Global Scenario of Self Medication: A Review of Literature

Kulkarni, Pranali; Garg, Anshul; Ajmera, Abhishek; Mahajan, Apurva; Gadekar, Sonal; Kulkarni, Pushkar

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“…In India, the majority of the population consults community pharmacists for their minor illnesses and avoid visiting doctors for minor illnesses. Hence, a similar finding was seen in a few prior studies [13,20]. The study conducted in Manipal University, Mangalore was reported that the most common reason for self-medication reported by a large number of participants was the illness being too trivial and lack of time to consult a doctor [21].…”

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Self-Medication Among the Students of Private University

Suthar¹,

P²,

N³

2020

Asian J Pharm Clin Res

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Objectives: Self-medication is becoming very common in our routine life which is an unhealthy and risky practice in a few instances. The present study was carried out to determine the knowledge, attitude, and practice of self-medication among students of Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT). Methods: A pre-validated questionnaire was prepared and distributed among the students. Data was collected and analyzed using Microsoft Excel and the results expressed as counts and percentages. Results: A total of 431 students participated voluntarily in the study. The most common reason for taking self-medication was found in 70% of total students. We found that the source of information of the drugs used for self-medication was “previous prescription (57%)” and source of drugs was “medical store (66%).” Only (46%) students accepted the fact that they always visited a qualified practitioner whenever they felt ill. Most of the students took self-medication for headache (82%) followed by cough, cold, and sore throat (62%) and fever (57%). Of total 431 students, most of the students took analgesics (78%) as self-medication followed by lozenges (50%). Conclusion: Self-medication was common in nearly 70% of university students. They provided the reason that “no needs to visit the doctor for minor illness.” Cough and cold preparations were taken by 82% population as self-medication.

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Self-Medication Among the Students of Private University

Suthar¹,

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N³

2020

Asian J Pharm Clin Res

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“…Jafari et al, in 2015, reported a significant correlation between self-medication and the education level of the participants 18 . Similarly, Garofalo et al, in 2015, found education level to be significantly associated with selfmedication of the respondents 20 .On the contrary, Kulkarni et al, in 2018 did not report education level to be associated with self-medication of patients 24 . If such an association exists, it is debatable whether people with low education or higher education do more selfmedication.…”

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Frequency of Self-Medication and Its Associated Factors among Outpatients

Naqvi

Jafry

2022

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Objectives: To assess the frequency of self-medication and its associated factors among outpatients. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the outpatient department of Fatima Hospital, Baqai Medical University, from May 2019 to September 2019. After checking eligibility, a total of 360 outpatients were included in the study using the convenience sampling technique. Being aged 18 years or above and belonging to either gender were the study's inclusion criteria, whereas refusal to give verbal informed consent was the exclusion criterion of the study. The data was collected by interviewing the study participants using a structured questionnaire. Statistical package for social sciences version 21 was used for data analysis, while inferential analysis was performed using univariate and multivariable binary logistic regression. Results: The study results showed that 118 (32.8%) of the participants were suffering from a chronic illness, 240 (66.7%) of them kept medicines at their houses, 235 (65.3%) of them self-medicated, whereas the mean duration of their self-medication was found to be 9.90 ± 8.51 years. Moreover, age, educational status, employment status, and keeping medicines at the house were significantly associated with self-medication of the participants were those who were aged 50 years or above (AOR,7.83; 95% CI,2.27-27.04; p=0.001), able to read and write (AOR, 4.36; 95% CI, 1.58-11.98; p=0.004) and kept medicines at the house (AOR, 46.35; 95% CI, 20.07-107.06; p<0.001) had significantly higher odds of self-medication than those who were aged up to 30 years, were illiterate or did not keep medicines at house respectively whereas those who were employed/self-employed (AOR, 0.30; 95% CI, 0.10-0.88; p=0.028) had significantly lower odds of self- medication than those who were unemployed. Conclusion: Almost two-thirds of the participants were found to be self-medicating. Moreover, age, educational status, employment status, and keeping medicines at the house were significantly associated with the self-medication of the respondents.

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“…In various studies, numerous factors have been introduced to predict self-medication behaviors, including age, sex (7), marital status, depression, activity limitation, life satisfaction (10), education level, income level, place of residence and awareness level (16), past experiences of selfmedication and self-assessment of health status (17), cost saving (18), smoking and alcohol drinking, chronic illness, self-efficacy, and low drug literacy (17). Health literacy is associated with the ability of individuals to acquire, understand, and use information for health promotion (19), the situation that happens during the self-medication process according to most researchers; therefore, it seems that health literacy level is a determining factor in the occurrence of self-medication behaviors (20,21).…”

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The association between health literacy and self-medication behaviors among women referred to comprehensive health care centers in Sirjan, Iran, in 2017

Mousaeipour

Jaberi

Bonabi

2018

JOHE

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Article Info Background: Self-medication is a challenging issue in health care systems and it seems that health literacy is a determining factor in safe self-medication behaviors. Limited studies are available in this field. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between health literacy and self-medicating behaviors among women referred to comprehensive health care centers Materials and Methods: In this descriptive study, 540 women, who were referred to comprehensive health care centers in 2017, were selected randomly and their health literacy and self-medicating behaviors were assessed through self-reporting method. The data collection tools were the standard Health Literacy for Iranian Adults (HELIA), and the self-medication behaviors questionnaires. Data were analyzed using chi-square, Mann-Whitney U, and Kruskal-Wallis H tests. Results: The results showed that the majority of women (94.6%) had inadequate health literacy. More than 89% of them approved self-medication and more than 98% of them performed self-medication. Older women and those who had a higher education level had lower mean health literacy scores (P = 0.021 and P = 0.001, respectively). There was no significant relationship between self-medication and demographic characteristics. Furthermore, there was no significant relationship between health literacy and confirmation and performance of self-medication. Conclusions: The women had low health literacy levels and high incorrect selfmedication behaviors. Self-medication behaviors are performed independent of health literacy. It seems a reform in women's health programs and the empowerment of women in the target population is necessary in order to promote health literacy skills and appropriate self-medication behaviors.

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Global Scenario of Self Medication: A Review of Literature

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Cited by 7 publications

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Self-Medication Among the Students of Private University

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Self-Medication Among the Students of Private University

Frequency of Self-Medication and Its Associated Factors among Outpatients

The association between health literacy and self-medication behaviors among women referred to comprehensive health care centers in Sirjan, Iran, in 2017

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