Self-medication among nursing workers from public hospitals

Barros, Aline Reis Rocha; Griep, Rosane Härter; Rotenberg, Lúcia

doi:10.1590/s0104-11692009000600014

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“…Consistent with our results, studies of Barros et al in Rio de Janeiro of Brazil and Verma et al in North India showed that analgesics and cold medicines are used more than other drugs as self-medication (Barros, Griep, & Rotenberg, 2009;Verma, Mohan, & Pandey, 2010).…”

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Prevalence and Causes of Self Medication among Medical Students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

Zardosht¹,

Dastoorpoor

Hashemi³

et al. 2016

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Background: Self-medication is a public health concern because of drug misuse/abuse and its medical, social and psychological problems.Aim: Given the growing prevalence of self-medication, the present study aims to determine the prevalence and causes of self-medication among students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences. Method:This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2014 on 550 students who were selected through multistage sampling from Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, in southeast Iran. Data was collected through a self-report questionnaire. Test-retest reliability and content validity of this questionnaire were confirmed. Data analysis was carried out using descriptive and inferential statistics via t-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results:The prevalence of self-medication among students was 50.2%. The most common cause of self-medication was related to students' knowledge about the diseases and medications (58.7%). The majority of drugs consumed arbitrarily included cough and cold medications (94.5%); analgesics (89.9%); antihistamines (80.0%); herbal drugs and distillates (78.9%); vitamins, minerals, dietary supplements and energizers (71.5%); antibiotics (61.8%); and gastrointestinal drugs (54.9%), respectively. The most common illness that led to self-medication was the common cold (95.4%), and the most important source of information regarding self-medication was the students' own scientific knowledge of medical drugs (80.6%). Conclusion:Due to the adverse effects of self-medication, drug dependency, and microbial resistance and the relatively high prevalence of self-medication among students in this study, it would be advisable to organize awareness campaigns to further educate students about self-medication.

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Prevalence and Causes of Self Medication among Medical Students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

Zardosht¹,

Dastoorpoor

Hashemi³

et al. 2016

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“…From this, it is obvious that the level of qualification does not play a significant role in the prevalence rate of self-medication practices among respondents. Unlike the findings from this study, Figueiras et al, and Barros et al, observed that people with higher levels of education tend to selfmedicate more frequently (Figueiras et al, 2000 andBarros et al, 2009). The reasons could be, higher the knowledge about medications, the greater is the feeling of personal autonomy in the face of decisions about their own health.…”

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Self-medication practices among health care professionals in a Private University, Malaysia

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate and analyze the prevalence of self-medication practice among healthcare professionals in a private university, Malaysia. Prospective, quantitative, cross-sectional design which attempts to measure the self-medication practices among the teaching healthcare personnel through questionnaire survey form, self-developed and pre-validated consisting of open and closed-ended questions. Among respondents, 77.6% were practicing self medication. The reasons were, familiar with treatment options (23.5%) and mild illness (20%) and the highest practicing respondents were 30-39 years (76.3%). The reason among those who did not practice self- medication was risk of adverse reactions (31.6%). Self-medication practice was more prevalent among medical professionals (86.5%) followed by pharmacy and dentistry (70%). Headache (15.7%), cough and cold (15%) among illness and analgesics (13.1%) and antipyretic (12.7%) among drugs induced most respondents to practice self- medication. This study reveals very high prevalence of self-medication practice among healthcare professionals in the local private university. Exposure to drugs, knowledge of their illness and treatment choice remains main contribu- tors. The healthcare professionals must be encouraged to enter the patient role.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/icpj.v1i10.11846 International Current Pharmaceutical Journal 2012, 1(10): 302-310

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“…However it is not as frequent as found in a similar study conducted in India (87.50%) [16], India (65.1) [18], Pakistan (53%) [6], Australia (91.7%) [19] and Brazil (38.8%) [20]. But it is higher than that observed among nursing workers of private hospitals of Brazil (28.2%) [21]. Though we could not find the prevalence of self-medication on the nursing students in Saudi Arabia, but in one population study done on college students, the prevalence of self-medication ranged between 77-80% [22].…”

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Assessment of the Knowledge and Self-Medication Behaviours towards Antibiotics among Nursing Students at King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Al Ahsa

Khanam¹,

Haj-Ali²

2017

J Nurs Care

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Self-medication among nursing workers from public hospitals

Abstract: Barros ARR, Griep RH, Rotenberg L. Self-medication among nursing workers from public hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rev Latino-am Enfermagem 2009 novembro-dezembro; 17(6)

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Prevalence and Causes of Self Medication among Medical Students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

Prevalence and Causes of Self Medication among Medical Students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

Self-medication practices among health care professionals in a Private University, Malaysia

Assessment of the Knowledge and Self-Medication Behaviours towards Antibiotics among Nursing Students at King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Al Ahsa

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