SELF-MEDICATION;
| Autor: | S. A. Sultan Ali, Rana Haroon Haider, Syed Tehseen Haider Kazmi, Muhammad Luqman Farrukh Nagi, Salman Abdul Basit, Sufyan Mehboob |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | The Professional Medical Journal. 24:144-149 |
| ISSN: | 2071-7733 1024-8919 |
| Popis: | Background: The utilization of medication by individuals in an attempt totreat self-recognized symptoms themselves is termed self-medication. Medical students faceobscurity when they seek health care for themselves. This study was conducted to assessthe prevalence of self-medication among the private undergraduate medical students of aprivate medical college of Lahore to assess the students’ attitudes regarding the practice ofself-medication. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Setting: The participants were studentsof Shalamar Medical and Dental College, Lahore a Private Institute, in Lahore. Period: Mayto September 2015 (5 months). Methods: The sampling frame constituted of 600 eligiblestudents. The sample size of 192 was calculated assuming 76% prevalence of self-medicationpractice with 5% relative precision and 95% confidence interval. Systematic random samplingwas utilized to administer a modified, self-administered, structured questionnaire. Institutionalreview board (IRB) of Shalamar Institute of Health Sciences granted permission to carry outthe research. The questionnaires were distributed to a sample of 200 subjects after a signedinformed consent was obtained. The data entry and analyses were done in SPSS for Windowsversion 20.0. Results: The response rate was 100%. The average age of the participants(n= 200) was 21.7 ±1.5 years. Almost 83% (n= 159) of students admitted to practice selfmedicationwith a different range of antibiotics. Convenience 62% (n= 124) was chosen to bethe main reason of self-medication followed by cost saving 14% (n= 28) and lack of trust inprescribing physician 12% (n= 24). Fever 18% (n= 77), sore throat 19% (n= 81) and cough18% (n= 79) were the main reasons for self-medication. Opinion of family members 30% (n=60), personal previous experiences 25% (n= 49) and doctor’s previous prescription 18% (n=35) were major criterion for selection of antibiotic. Local community pharmacies were used asa source of obtaining antibiotics for self-administration by 72% (n =144). The relation betweenself-medication and type of antibiotic taken in consideration before use was highly significant,Χ2 (1, n= 200) = 12.37, p |
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