Risk Factors of Antibiotic Misuse for Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Children: Results from a Cross-Sectional Knowledge-Attitude-Practice Study in Greece
Table 2
Parents (%) who did not answer correctly in the selected questions of the attitude section.
Q27
P value
Q28
P value
Q30, Q31, Q32, Q34
P value
Athens
31.7
6.7
0.154
0.2
0.106
Northern Greece
36.6
6
0.2
Central Greece
44.2
7.5
0.4
Islands versus
38.8
7.9
0.6
Peloponnese
35.8
5.1
0
Mothers
35.7
5.4
<
0.2
0.414
Fathers
40.2
10.5
0.3
31–45 years
35.7
<
6.2
0.2
0.293
<31 or >45 years
41.9
8.3
0.4
Insurance
Public
37.2
6.4
0.779
0.3
0.467
Private
32.5
5.7
0
Public and private
34.3
6.5
0
None
62.5
12.5
0
Education of father
Primary school
45
<
12
<
0.3
0.572
Secondary school
41
9.1
0.3
High school
36.9
5.8
0.2
College
33.6
5
0.1
University
31.8
3.9
0
Education of mother
Primary school
45.2
<
14.4
<
0.3
0.398
Secondary school
44.4
10.1
0.3
High school
36.8
5.9
0.4
College
34.8
4.7
0.1
University
31.9
4.7
0.1
High
33.5
<
5
<
0.1
0.626
Moderate
35.8
6.1
0.2
Low
44.7
11.2
0.4
Immigrants
55.8
<
18.3
<
1.2
Nonimmigrants
34.7
5.2
0.1
Residence
Big Towns
36.1
0.271
6.4
0.625
0.2
0.946
Small Towns
37.6
6.5
0.2
Villages
39.1
7.4
0.3
Number of children
2-3
36.8
0.413
6
0.2
0.299
<2 >3
36.4
8
0.3
Couples
36.4
6.3
0.2
0.494
Singles
41.5
9.3
0
Experience of recurrent URIs
Yes
40.9
6.3
0.478
0.1
0.53
No
36
6.5
0.2
Pediatrician-parent relation
Friends or relatives
37.1
0.263
6
0.057
0.3
0.449
Typical
38.2
7.4
0.2
Access to healthcare system
Good
39
7.3
0.2
0.895
Moderate
35.2
5.4
0.3
Poor
34.5
7
0.2
Bold letters and *: variables with elevated level of significance after univariate analysis. :
self-assessment as perceived by the parents at the time of the survey.
