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

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.

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

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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.

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The target population of this study is healthcare workers of both sexes (25-65 years old).