Volume 9, Number 9—September 2003
Research
Consumer Attitudes and Use of Antibiotics
Table 4
Variable | Adjusted ORb,c | 95% CI | |
---|---|---|---|
Upper |
Lower |
||
Agree that antibiotics prevent serious illness |
0.78 |
0.57 |
1.06 |
Agree that antibiotics help me get better more quickly |
1.50d |
1.13 |
1.99 |
Expect a prescription for antibiotics |
0.96 |
0.77 |
1.20 |
Aware of antibiotic dangers | 1.37d | 1.11 | 1.69 |
aWe constructed a multivariable model to look at the association between respondents taking antibiotics in the previous 4 weeks and their attitudes toward and knowledge about the adverse effects of antibiotic use.
bOR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
cAdjusted for sex, age, education, race, household income, state, place of residence, child in household, and insurance.
dValues are significant (p<0.01) after adjusting for multiple comparisons.
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