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Table 2 Identification of pharmaceutical agents or medicines as antibiotics among dentistry (n = 159), medicine (n = 54), and pharmacy (n = 101) students: proportion of answers (%) and chi-square test statistics for distributions

From: Knowledge, attitudes and behaviours regarding antibiotics use among Cypriot university students: a multi-disciplinary survey

Agent

Dentistry

Medicine

Pharmacy

Chi square

Yes (%)

No (%)

Don’t know (%)

Yes (%)

No (%)

Don’t know (%)

Yes (%)

No (%)

Don’t know (%)

Amoxicillina

30.4

35.4

34.2

64.8

14.8

20.4

35.0

27.0

38.0

22.47***

Aspirin

28.3

57.2

14.5

14.8

68.5

16.7

43.0

43.0

14.0

14.43**

Favipiravir

6.9

50.3

42.8

20.4

42.6

37.0

15.8

37.6

46.5

10.78*

Fluconazole

3.8

48.4

47.8

9.3

38.9

51.9

6.0

45.0

49.0

3.28

Hydroxychloroquine

10.1

47.2

42.8

22.6

34.0

43.4

12.9

39.6

47.5

7.06

Ibuprofen

18.2

49.7

32.1

25.9

50.0

24.1

34.7

36.6

28.7

10.24*

Penicillina

42.1

42.8

15.1

64.8

20.4

14.8

52.5

27.7

19.8

13.14*

Remdesivir

2.5

49.1

48.4

5.6

46.3

48.1

7.9

44.6

47.5

4.15

Tetracyclinea

28.7

35.7

35.7

53.7

18.5

27.8

28.3

28.3

43.4

15.13**

  1. df = 4; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; aAntibiotic agent (“yes” as correct answer”)