The appraise of positions of obeying to the antibiotic using principles of mothers

Abstract

The research was done crosscutly and definely to appraise the position of obeying the principles of antibiotic
using of mothers who has children between the age of 0 and 6. 160 mothers whose children between the age of 0-6 and
hospitalized at the service of child in Mu????la State Hospital and Mu????la Social Insurance Institution Hospital between
the dates of 15.11.2002 and 15.01.2003 formed this research precedent, A questionnaie form which was defined by
17 datas determined the mother’s obeying to the antibiotic using principles and a sociodemografic data form which has
8 guestions related to mothers and children were used. [4]
When the sociodemografic features of mothers who were in this research were studied, ıt was determined that
66% of them were at the age of 25-34, 62.5 of them graduated from a primary school, 86.9% were housewives,
53.8% had two children and 95.0% had health insurance. [5]
When the positions of mother’s knowing the principles of antibiotic using were studied, it was determined
that 55.6% of them knew what the antibiotic is. It was determined that 73.7% of them use it at the antibiotic
according to the doctor’s prescription, 77.5% of them use it at the right dosage, 68.7% use the antibiotic till it
finished, 68.1% keep it in the fridge, 80.6% of them use to waste antibiotic, 14.4% pray attention to the using date
of the antibiotic, 94.4% of them don’t use another child’s antibiotic, for hers, 93.1% dont use her own antibiotic for
her child, 93.7% of them don’t use antibiotic without doctor’s prescription, 86.3% of them pay attention to the
hunger-full principle, 99.4% of them shake the suspension antibiotics before using them and 67.5% take her child to
the doctor’s control after the antibiotic is finished.