TY - JOUR U1 - Wissenschaftlicher Artikel A1 - Kristina, Susi Ari A1 - Salsabila, Nada Nisrina A1 - Yulianto, Yulianto A1 - Fortwengel, Gerhard T1 - Effect of didactic educational intervention on improving knowledge of antibiotics use and resistance in Yogyakarta Community JF - Pharmaceutical Sciences Asia N2 - Lack of knowledge regarding antibiotics use has been widely identified as a main reason for inappropriate antibiotics use which leads to antibiotic resistance phenomenon. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of pharmacist-initiated educational intervention on promoting appropriate use of antibiotics and reducing self-medication with antibiotics. A pre and post intervention study using two validated self-administered questionnaires was performed in Yogyakarta province. A-two hour session of course and case discussion was delivered as method of intervention. Pharmacy customers attended Gema Cermat program were invited conveniently to complete both of pre- and post-educational questionnaires. Descriptive presentation was conducted to show scores on questions. Knowledge scores were categorized as poor, adequate and high. Of 268 respondents, 34.22% respondents had poor level of knowledge before receiving educational intervention, but this number decreased into 12.21% after post-interventional phase. Another 28.23% respondents had adequate level of knowledge before and then elevated into 38.28% after receiving education about appropriate use of antibiotics. Pre-education, 37.43% participants had a high level of knowledge about antibiotics use and resistance, whereas after education the number became slightly higher (49.25%). A vast majority of respondents (75.24%) became more aware about appropriate antibiotics practice after receiving educational inter- vention. Overall, didactic educational intervention imposed higher knowledge and better practice regarding antibiotics use (p < 0.05). This study showed that using didactical education intervention towards antibiotics use and resistance can be an initial strategy that led to substantial improvement of appropriate antibiotics use. Further systemic interventions to educate people should be performed and evaluated in order to promote the appropriate use of antibiotics. KW - Educational intervention KW - Pharmacists KW - Knowledge KW - Antibiotic resistance KW - Schulung KW - Pharmazeut KW - Wissen KW - Antibiotikum KW - Arzneimittelresistenz Y1 - 2021 UN - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:960-opus4-20588 SN - 2586-8195 SS - 2586-8195 U6 - https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-2058 DO - https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-2058 VL - 48 IS - 4 SP - 346 EP - 353 ER -