Akılcı Antibiyotik Kullanımına Yönelik Eğitim programının Sağlık tekniker Adaylarına Etkisi

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study is to measure the effect of the education program concerning rational antibiotic use on the knowledge-attitude levels of health technician students towards rational antibiotic use.
 Method: This intervention study has been conducted with vocational school students (control group: 437, intervention group: 403) enrolled in the same health services program at two universities in Ankara. The dependent variable of the study was the Knowledge-Attitude Scale towards Rational Antibiotic Use and the independent variables were the control and intervention groups. The educational program applied in this study included the definitions of and distinction between infections, the flu and a cold, the effect mechanism and types of antibiotics, the consequences of irrational antibiotic use, antibiotic resistance and rational and irrational use of antibiotics.
 Result: Both the knowledge and attitude mean scores of the intervention group on the final test were found to be statistically significant and higher than the mean scores of the pre-test. When the final test and retention test score averages of the intervention group were examined, it was found that there was no statistically significant difference between the mean knowledge score and mean attitude score on the final tests and retention tests 
 Conclusion: This study is the first educational intervention study in Turkey concerning the rational use of antibiotics by health technician candidates. As a result of this study, a significant increase was observed in knowledge-attitude levels on rational antibiotic use after the intervention training concerning rational antibiotic use and in terms of retention.