Pediatrics & Therapeutics
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0665
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2161-0665
+44 1478 350008
Seba Ghaithan D Alamri, Musab Shakir Alshareef, Saad Saleh Aldughaythir, Maram Mohammed A Aljohani, Mai Khalid Alakhmimi, Rawan Ahmad Alsahafi , Abdulaziz Zaher Alalmaei, Ahmed Abdullah Saleh Alenazi and Basil Mohammed Ziyad AlRajhi
King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
King Abdulaziz University, KSA
Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University, KSA
Ibn Sina National College, KSA
Al Batterjee Medical College, KSA
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Pediatr Ther
Background: Upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) are highly encountered by children all over the world, with repeated episodes; ranging from six to eight episodes per year. Despite the fact that URTIs are mostly infections of viral origin and are usually self-limiting, many parents' attitude forces physicians to prescribe antibiotic, resulting in antibiotic resistance. Objectives: To study the parental knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) towards antibiotic use among children with URTIs in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was distributed among parents presented at a random sample of primary schools in KSA from February 2017 to June 2017. Results: A total of 547 parents were included from diff erent parts of KSA, most of them were females and had a college degree and a moderate income. Overall, KAP toward using antibiotics in URTI for children was very low among 72% of subjects and was good in only 28% of subjects showing that there was inappropriate level of KAP among studied population. Conclusion: From the obtained results, it can be concluded that Saudi parents have inadequate knowledge about antibiotic use in children for treating URTIs as many of them answered incorrect for attitudes and practices.
Seba Al-Amri has completed her MBBS at the age of 25 from King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Scinces. She is currently a medical intern at King Abdulaziz Medical City. She has worked in many teams doing research in various ï¬ elds. She is working on multiple research papers and this is her most recently published one.