Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Study

Recruiting

• Conditions: Anti-Microbial Resistance

• Registration Number: NCT06944158
• Lead Sponsor: University of Aleppo

Brief Summary

This study aims to investigate the knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of the antibiotic resistance and prudent antibiotic use among healthcare workers in Syria

Detailed Description

This will be a multicenter cross-sectional study across the country.

The online questionnaire will be conducted in different governorates and published online through social media.

An online link to the web-based questionnaire will be developed using Google forms; it was self-designed based on questions used in previous similar studies\[1\]-\[5\].The questionnaire will take about 5-10 minutes to be completed by each participant.

The questionnaire consists of eight sections.

All participants fulfilling the inclusion criteria will be invited to participate. Snowball sampling will select the study participants with a confidence level of 95% and a margin of error of 5%. The lower limit of participants should be included is 200 healthcare workers.

The questionnaire will be pre-tested on a small sample of participants to confirm the practicability and clarity of questions to check the content. Observations of the pilot study will not be included in the final analysis.

Responses will be downloaded from Google form as an excel sheet, and data will be analyzed using SPSS version 28.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-11-01
• Status Verified: 2025-04
• Study First Submitted: 2025-04-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-04-17
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-04-17
• Study First Posted: 2025-04-25
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-25
• Primary Completion: 2025-06-01
• Study Completion: 2025-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 500

Inclusion Criteria

We include healthcare workers, males or females aged 25 to over 65.

Exclusion Criteria

Participants who do not agree to fill the questionnaire, who do not agree to fill all requested questions, and who filled the questionnaire before.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knowledge, attitude and practice of health care workers (KAP)	06/01/2025	To evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) among healthcare workers of Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Syria

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of Medicine, University of Aleppo; 🇸🇾 Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic