Prevalence of Self-prescribing Propranolol Among Medical and Dental Students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-sectional Study
| Autor: | Anas M. Alyamani, Omar A Al-Mohrej, Hind Almodaimegh, Nouf S. AlShaalan, Waad M. Al-Bani, Rawan Aldahash |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Cross-sectional study media_common.quotation_subject education Self-prescription Logistic regression 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Statistical significance medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Psychiatry media_common Response rate (survey) lcsh:R5-920 Beta blockers business.industry Propranolol Medical students Mood Family medicine Anxiety Dental students medicine.symptom Worry business lcsh:Medicine (General) 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Biomedical sciences |
| Zdroj: | Health Professions Education, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 16-26 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2452-3011 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.hpe.2016.10.001 |
| Popis: | Purpose The life of students is full of stressors that might have an impact on their mood and academic performance. These stressors are exaggerated among medical and dental students, as they have to worry more about financial, social, and academic issues. The study aimed to estimate the prevalence and predictors of inappropriate self-prescribing of propranolol (Inderal®) among medical and dental students at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Methods A cross-sectional study using consecutive sampling was carried out among Saudi medical and dental students, who were enrolled in KSAU-HS during the study period. A validated newly developed English questionnaire was sent via E-mail to all eligible participants with response rate of 86.9%. Chi-square test was used to compare between groups, whereas multivariate logistic regression analysis was carried out, where the variables that were included in the model were the ones that showed statistical significance at the bivariate level. Results Around 30% of the sample used propranolol (Inderal®) during their college years. Propranolol use predictors showed that females from both specialties were less likely to use propranolol (OR=0.11, 95% CI=0.06–0.24, P-value |
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