Antibiotic resistance (ABR) is a significant issue for public health globally. An adequate understanding of ABR and the approaches used to tackle ABR, including antibiotic stewardship programs, are vital. This study aimed to get an insight into antibiotic use, ABR, and antibiotic stewardship programs among pharmacy students of Punjab, Pakistan. This multicenter study was undertaken among final (fifth) year undergraduate pharmacy students of 7 universities of Punjab, Pakistan. A paper-based self-administered questionnaire comprising 48-items was utilized for data collection. Descriptive and inferential statistics were employed for data analysis. This study included a total of 296 respondents with a response rate of 85.8%. Most of the students had an average understanding of antibiotic use (59.8%), ABR (42.6%), ABR mechanisms (48.0%), and factors of ABR (51.7%). Only 21.6% of students have heard about antibiotic stewardship programs. More than half of the students believed that educating and training healthcare professionals (53.4%) and medical students (57.8%) about the prescribing and judicial usage of antibiotics could reduce the ABR burden. The awareness of most of the pharmacy students about certain aspects of antibiotic use, ABR, and stewardship programs was suboptimal.

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药学学生对抗生素使用、抗生素耐药性和抗生素管理计划的了解：来自巴基斯坦旁遮普邦的横断面研究


抗生素耐药性（ABR）是全球公共卫生的一个重大问题。对 ABR 以及用于解决 ABR 的方法（包括抗生素管理计划）的充分了解至关重要。本研究旨在深入了解巴基斯坦旁遮普邦药学学生的抗生素使用情况、ABR 和抗生素管理计划。这项多中心研究是在巴基斯坦旁遮普邦 7 所大学的最后（五年级）药学本科生中进行的。采用包含 48 项的纸质自填式调查问卷来收集数据。采用描述性统计和推论性统计进行数据分析。这项研究共有 296 名受访者，回应率为 85.8%。大多数学生对抗生素使用（59.8%）、ABR（42.6%）、ABR机制（48.0%）和ABR影响因素（51.7%）的了解一般。只有 21.6% 的学生听说过抗生素管理计划。超过一半的学生认为，对医疗保健专业人员（53.4％）和医学生（57.8％）进行有关抗生素处方和司法使用的教育和培训可以减轻ABR负担。大多数药学学生对抗生素使用、ABR 和管理计划的某些方面的认识并不理想。