Impact of Hospital Acquired Infection and Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Campaign on Knowledge Attitude and Practices of Medical Undergraduates in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, India
Introduction: Healthcare professionals have an important role in tackling the growing menace of Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI) and Antibiotic Resistance (ABR). Regular trainings imparted early in career can result in better understanding of these crucial issues. Aim: To identify the baselin...
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| description | Introduction: Healthcare professionals have an important role
in tackling the growing menace of Hospital Acquired Infections
(HAI) and Antibiotic Resistance (ABR). Regular trainings
imparted early in career can result in better understanding of
these crucial issues.
Aim: To identify the baseline Knowledge Attitude and Practices
(KAP) of 5th semester MBBS undergraduate students of a
University Medical College in Rajasthan, India, and to determine
the changes in these parameters after the implementation of a
vigorous “HAI and ABR Awareness campaign”.
Materials and Methods: This prospective interventional study
involved 86, 5th semester MBBS undergraduate students. The
study instrument was a preformed pretested 30 item selfadministered questionnaire. The study intervention included a
series of lectures, role plays, poster competition; and an audiovisual quiz. The performance of individual participants before
and after the intervention was then statistically analysed with
Microsoft Excel and software Statistical Package for the Social
Sciences (SPSS) version 20.
Results: The pre-intervention overall KAP score of each student
was found to be poor in 17.4%, average in 61.6%, and excellent
in 20.9% in study participants. Post-intervention grades were
found to be poor, average, and excellent in 1.1%, 8.14%, and
90.7% study participants, respectively. A statistically significant
decrease in the percentage of students with poor grade and
a significant increase in those with excellent grade were
observed.
Conclusion: There is a need for suitable amendments in current
MBBS curriculum to include modules which comprehensively
address the core issues of ABR, HAIs and Antimicrobial
Stewardship (AMS). This would help to bring out attitude and
behavioural changes in students at the very grass-root level. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a879496bf3b24355a8b49155f1e094372022-12-22T04:06:54ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2020-09-01149DC23DC2710.7860/JCDR/2020/44870.14039Impact of Hospital Acquired Infection and Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Campaign on Knowledge Attitude and Practices of Medical Undergraduates in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, IndiaEkadashi Rajni0Priyanka Rathi1Manisha Malik2Sonali Mittal3Ved Prakash Mamoria4Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, MGUMST, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medical Sciences, RUHS, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.Associate Professor, Department of PSM, PDU Medical College, Churu, Rajasthan, India.Resident, Department of Microbiology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, MGUMST, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, MGUMST, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.Introduction: Healthcare professionals have an important role in tackling the growing menace of Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI) and Antibiotic Resistance (ABR). Regular trainings imparted early in career can result in better understanding of these crucial issues. Aim: To identify the baseline Knowledge Attitude and Practices (KAP) of 5th semester MBBS undergraduate students of a University Medical College in Rajasthan, India, and to determine the changes in these parameters after the implementation of a vigorous “HAI and ABR Awareness campaign”. Materials and Methods: This prospective interventional study involved 86, 5th semester MBBS undergraduate students. The study instrument was a preformed pretested 30 item selfadministered questionnaire. The study intervention included a series of lectures, role plays, poster competition; and an audiovisual quiz. The performance of individual participants before and after the intervention was then statistically analysed with Microsoft Excel and software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. Results: The pre-intervention overall KAP score of each student was found to be poor in 17.4%, average in 61.6%, and excellent in 20.9% in study participants. Post-intervention grades were found to be poor, average, and excellent in 1.1%, 8.14%, and 90.7% study participants, respectively. A statistically significant decrease in the percentage of students with poor grade and a significant increase in those with excellent grade were observed. Conclusion: There is a need for suitable amendments in current MBBS curriculum to include modules which comprehensively address the core issues of ABR, HAIs and Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS). This would help to bring out attitude and behavioural changes in students at the very grass-root level.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/14039/44870_CE[Ra1]_F(SL)_PF1(AG_KM)_PFA(KM)_PB(AG_KM)_PN(SL).pdfantibiotic stewardshiphealthcare professionalspre-interventionpost-intervention |
| spellingShingle | Ekadashi Rajni Priyanka Rathi Manisha Malik Sonali Mittal Ved Prakash Mamoria Impact of Hospital Acquired Infection and Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Campaign on Knowledge Attitude and Practices of Medical Undergraduates in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, India Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research antibiotic stewardship healthcare professionals pre-intervention post-intervention |
| title | Impact of Hospital Acquired Infection and Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Campaign on Knowledge Attitude and Practices of Medical Undergraduates in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, India |
| title_full | Impact of Hospital Acquired Infection and Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Campaign on Knowledge Attitude and Practices of Medical Undergraduates in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, India |
| title_fullStr | Impact of Hospital Acquired Infection and Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Campaign on Knowledge Attitude and Practices of Medical Undergraduates in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Hospital Acquired Infection and Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Campaign on Knowledge Attitude and Practices of Medical Undergraduates in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, India |
| title_short | Impact of Hospital Acquired Infection and Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Campaign on Knowledge Attitude and Practices of Medical Undergraduates in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, India |
| title_sort | impact of hospital acquired infection and antibiotic resistance awareness campaign on knowledge attitude and practices of medical undergraduates in a tertiary care teaching hospital india |
| topic | antibiotic stewardship healthcare professionals pre-intervention post-intervention |
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