Table 1 Knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP)-surveys about AMR in the hospital setting as reported in the English literature
Author | Country | Participants | Main findings |
|---|---|---|---|
Pulcini et al., 2010 | Scotland, France | Junior doctors (n = 139) | 95% agreed AMR is a national problem, 63% agreed so for their own clinical practice. Only 26% knew the correct local prevalence of methicillin-resistant S. aureus |
Guerra et al., 2007 | Brazil | Mainly residents (n = 310) | 95% agreed AMR is a problem and 87% that AMs are overprescribed |
Giblin et al., 2004 | USA | Health care workers (n = 117*) | 95% agreed that AMR is a national problem, 65% agreed for in their own practice |
Srinisavan et al., 2004 | USA | House-staff physicians (other than paediatricians) (n = 179) | 88% agreed that AMs are overused in general, 72% agreed so for their own hospital |
Wester et al. 2002 | USA | Internal medicine doctors (n = 490) | 87% considered AMR as very important national problem |