Launch of ECDC Europe wide survey of healthcare workers knowledge and attitudes about antibiotic use and resistance

30 January 2019

On 28 January 2019, an European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)-funded survey to assess healthcare workers’ knowledge and perceptions about antibiotic use and resistance launched across Europe. Previous studies have mostly focused on the general public and medical students, highlighting a gap in the understanding of these topics by healthcare workers and by other health students.

Following a process of validation and piloting across Europe, the survey is now available for completion. The study closes on 14 February 2019.

Click below to access the English version (EN): https://surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=9lKJ5585H

The survey is also available in 25 additional languages (See table below).

The aim is to have a return of 10,000+ responses with representation from healthcare workers including doctors, nurses, midwives, dentists, pharmacists, clinical scientists, hospital managers, allied health professionals, nursing associates, technicians and healthcare students. Table 2 highlights the calculated sample size per professional group by country however we would welcome significantly more responses.

The objectives of the study for ECDC are:

  • to gain a better understanding of their knowledge and perceptions to provide a base to support future needs in terms of policy and education changes, and
  • to fill in gaps in terms of evaluation of communication campaigns targeting healthcare workers

Please cascade the link of the survey actively to relevant organisations and colleagues as well as healthcare students. If you are using social media please use #ECDCAntibioticSurvey. For questions about this survey do not hesitate to contact Dr Diane Ashiru-Oredope.

Dr Diane Ashiru-Oredope Project Lead; Europe wide Survey of healthcare workers knowledge and attitudes about antibiotics and antibiotic resistance

espaur@phe.gov.uk


Language Codes Language Survey Link:
BG Bulgarian https://surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=92KJ497KH
CS Czech https://surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=94KJ4m3MH
DA Danish https://surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=94KJ4m8MH
DE German https://surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=96KJ4n31H
EL Greek https://surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=96KJ4n41H
ES Spanish https://surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=98KJ4nl3H
ET Estonian https://surveys.phe.org.uk/Deploy.aspx?SurveyID=m2KJ4nmKH
FI Finnish https://surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=98KJ4o23H
FR French https://surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=92KJ496KH
GA Gallic https://surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=92KJ49lKH
HR Croatian https://surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=92KJ4l4KH
HU Hungarian https://surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=94KJ4lmMH
IS Icelandic https://surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=94KJ4m4MH
IT Italian https://surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=94KJ4n2MH
LT Lithuanian https://surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=98KJ4o43H
LV Latvian https://surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=98KJ4o53H
MT Maltese https://surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=98KJ4o73H
NL Dutch https://surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=94KJ4m2MH
NO Norwegian https://surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=98KJ4om3H
PL Polish https://surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=9lKJ4pl5H
PT Portuguese https://surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=98KJ4p23H
RO Romanian https://surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=9lKJ4p85H
SK Slovak https://surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=9lKJ4pm5H
SL Slovenian https://surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=9lKJ5565H
SV Swedish https://surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=9lKJ5595H
EN English https://surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=9lKJ5585H

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