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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study population in pre and post intervention surveys, Minya, 2012

From: An educational intervention to promote appropriate antibiotic use for acute respiratory infections in a district in Egypt- pilot study

Characteristic

Pre-intervention

Post-intervention

N

%

N

%

Adult patientsa (≥18 years old)

N = 113

N = 277

 Age in years (mean ± SD)

37.2 ±â¶Ä‰16

Ìý

36.0 ±â¶Ä‰17

Ìý

 M²¹±ô±ð²õ

42

37.2

111

40.1

 E»å³Ü³¦²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô

 â¶ÄƒI±ô±ô¾±³Ù±ð°ù²¹³Ù±ð

50

44.2

169

61.0

  Primary education

22

19.5

39

14.1

 â¶ÄÇȱ𳦴DzԻ岹°ù²â

30

26.5

54

19.5

 â¶ÄƒU²Ô¾±±¹±ð°ù²õ¾±³Ù²â

11

9.7

15

5.4

Pediatric patientsa (< 18 years old)

N = 218

N = 330

 Age in years (mean ± SD)

4.9 ±â¶Ä‰4

Ìý

4.4 ±â¶Ä‰3

Ìý

 M²¹±ô±ð²õ

109

50.0

188

57.0

 E»å³Ü³¦²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô

 â¶ÄƒI±ô±ô¾±³Ù±ð°ù²¹³Ù±ð (Parents)

90

41.3

213

64.5

  Primary education

48

22.0

39

11.8

 â¶ÄÇȱ𳦴DzԻ岹°ù²â

73

33.5

56

17.0

 â¶ÄƒU²Ô¾±±¹±ð°ù²õ¾±³Ù²â

7

3.2

22

6.7

Clinicians

N = 237

N = 289

 Age in years (mean ± SD)

41.2 ±â¶Ä‰11

Ìý

39.3 ±â¶Ä‰11

Ìý

 M²¹±ô±ð²õ

134

56.5

131

45.3

â€Çȱè±ð³¦¾±²¹±ô³Ù²â

  General Practice/ Family medicine

65

27.4

104

36.0

  Internal Medicine

63

26.6

71

24.6

 â¶ÄƒP±ð»å¾±²¹³Ù°ù¾±³¦¾±²¹²Ô

59

24.9

71

24.6

 â¶ÄƒC³ó±ð²õ³Ù

21

8.9

14

4.8

  Tropical Medicine

15

6.3

11

3.8

 â¶ÄƒE±·°Õ

14

5.9

18

6.2

 Type of work facility

  Governmental health facility

214

90.3

199

68.9

  Governmental + private health facility

23

9.7

90

31.1

Pharmacists

N = 483

N = 596

 Type of Pharmacy

 â¶ÄƒP°ù¾±±¹²¹³Ù±ð

345

71.4

397

66.6

 â¶Ä½ö´Ç²õ±è¾±³Ù²¹±ô

97

20.1

190

31.9

  Primary Health Unit

41

8.5

9

1.5

 R±ð²õ±è´Ç²Ô»å±ð²Ô³Ù

 â¶ÄƒP³ó²¹°ù³¾²¹³¦¾±²õ³Ù

307

63.6

466

78.2

 â¶ÄÇã²õ²õ¾±²õ³Ù²¹²Ô³Ù

176

36.4

130

21.8

 Age in years (mean ± SD)

30.6 ±â¶Ä‰10

Ìý

29.7 ±â¶Ä‰9

Ìý

 M²¹±ô±ð²õ

272

56.3

296

49.7

 Mean No. of years of experience

8.3 ±â¶Ä‰9

Ìý

7.0 ±â¶Ä‰8

Ìý

 Mean No. of customers/day

79.5 ±â¶Ä‰104

Ìý

67.2 ±â¶Ä‰85

Ìý
  1. aPatients with pneumonia excluded