Understanding parental self-medication with antibiotics among parents of different nationalities: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) toward antibiotic use among parents of different nationalities

Variables	Chinese (N = 121)		Other Asian (N = 100)		Occidental (N = 75)		F/χ²	P value
Variables	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	F/χ²	P value
Knowledge score^a	9.65	1.55	8.98	1.29	10.07	1.49	12.77	< 0.001
Attitude score^a	18.46	3.54	17.02	3.42	20.53	3.74	20.96	< 0.001
Practice score^b	26.07	4.03	22.80	3.99	28.23	2.30	85.00	< 0.001
Antibiotic score^b	54.18	7.32	48.80	6.80	58.83	6.18	75.32	< 0.001

Antibiotic score was computed by summing antibiotic knowledge, attitude and practice score
Assessed from full sample, N = 296
SD = standard deviation
^aOne-way ANOVA
^bKruskal–Wallis test

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