Antimicrobial stewardship: knowledge, perceptions, and factors associated with antibiotics misuse among consumer’s visiting the community pharmacies in a Nigeria Southwestern State

Table 4 Antibiotic usage by consumers, recommendations sources, and the use of prescription for its purchase

Question	Variables	Frequency	Percentage
Estimated number of people who have used antibiotics in the last 12 months (n = 509)
Have you used antibiotics in the last 12 months?	Yes	369	72.5
Have you used antibiotics in the last 12 months?	No	140	27.5
Sources of antibiotic recommendations or prescriptions (n = 472)^a
Who prescribed or recommended the antibiotics you bought?	Doctor	175	37.1
	Pharmacist	182	38.6
	Yourself	62	13.1
	Friends and family	48	10.2
	Nurse	3	0.6
	Patent medicine personnel	2	0.4
Utilization of prescriptions for antibiotic purchases (n = 441)
Did you buy the antibiotics without prescription?	Yes	144	28.3
Did you buy the antibiotics without prescription?	No	297	58.3

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