Knowledge and Attitude toward Antibiotic Use and Identification of Financially Feasible Options to Curb the Spread of Antibiotics in Environment

Table 7

Action towards antibiotic resistance.

Subthemes		Rural	Urban	Total
Prefer traditional medicine/home remedies/allopathic	Yes	70.04	68.27	67.90
	No	28.84	31.43	31.58
	Do not know	1.12	0.30	0.51
	Total %	100	100	100
How did you stop an antibiotic course?	Upon improvement	32.21	24.36	26.03
	100% compliance with doctor’s prescription	52.81	65.71	61.73
	After exhaustion	5.24	2.41	3.09
	Cannot remember	9.74	7.52	9.15
	Total %	100	100	100

The preferences of the participants toward the utilization or discontinuation of antibiotics are shown, in percentage, for the entire number of 972 participants, both urban and rural. The values in the table represent the participants’ responses, in percentage.