Drug Use Among the University Students - Experiences and Knowledge in Right Using

Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department of Biological and Medical Sciences Candidate: Mgr. Veronika Suchanková Consultant: RNDr. Hana Klusoňová, Ph. D. Title of Thesis: Drug use among the university students- experiences and knowledge in right using Background: - to define a situation in the area of antibiotic and psychopharmaceuticals abuse among the pharmacy students in four different countries (Czech Republic, Great Britain, Australia, Kuwait); - to analyse eventual differences in students' opinions, experiences and attitudes towards these problems, depending on their sex, nationality, and family background; Methods: - anonymous questionaire study; - closed and semi - closed questions; - 800 students (655 females and 145 males) between the age of 16-37 years (average age 19 years); - data analysed in Microsoft Excel 2002 and 2007; - results were obtained through chi - square test; Results: ANTIBIOTICS - the reason of antibiotic use is bacterial infection (36 %), viral infection (25,4 % - from that 8,1 % British and 7,6 % Australians), flu or cold (9,2 %), fever (2,6 % - from that 2,3 % Australians); - ceasing antibiotic usage as instructed by the doctor (95,2 %), after the symptoms of ilness disappear (4,4 %), after the dicrease of fever (0,5 % - from that..