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Medisa, Dian, Ayu, Fithria Diah, Natalia, Ditya Ayu, Handayani, Puspita Fitri, K., Dhea Putri Indra |
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Journal of Pharmacy & Bioallied Sciences; 2020 Supplement, Vol. 12, p920-920, 1/3p |
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Introduction: Self-medication is the use of medicines without a prescription or health professional advice. Over the counter (OTC) medicine is the most common used for self-medication. Knowledge about self-medication is important to be assessed to assure the appropriately used of medicine. Objectives: To investigate the community knowledge and practices about self-medication in Ngaglik District, Sleman Regency. Materials and methods: A Cross-sectional survey was conducted in 3 villages, Ngaglik District, Sleman Regency. A total of 339 participants were selected by cluster sampling. Data were collected by using a self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive analysis and chi-square test were used to analyze the data. Results: Majority of participants were female (61.7%) and mostly were between 26-45 years (49.9%). More than fifty percent participants (59%) had attended high school education. 49.9% participants had good knowledge on OTC self-medication. The level of knowledge about self-medication was significantly associated with the level of education (p values<0.05). The most common used of OTC medicine for selfmedication were analgesic and antipyretics (48.4%), respiratory drugs (29.7%), and gastrointestinal drugs (9.6%). OTC medicine advertisement was the common source of information about medicines for selfmedication (39.5%) whereas the source of information from health professional only 2.4%. Conclusion: The community knowledge of self-medication still need to be improved. The health professional especially pharmacist have to give more information to community about OTC medicine so they do not only get the information from medicine advertisement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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