พฤติกรรมการใช้ยาปฏิชีวนะของผู้ใช้บริการห้องพยาบาล มหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีพระจอมเกล้าพระนครเหนือ วิทยาเขตปราจีนบุรี

The objective of this research is to investigate 1) personal characteristics, 2) knowledge about antibiotics and use of antibiotics, 3) supportive factors affecting antibiotic use, 4) antibiotics use behaviors and 5) factors associated with behaviors of antibiotic usage among patients at KMUTNB Prachinburi Campus. The sample was 400 clients in the nursing room at King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok Prachinburi Campus. The main research instrument included a questionnaire. Statistics used for data analysis were percentage, average, standard deviation and chisquare test. The results of the study revealed that 1) Most of the informants were female students with an average age of 21 years from Faculty of Technology and Industrial Management. Their highest education level was undergraduate degree. For the household monthly income, it was more than 25,000 baht, 2) Regarding the level of their knowledge about antibiotics, it was at low level, 3) The scores of the antibiotic use behaviors were at the moderate level, 4) The scores of the factors supporting antibiotic use behaviors were at the moderate level, 5) Factors associated with behaviors of antibiotics were knowledge about antibiotics and supportive factors affecting antibiotic use. According to the findings from this research, it can be recommended that the relevant agencies and departments should arrange a campaign or a project to raise people’s awareness on the use of antibiotics. Also, agencies and departments should provide advice about how to search for the information about antibiotics from reliable sources on the Internet

Work Ability, Work-Related Health, and Effort–Reward Imbalance: A Cross-Sectional Study among University Staff during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Thailand

During the COVID-19 pandemic, university policies and public health measures resulted in university staff facing hazardous work environments and psychological health problems. This cross-sectional study aimed to analyze the association between sociodemographic characteristics, health conditions, work-related health, effort and reward imbalance (ERI), and work ability among university staff in southern Thailand. Data were collected using stratified random sampling of 381 participants between April and September 2022. Descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression analyses were used to examine the associations between the variables. The majority of the participants were female (63.5%) and aged below 45 years old (52%). Nearly 70% of the participants reported the absence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), while half of them were overweight, and 54.9% had an effort–reward ratio (ERR) greater than one. Most participants reported good-to-excellent work ability (82.4%). The probability of having poor-to-moderate work ability was higher among staff working from home (adj. OR = 2.4; 95% CI: 1.3, 4.6), those with NCDs (adj. OR = 3.5; 95% CI: 2.0, 6.4), those who followed poor health behaviors (adj. OR = 2.6; 95% CI: 1.4, 4.9), and those who had an ERR greater than one (adj. OR = 2.8; 95% CI: 1.5, 5.6). In conclusion, the majority of university staff in southern Thailand had good-to-excellent work ability. Work ability was associated with the presence of NCDs, poor health behavior, working from home, and ERI. Therefore, universities should create suitable occupational health programs and resources to mitigate the negative effects of work conditions, including ERI, and promote healthy behaviors for their staff during the COVID-19 pandemic and future disasters