Table 2 Comparison of knowledge, attitudes and practices according to the demographic and work characteristics of physicians, Medellin-Colombia, 2022–2023
Knowledge | Attitudes | Practices | ||||||||
Me | IQR | Me | IQR | Me | IQR | |||||
Sex | Female | 79.5 | 70.5 | 86.4 | 79.2 | 75.0 | 85.4 | 74.0 | 68.8 | 79.2 |
Male | 80.7 | 70.5 | 88.6 | 81.3 | 75.0 | 87.5 | 77.1 | 68.8 | 83.3 | |
P value | 0.623 | 0.503 | 0.069 | |||||||
Age group | 24–34 years | 81.8 | 72.7 | 88.6 | 79.2 | 75.0 | 87.5 | 72.9 | 68.8 | 81.3 |
34–45 years | 79.5 | 72.7 | 90.9 | 83.3 | 77.1 | 87.5 | 77.1 | 75.0 | 83.3 | |
> 45 years | 63.6 | 59.1 | 79.5 | 79.2 | 68.8 | 83.3 | 76.0 | 68.8 | 79.2 | |
P value | 0.001 | 0.269 | 0.050 | |||||||
Educational stage | General physician | 77.3 | 68.2 | 86.4 | 79.2 | 72.9 | 85.4 | 72.9 | 66.7 | 79.2 |
Resident | 86.4 | 75.0 | 88.6 | 81.3 | 77.1 | 89.6 | 77.1 | 70.8 | 83.3 | |
Specialist physician | 79.5 | 70.5 | 86.4 | 81.3 | 75.0 | 91.7 | 79.2 | 72.9 | 85.4 | |
P value | 0.012 | 0.029 | 0.002 | |||||||
Work Experience | 1 year | 72.7 | 56.8 | 84.1 | 79.2 | 66.7 | 85.4 | 68.8 | 56.3 | 85.4 |
2–5 years | 81.8 | 75.0 | 88.6 | 79.2 | 75.0 | 86.5 | 75.0 | 68.8 | 79.2 | |
6–10 years | 84.1 | 72.7 | 88.6 | 81.3 | 75.0 | 89.6 | 72.9 | 68.8 | 83.3 | |
> 10 years | 77.3 | 63.6 | 84.1 | 81.3 | 75.0 | 85.4 | 77.1 | 72.9 | 81.3 | |
P value | 0.007 | 0.551 | 0.182 | |||||||
Usual practice setting | Emergency room | 81.8 | 70.5 | 90.9 | 81.3 | 75.0 | 89.6 | 77.1 | 70.8 | 83.3 |
General Ward | 81.8 | 72.7 | 86.4 | 81.3 | 77.1 | 87.5 | 77.1 | 70.8 | 83.3 | |
Ambulatory | 73.9 | 65.9 | 86.4 | 75.0 | 70.8 | 83.3 | 72.9 | 60.4 | 77.1 | |
Other | 80.7 | 70.5 | 87.5 | 79.2 | 75.0 | 81.3 | 74.0 | 63.5 | 81.3 | |
P value | 0.062 | 0.001 | 0.010 | |||||||
Number of consultations per day in which antibiotics are prescribed | None | 79.5 | 68.2 | 84.1 | 77.1 | 68.8 | 85.4 | 72.9 | 62.5 | 81.3 |
1–2 | 81.8 | 72.7 | 86.4 | 79.2 | 75.0 | 85.4 | 75.0 | 70.8 | 79.2 | |
3–4 | 78.4 | 68.2 | 90.9 | 81.3 | 72.9 | 89.6 | 75.0 | 66.7 | 83.3 | |
≥ 5 | 81.8 | 73.9 | 90.9 | 83.3 | 77.1 | 89.6 | 79.2 | 70.8 | 85.4 | |
P value | 0.249 | 0.139 | 0.185 | |||||||
Has treated patients with AMR infections that do not respond to therapy | Never | 72.7 | 65.9 | 86.4 | 77.1 | 66.7 | 81.3 | 68.8 | 62.5 | 75.0 |
Hardly ever | 79.5 | 68.2 | 84.1 | 79.2 | 70.8 | 83.3 | 70.8 | 64.6 | 75.0 | |
Sometimes | 77.3 | 70.5 | 86.4 | 79.2 | 72.9 | 87.5 | 75.0 | 68.8 | 81.3 | |
Almost always | 84.1 | 72.7 | 88.6 | 81.3 | 76.0 | 87.5 | 77.1 | 70.8 | 83.3 | |
Always | 84.1 | 75.0 | 90.9 | 87.5 | 79.2 | 91.7 | 78.1 | 72.9 | 85.4 | |
P value | 0.061 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||||||