Educational Video Improves Knowledge about Outpatients’ Usage of Antibiotics in Two Public Hospitals in Indonesia

The inappropriate use or misuse of antibiotics, particularly by outpatients, increases antibiotic resistance. A lack public knowledge about “Responsible antibiotics” and “How to obtain is a major cause this. This study aimed assess the effectiveness an educational video antibiotics increase outpatients’ shown in two hospitals East Java, Indonesia. quasi-experimental research setting was used with one-group pre-test—post-test design, carried out from November 2018 January 2019. population consisted outpatients whom were prescribed. Participants selected using purposive sampling technique; 98 at MZ General Hospital S regency 96 SG L included. questionnaire measure respondents’ knowledge, five domains, i.e., definition infections obtaining directions for use, storage instructions, test score total Guttman scale (a dichotomous “yes” “no” answer). To determine significance difference before after providing between hospitals, (paired) Student’s t-test applied. videos significantly improved which increased 41% Hospital, 42% Hospital. It concluded that provides useful method improve regarding antibiotics.