Knowledge on Paracetamol among Village Health Volunteers in Samut Prakan Province
Keywords:
paracetamol, drug resistance, antibiotic, drug resistance knowledge, village health volunteer, caregiver community volunteerAbstract
This survey research aimed to investigate levels of knowledge of paracetamol among village health volunteers in Samut Prakan Province. The sample was 377 village health volunteers in Samut Prakan Province selected by accidental sampling. The questionnaire was performed to collect data during October to November 2022. Hyptheses were tested by an independent t-test and
a one-way ANOVA.
The results showed that the subjects had a high level of knowledge about paracetamol and had an average score of 12.13 t 3.42 points out of a total of 15 points. The top 3 wrong answers were 2 dose-related issues (wrong answers: 73.47% and 38.20%) and issues related to the prevention of double drug exposure (wrong answers 36.60%).The hypothesis with an independent t-test, it was found that the samples of caregiver community Volunteers and non-caregiver community Volunteers had statistically significant different paracetamol knowledge on doses and precautions (p < 0.001 and 0.010, respectively). While testing knowledge of paracetamol it was found that the sample of village health volunteers with different durations of being health volunteers has no statistically significant difference (p = 0.232). In conclusion, the paracetamol knowledge of village health volunteers in Samut Prakan province was at a high level. However, more awareness should be raised on dosage and prevention of double drug exposure to ensure the safety of using paracetamol.
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