Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Study
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Anti-Microbial Resistance. Basic parameters: 25 years — 65 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Syria
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Among Healthcare Workers in Syria: Multicenter Cross Sectional Study
Overview
This study aims to investigate the knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of the antibiotic resistance and prudent antibiotic use among healthcare workers in Syria
Detailed description
This will be a multicenter cross-sectional study across the country.
The online questionnaire will be conducted in different governorates and published online through social media.
An online link to the web-based questionnaire will be developed using Google forms; it was self-designed based on questions used in previous similar studies\[1\]-\[5\].The questionnaire will take about 5-10 minutes to be completed by each participant.
The questionnaire consists of eight sections.
All participants fulfilling the inclusion criteria will be invited to participate. Snowball sampling will select the study participants with a confidence level of 95% and a margin of error of 5%. The lower limit of participants should be included is 200 healthcare workers.
The questionnaire will be pre-tested on a small sample of participants to confirm the practicability and clarity of questions to check the content. Observations of the pilot study will not be included in the final analysis.
Responses will be downloaded from Google form as an excel sheet, and data will be analyzed using SPSS version 28.
Primary outcome measures
- Knowledge, attitude and practice of health care workers (KAP) [Time frame: 06/01/2025]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: We include healthcare workers, males or females aged 25 to over 65.
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Exclusion Criteria: Participants who do not agree to fill the questionnaire, who do not agree to fill all requested questions, and who filled the questionnaire before.
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Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Case-crossover
Study locations
Syria · 1 center
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Aleppo — Aleppo
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06944158 · AntibioticsResistance963