Flash Eurobarometer 444 (Antimicrobial Resistance)

Antimicrobial resistance.<br>Topics: use of oral antibiotics in the last twelve months; source of last course of antibiotics used: medical prescription, medical practitioner, some left from a previous course, without prescription from a pharmacy, without prescription from elsewhere; reasons for taking last course of antibiotics: pneumonia, bronchitis, rhinopharyngitis, flu, cold, sore throat, cough, fever, headache, diarrhea, urinary tract infection, skin or wound infection; knowledge test on antibiotics: kill viruses, effective against cold or flu, unnecessary use makes them become ineffective, frequency of side-effects; knowledge of the time when to stop a course of treatment; information about not taking antibiotics unnecessarily in the last twelve months; source of the information; change of own point of view due to information; planned future use of antibiotics due to information; additional information desired on the following aspects of antibiotics: resistance, use, medical conditions for the use, prescription, links between the health of humans, animals, and the environment; preferred sources for trustworthy information on antibiotics; preferred level of action to tackle the resistance to antibiotics: individual or family, regional or national, global, all levels together; approval of farm animals being treated with antibiotics in case of this being the most appropriate treatment; attitude towards an interdiction to use antibiotics in farm animals to stimulate growth.

Demography: age; sex; nationality; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; type of community; household composition and household size; region.

Additionally coded was: respondent ID; country; weighting factor.