![]() ![]() Basic health research (Riset Kesehatan Dasar) from the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia reported that 35.2% of Indonesians keep drugs on hand for self-medication, not only antibiotics but all medicines, and that 86.1% of the population store antibiotics that were obtained without a prescription. The reasons for antibiotic overprescribing and the use of monotherapy broad-spectrum antibiotics are the massive antibiotics revenue, the lack of supervision in antibiotic distribution by the regulatory authorities, physician-related factors, and patient-related factors. Overprescribing, and the use of monotherapy broad-spectrum antibiotics are the main causes of antibiotic resistance. It is stated in their WHO report on surveillance of antibiotic consumption that the incidence of antibiotic resistance has increased rapidly in Asia, with the highest incidence in Southeast Asia. WHO reported that microbial resistance to antibiotics is a global health problem. It was concluded that an educational video provides a useful method to improve the knowledge of the outpatients regarding antibiotics. The educational videos significantly improved outpatients’ knowledge, which increased by 41% in MZ General Hospital, and by 42% in SG General Hospital. To determine the significance of the difference in knowledge before and after providing the educational video and in the knowledge score between hospitals, the (paired) Student’s t-test was applied. The knowledge test score was the total score of the Guttman scale (a dichotomous “yes” or “no” answer). A questionnaire was used to measure the respondents’ knowledge, and consisted of five domains, i.e., the definition of infections and antibiotics, obtaining the antibiotics, directions for use, storage instructions, and antibiotic resistance. Participants were selected using a purposive sampling technique 98 outpatients at MZ General Hospital in the S regency and 96 at SG General Hospital in the L regency were included. The study population consisted of outpatients to whom antibiotics were prescribed. A quasi-experimental research setting was used with a one-group pre-test-post-test design, carried out from November 2018 to January 2019. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of an educational video about antibiotics and antibiotic use to increase outpatients’ knowledge shown in two public hospitals in East Java, Indonesia. ![]() A lack of public knowledge about “Responsible use of antibiotics” and “How to obtain antibiotics” is a major cause of this. The inappropriate use or misuse of antibiotics, particularly by outpatients, increases antibiotic resistance. ![]()
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