4 of Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Sanpasithiprasong, academic year 2020, consisted of 191 people. The research instrument was a questionnaire. The statistics used to analyze the research data were percentage, mean and standard deviation. 1) The results showed that knowledge about the use of antibiotics, students are most knowledgeable about the dangers of antibiotic allergy and has leastl knowledge on how to store freeze-dried children's antibiotic powder after mixing. Most of the students, 49.74 percent, had a moderate level of knowledge of rational use of antibiotics. 2)Attitudes about antibiotic use, students take the view that expensive antibiotics are more effective than cheap antibiotics and has leastl attitude that when taking antibiotics and symptoms do not improve, should change the type of antibiotics. Most of the students, 58.64 percent, had a moderate attitude about rational use of antibiotics. 3)Behavioral aspects of antibiotic use, student behavior when receiving antibiotics will take medication regularly and completed as prescribed by the doctor to prevent drug resistance and had the least habit of drinking warm water and getting enough rest when the throat began to hurt and noticed that he had the least red throat. Most of the students, 73.82%, had moderately rational antibiotic use behavior.