Socio-economic factors, cultural values, national personality and antibiotics use: A cross-cultural study among European countries

摘要: There are considerable cross-national differences in public attitudes towards antibiotics use, use of prescribed antibiotics, and self-medication with even within Europe. This study was aimed at investigating the relationships between socio-economic factors, cultural values, national personality characteristics antibiotic Data included scores from 27 European countries (14 for analysis). Correlations variables (Gross National Income per capita, governance quality, life expectancy, mean years schooling, number physicians), Hofstede's value dimensions (power distance, individualism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, long-term orientation, indulgence), characteristic (extraversion, neuroticism, social desirability) were calculated three regression models constructed. Governance quality (r=-.51), schooling (r=-.61), power distance (r=.59), masculinity (r=.53), neuroticism (r=.73) correlated use. The highest amount variance accounted by values (65%) followed factors (63%) (55%). Results show that explain In particular, important explaining findings underline importance context health care planning interventions.