A scale to measure the perception of veterinarians towards antimicrobial use and resistance
Veterinarians are the primary sourceof knowledge for farmers on how to use antibiotics responsibly in farm animals and how to decrease the risk of antibiotic resistance.Antimicrobial use and resistance is a multidimensional construct that lacks a specific measurement scale. This paper looks into...
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| author | G.Vijayakumar P. Reeja George R.S.Jiji R.Senthilkumar M.Mini V.L Gleeja |
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| description | Veterinarians are the primary sourceof knowledge for farmers on how to use antibiotics
responsibly in farm animals and how to decrease the risk of antibiotic resistance.Antimicrobial use
and resistance is a multidimensional construct that lacks a specific measurement scale. This paper
looks into the development of a scale to assess veterinarian perception about antimicrobial use
and resistance. Following a thorough literature review, focus group interviews were conducted with
selected key informant veterinarians to identify statements.An initial list of 80 statements reflecting
positive and negative perception towards antimicrobial use and resistance was prepared. After
editing, a final list of 70 statements were arrivedat. Descriptives of antimicrobial use and resistance,
consensus regarding antimicrobial use and resistance indicators were arrived at through relevancy
rating by a panel of 40 judges in the field of veterinary science based on which 35 statements
were selected for item analysis. These 35 statements were subjected to item analysis among 60
veterinarians selected from a non-sample area. Out of the 60 veterinarians to whom the items were
administered for item analysis, 15 veterinarians each with the lowest and highest scores were used
as the two criterion groups to evaluate individual items. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-97f9995222f54a12ba12b88230c0ef612023-01-20T06:08:43ZengDirector of Academics and Research, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences UniversityJournal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences0971-07012582-06052022-12-0153467468110.51966/jvas.2022.53.4.674-681A scale to measure the perception of veterinarians towards antimicrobial use and resistanceG.Vijayakumar0P. Reeja George1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7461-1619R.S.Jiji2R.Senthilkumar3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4411-5902M.Mini 4V.L Gleeja5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5908-1066PhD Scholar, Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (CVAS), Mannuthy, Thrissur-680 651, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU), Kerala, India.Professor, Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (CVAS), Mannuthy, Thrissur-680 651, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU), Kerala, India.Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (CVAS), Mannuthy, Thrissur-680 651, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU), Kerala, India. Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (CVAS), Mannuthy, Thrissur-680 651, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU), Kerala, India. Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy - 680 651, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Kerala, India.Associate Professor and Head, Statistics, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy- 680 651, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Kerala, IndiaVeterinarians are the primary sourceof knowledge for farmers on how to use antibiotics responsibly in farm animals and how to decrease the risk of antibiotic resistance.Antimicrobial use and resistance is a multidimensional construct that lacks a specific measurement scale. This paper looks into the development of a scale to assess veterinarian perception about antimicrobial use and resistance. Following a thorough literature review, focus group interviews were conducted with selected key informant veterinarians to identify statements.An initial list of 80 statements reflecting positive and negative perception towards antimicrobial use and resistance was prepared. After editing, a final list of 70 statements were arrivedat. Descriptives of antimicrobial use and resistance, consensus regarding antimicrobial use and resistance indicators were arrived at through relevancy rating by a panel of 40 judges in the field of veterinary science based on which 35 statements were selected for item analysis. These 35 statements were subjected to item analysis among 60 veterinarians selected from a non-sample area. Out of the 60 veterinarians to whom the items were administered for item analysis, 15 veterinarians each with the lowest and highest scores were used as the two criterion groups to evaluate individual items.https://jvas.in/public_html/upload/article_file/article_file_ro1raf.pdf?t=ro1rafveterinarianperceptionantimicrobial use and resistancescalereliability |
| spellingShingle | G.Vijayakumar P. Reeja George R.S.Jiji R.Senthilkumar M.Mini V.L Gleeja A scale to measure the perception of veterinarians towards antimicrobial use and resistance Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences veterinarianperception antimicrobial use and resistance scale reliability |
| title | A scale to measure the perception of veterinarians towards antimicrobial use and resistance |
| title_full | A scale to measure the perception of veterinarians towards antimicrobial use and resistance |
| title_fullStr | A scale to measure the perception of veterinarians towards antimicrobial use and resistance |
| title_full_unstemmed | A scale to measure the perception of veterinarians towards antimicrobial use and resistance |
| title_short | A scale to measure the perception of veterinarians towards antimicrobial use and resistance |
| title_sort | scale to measure the perception of veterinarians towards antimicrobial use and resistance |
| topic | veterinarianperception antimicrobial use and resistance scale reliability |
| url | https://jvas.in/public_html/upload/article_file/article_file_ro1raf.pdf?t=ro1raf |
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