A questionnaire-based cross-sectional study on self-medication practices among undergraduate medical students of GMERS Medical College, Valsad, Gujarat

Shah, Hitesh; Patel, Ravi R; Nayak, Sunil; Patel, Hinaben R.; Sharma, Diwakar

doi:10.5455/ijmsph.2018.0101324012018

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“…The identified second highest reason which is the old prescription availability is somewhat risky due to the fact that they may have knowledge deficient regarding the principals of pharmacology, or the features of the used medication that can result in incorrect self-diagnosis, unsuitable therapy choice, severe side effects, and unable to determine the contraindication, interactions, or precaution (WHO, 1998). In this study, the highest identified reason for self-medication with 40.6% is saving time, 34.3% had old prescription which is inconsistent with a study done where saving time/busy lifestyle was the least Gutema, Gadisa, & Kidanemariam, (2011) where students of Mekelle University found that old prescription (39.1%) was the highest reported reason for self-medication which is the second highest reported reason (34.3%) in this study (Shah, Patel & Nayak, 2018).…”

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“…In Valsad Gujarat, 234 undergraduate medical students practiced self-medication as well. (Shah, Patel, Nayak, 2018). In Ljubljana university, Ljubljana, Slovenia, the prevalence of self-medication was 1,195(92.3%) In Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, out of 139 students, a total 123 (88.5%) students Self-medicated and the rest 16 (11.5%) have not taken Selfmedication.…”

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Prevalence and Practice of Self-Medication among Female

Gutierrez

Albalawi

Alanazi

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Background: Self-medication is a prevalent practice among undergraduate nursing students in Saudi Arabia. This undertakes a great significance among nursing students as they are going to be future healthcare practitioners. Purpose: To determine the prevalence and practices of selfmedication among the female nursing students of the University of Tabuk. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive design using a pre-constructed questionnaire. The respondents were 128 currently enrolled female nursing students through census sampling. Ethical considerations were done in the conduct of the study. Results: The findings revealed a high prevalence of selfmedication with 79.7%. Most of the respondents were 19 years old (27.3%), second and the fourth year, 66 (51.6%) with family income of >8000 SAR per month, 84 (65.6%). Top reason for self-medication is to save time (51%) for the top three upper body diseases such as headache (76.6%), runny nose (37.3%) and dental pain (37.3%); for body diseases were nausea (16.7%) and fever (16.7%) and for Lower body diseases were wounds (25.5%). The commonly used medicines were Analgesic (90.2%), skin ointment (40.2%), cough syrup (23.5%) and the traditional medicines (62%). Brands selection depended on old prescription (37.3%). The main factor for the selection of the drug was the type of traditional (60.8%) due to price and pharmaceutical company. Such medicines for self-medication were obtained from pharmacy shop 89 (87.3.5%) where half (51%) of the respondents read prescription information before self-medicating. Finally, no association was found between the profile and prevalence of self-medication. Self-care is necessary but must

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Prevalence and Practice of Self-Medication among Female

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Alanazi

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“…25 Preference of generic name 49.2% followed brand name 14.1% which was also seen in other studies. 33 Medical students are usually taught about drug therapy for particular illnesses by their generic names and not by brand names. This may have caused the generic name to be popular among medical students.…”

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Study of Self-medication among First and Seventh Semester Medical and Dental Undergraduate Students of Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

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Introduction: Although appropriate self-medication can ease minor illness and is time and costeffective, it can lead to irrational drug use and increased resistance, leading to prolonged morbidity. Inclined towards medical information and drug indices, medical students have an open arena for self-medication practice. This study was conducted to find the prevalence of self-medication among first and seventh semester medical and dental students in a tertiary care hospital. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among medical and dental undergraduates from July 2020 to August 2020 after receiving ethical clearance from the Institutional Review Committee of Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences (IRC Approval Number:35/20). A questionnaire was responded to by participants through a google form. Participants were enrolled through the convenience sampling method. Data were collected and entered in Microsoft Excel and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 25. Results: Out of 199 respondents, the prevalence of self-medication was 100 (50.3%) (46.76-53.84 at 95% Confidence Interval). First semester medical 36 (73.5%) and dental undergraduates 24 (80%) had higher practice. Seventh-semester medical students 14 (51.9%) usually self-medicated within one day of onset of symptoms. Headache 47 (47%) was the most common indication. Analgesics 62 (62%) were most commonly used drugs procured most commonly from pharmacies 114 (57.3%). Dosage form was drug selection criteria for 120 (60.3%) students. Conclusions: Since self-medication is crammed with serious health hazards, proper exposure to the topic should be given to medical, dental students, and pharmacists. The implication of selfmedication into the pharmacology syllabus is a must.

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“…Self-medication is the use of drugs and painkillers by many people with therapeutic or preventive intent without prior professional advice or prescribed by a physician. 1 Selfmedication includes the use of therapeutic products by people, including adults to treat self-recognized diseases/ indicators. It also indicates the intermittent/ continuous use of the medication prescribed by the physician for permanent or recurrent illnesses/ health condition.…”

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Self-Medication Practices among a Sample of University Students Attending College of Science in Diyala Province

Noaman

Hussein

Mohammed

2020

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Background: Self-medication is the use of drugs and painkillers by many people with therapeutic or preventive intent without prior professional advice or prescribed by a physician, including adults to treat their selfrecognized diseases and symptoms.Objectives: Determine the rate of self-medication practice among university students and determine the most common area to be selfmedicated and the most common drug group for self-medication.Subjects and Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study of a random sample of students attending two branches of college of science (biology and chemistry) from the period of 10th December 2018 to 15 th April 2019 through purposive sampling technique to collect responses from students using structured questionnaire which was divided into many sections including demographic details of research participants, history of taking medication to treat a health problem without a prescription at the last month, the reasons of self-medication practice. Sample size was 220 university students. All data were entered on Microsoft Excel 2010, and managed and analyzed on SPSS version 19. The means and standard deviations were calculated and both t-test and chi-square tests were used to identify the associations between variables. The confidence level was set at 95%, and the p value of less than 0.05 was the limit value of significance. Result:The rate of practicing self-medication was significantly higher among studied university students and it accounted for (64.1%). And it was significantly higher in females (62.4%) than males (37.6%). Most of the self-medications (59.6%) were practiced for the pains originating from head and neck. The vast majority of students (80.9%) significantly were using analgesics and antipyretic, and most of them (71.6%) were practicing it at any time during the year. Conclusion:The study concluded that the rate of self-medication among university students was at the high level, the self-medication was practiced anytime during the year and the use of analgesics was significantly dominant among other drug groups.

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A questionnaire-based cross-sectional study on self-medication practices among undergraduate medical students of GMERS Medical College, Valsad, Gujarat

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Prevalence and Practice of Self-Medication among Female

Prevalence and Practice of Self-Medication among Female

Study of Self-medication among First and Seventh Semester Medical and Dental Undergraduate Students of Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Self-Medication Practices among a Sample of University Students Attending College of Science in Diyala Province

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