Associated factors of oral upper respiratory tract antibiotic use behavior among the gardians in the health promoting hospital, the fifth regional health promotion center ,Ratchaburi

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the factors influencing the guardians’ behavior regarding antibiotic use for children. The proposive sampling was used to select 367 guardians who were caregivers of 0 to 5 years old of age children at the Health Promoting Hospital, the Fifth Regional Health Promotion Center, Ratchaburi from September, 2020 to January, 2021. The instruments of the study consisted of the guardian’s personal information questionnaire, the influences of enabling factors and reinforcing factors on antibiotic use for children questionnaire, the knowledge regarding antibiotic use for children questionnaire, the attitude regarding antibiotic use for children questionnaire, and the behavior regarding antibiotic use for children questionnaire.The reliability were .85, .73 and .79.  Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation coefficient and Stepwise multiple regressions. The results showed that the influence of attitude regarding antibiotic use for children and the enabling factors could statistically predict the guardians’ behavior regarding antibiotic use for children accounting for 29.7 percent of the variance (R² = 0.297, F = 78.38, p < 0.001). Especially, the influence of attitude regarding antibiotic use for children was the best predictor of the guardians’ behavior regarding antibiotic use for children (β = 0.55, t = 12.49, p < 0.001)