Self-Medication Among University Students in Hong Kong

Lau, Grace; Lee, Kenneth Kc; Luk, C W

doi:10.1177/101053959500800301

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“…These results are similar to other studiesconducted in other countries. [23][24][25][26][27] Fever was the most common indication for self-medication in our study which was similar to observations made in Tamil Nadu. [16] However, in studies from Western, [8] and Southern part of India, [10] cough & cold was the most common symptom for self-medication.…”

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confidence: 81%

EVALUATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE , ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF SELFMEDICATION AMONG B . Sc NURSING STUDENTS

J¹,

Krishna²,

B³

2015

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INTRODUCTION:This study was undertaken to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice of self-medication among nursing students of the NRIIMS, Visakhapatnam. MATERIALS & METHODS:This was an anonymous, questionnaire-based, descriptive study. A prevalidated questionnaire, containing open-ended and close-ended questions, was administered to the subjects. Data were analyzed using MS-Excel and the results were expressed as counts and percentages. RESULTS: Out of the 140 respondents, everyone responded with one or the other drug. The respondents' knowledge about appropriate self-medication was poor, but knowledge of the benefits and risks of self-medication was adequate. The respondents found self-medication to be time-saving, economical, convenient and providing quick relief in common illnesses. Important disadvantages of self-medication mentioned were the risk of making a wrong diagnosis, inappropriate drug use and adverse effects. The majority (42%) of the respondents had a positive attitude favoring selfmedication. The most common indications for self-medication were to relieve the symptoms of headache (36.43%), fever (34.02), cough & cold (21.42%). Analgesics (37.14%) were the most common drugs used for self-medication. Knowledge about appropriate self-medication was adequate, attitude towards self-medication was positive, and the practice of self-medication was common and often inappropriate.

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Section: Reasons Against Practice Of Self-medicationsupporting

confidence: 81%

EVALUATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE , ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF SELFMEDICATION AMONG B . Sc NURSING STUDENTS

J¹,

Krishna²,

B³

2015

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“…Estos datos coinciden ampliamente con los comunicados en otros estudios 10,13,15,16 . Es conocido que el hábito generalizado de consumo de analgésicos y antiinflamatorios puede tener consecuencias serias a nivel hepático en caso de consumo de paracetamol 17 , y sobre la función renal 18 y el aparato digestivo 19 en caso de AINEs.…”

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“…Dado que, aunque existen estudios relativos a las conductas de automedicación en población universitaria en otros países [10][11][12][13] , existen pocos datos relativos a este comportamiento en población universitaria española, el propósito de nuestro estudio es estimar el nivel de automedicación relacionado con trastornos ligeros de salud en un colectivo universitario, así como los factores asociados a este comportamiento.…”

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Estudio sobre Automedicación en Población Universitaria Española

Saiz¹,

Bozal²,

Fernández³

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Rev Clin Med Fam

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RESUMENObjetivo. La automedicación es una práctica común en diferentes sociedades que puede tener importantes implicaciones sanitarias. Esta práctica ha sido poco estudiada hasta ahora en población universitaria española. Nuestro objetivo es cuantificar esta actividad y estudiar los factores asociados a la misma. Material y método. Se diseñó y facilitó un cuestionario para su autocumplimentación a una muestra de población universitaria. Se evaluó el impacto de tres variables principales sobre la automedicación: sexo, estudios sanitarios y hábitos de información sobre medicamentos. Se emplearon en el análisis los test de Chi Cuadrado, junto a técnicas de regresión logística. Resultados. La práctica de automedicación fue confirmada en el 90,8% de los 501 individuos que contestaron correctamente la encuesta. Esta práctica fue significativamente más frecuente en mujeres. El grupo de medicamentos más frecuentemente consumido fueron los analgésicos/antiinflamatorios (consumidos por el 73% de los automedicadores). Las mujeres consumieron significativamente más anticatarrales (OR = 1,70), mientras que los hombres consumieron más antibióticos (OR = 1,88). Los individuos con hábitos de información sobre medicamentos presentaron un menor consumo de antibióticos (OR = 2,15). Conclusiones. La práctica de la automedicación es elevada en población universitaria valenciana y mayor de la reportada anteriormente en nuestro país. El sexo y los hábitos de información están asociados a la automedicación en determinados grupos de medicamentos. Palabras clave. Automedicación, Estudiantes, Universidad. ABSTRACTStudy on self-medication in the Spanish university population Aims. Self-medication is a common behaviour that can have serious effects on health. This practice has been little studied in Spanish university population. Our aim is to assess the importance of this behaviour and to study its associated factors. Material and methods. A self-completed questionnaire was designed and administered to a sample of Spanish university students. The impact of sex, type of studies and drug information habits was assessed. Chi-square and logistic regression models were undertaken. Results. Self-medication was confirmed in 90.8% of the 501 individuals that correctly answered the questionnaire. This practice was significantly more common among women. The analgesic/anti-inflammatory group of drugs was the most frequently consumed (73% of self-medicators). Women significantly consumed more anticatarrhals (OR=1.70), whereas antibiotics were more consumed by men (OR=1.88). Furthermore, individuals with good drug information habits had less antibiotic consumption (OR=2.15). Conclusions. Self-medication is a very common habit in Valencian university population, and is the highest reported to date in our country. Sex and drug information habits are associated with self-medication in some groups of drugs. Key words. Self Medication, Students, University. INTRODUCCIÓNLa automedicación puede ser definida de forma genérica como la administración por decisió...

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“…Data were collected through structured, validated questionnaire which was adopted from various similar studies conducted previously [23][24][25][26] after removing any ambiguities in the questions before its implementation and explaining to students the aim of the study and giving assurance about confidentiality of all information. The questionnaire included questions pertaining to demographic details, factors leading to self-medication, symptoms leading to self-medication, the most common drugs used, and frequency of intake.…”

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confidence: 99%