Takkouche, BahiFigueiras Guzmán, AdolfoMallah, Narmeen2021-10-132022-07-022021http://hdl.handle.net/10347/26988Antibiotic resistance, and dependence and addiction to tranquilizers are two international public health problems that are derived from antibiotic and tranquilizer misuse. This thesis encompassed: 1) Development and validation of the first questionnaires on Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) of antibiotic and tranquilizer misuse in Galician, Arabic and French; 2) Application of the validated questionnaires in Galicia and Lebanon in various epidemiological studies to determine the association of Knowledge and Attitudes with Practices of antibiotic and tranquilizer misuse; 3) Comparison of findings from crosssectional and longitudinal approaches related to KAP studies; and 4) Dose-response meta-analyses about the association of the socioeconomic variables, income and education, with antibiotic misuse.engAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Arabicantibioticsantibiotic resistancecohort studycross-sectional studyGaliciadoctoral thesisopen access