Self-medication among urban population of Jammu city

Sharma, Ritu; Verma, Ujala; Cl, Sharma; Kapoor, Bharat

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“…12 Some studies show prevalence as high as 50-70%. [7][8][9]13,15,17 Previous studies have shown that self-medication is more common with the educated and affluent. 7,12 The fact that our study population mainly belonged to lower socio economic class, could be responsible for lower rate of selfmedication in our subjects.…”

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“…[7][8][9]13,15,17 Previous studies have shown that self-medication is more common with the educated and affluent. 7,12 The fact that our study population mainly belonged to lower socio economic class, could be responsible for lower rate of selfmedication in our subjects. Further, self-medication may be considered as an indirect indicator of quality of health care services and hence prevalence of self -medication is low in our region due to better access to health care.…”

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“…Very few studies have been published regarding self-medication in Indian children. [6][7][8][9][10] There is not enough data on the common illnesses for which self-medication is resorted to, common drugs used, number of drugs used, source of acquiring these drugs and reason for self-medicating. The objectives of this study are to examine the prevalence and characteristics of self-medication and relation of demographic characteristics to self-medication in our children.…”

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Self-medication pattern among children attending a tertiary hospital in South India: a cross-sectional study

Naaraayan

Rathinabalan

Seetha

2016

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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Original Research ArticleSelf-medication pattern among children attending a tertiary hospital in South India: a cross-sectional study Sridevi A Naaraayan*, I. Rathinabalan, V. Seetha INTRODUCTIONWHO recognizes self-medication as an element of selfcare. 1 Self-medication is defined as the utilization of drugs to treat self-diagnosed disorders or symptoms or the irregular or continuous use of a prescribed drug for chronic or repeated diseases or symptoms. 2 In pediatric context, self-medication implies administration of medication by the care giver without medical consultation. Although over-the-counter (OTC) drugs are meant for self-medication and are of proven efficacy and safety, their improper use due to lack of knowledge of their side effects and interactions could have serious implications, especially in extremes of ages. The main problem with self-medication with antibiotics is the emergence of resistance. 4 Economic, political and cultural factors have contributed to the growth and spread of self-medication worldwide. These include greater availability of drugs, irresponsible publicity, pressure to convert prescription only drugs to ABSTRACT Background: Administration of medications by care-givers to children without medical consultation is termed selfmedication. Published literature on self-medication pattern in Indian children is scanty. Primary objective of the study was to study the prevalence of self-medication. Secondary objectives were to study its characteristics and the relation between demographic characteristics and self-medication. Methods: This descriptive study was performed in the outpatient department of Institute of child health and hospital for children. All children between 1 month and 12 years of age who attended the outpatient department during a particular time of the day on particular days of week were included in the study. After noting down the demographic characteristics, history of self-medication was elicited. For children who self-medicated, inciting illness, name of drug, source, reason and adverse events were noted down. Prevalence of self-medication was expressed as proportion with 95% confidence interval. Relation between demographic factors and self-medication was determined using chisquare test. Results: Prevalence of self-medication was 32% (95% confidence interval 28-35%). Common illnesses leading to self-medication were fever, cough and cold. Commonly used drugs were paracetamol, anticold medications and antibiotics. Most of them used previous prescription to procure the drugs and previous experience on efficacy was the most common reason cited. Older children were more commonly self-medicated than the younger (p = 0.001). Conclusions: Self-medication is encountered in 32% of children attending the outpatient department of the hospital and is more common in older children.

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Self-medication pattern among children attending a tertiary hospital in South India: a cross-sectional study

Naaraayan

Rathinabalan

Seetha

2016

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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“…8 Easy availability of a wide range of medicines without prescription in India is a major factor responsible for irrational use of drugs resulting in health problems such as antimicrobial resistance, adverse drug events and economic loss. 9 This study attempted to find the prevalence of selfmedication with both, OTC and prescription only medicines (POM) among adults in urban Udupi taluk and to gain insight into associated factors.…”

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Self-Medication Among Adults in Urban Udupi Taluk, Southern India

Divya¹,

Shetty²,

Vasudeva³

et al. 2016

IJMEDPH

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Background:Practice of self-medication with over-the-counter (OTC) medicines is considered as responsible self-medication and is a topic of growing interest among researchers and health policy makers. Aim: The study aims to find the overall prevalence and factors associated with self-medication among adults in the urban area of Udupi taluk. Settings and Design: Community based cross-sectional study design in the urban area of Udupi taluk. Methods and Materials: In a community-based cross-sectional study, data was collected from 290 adults selected from each ward of urban area of Udupi taluk using single stage cluster sampling technique with proportional allocation method. An interview schedule was used for the collection of data. The data was analyzed using SPSS, version 15 (Chicago, IL). Results:The overall prevalence of self-medication use including allopathic, traditional, homeopathic medicines and home remedies in urban area of Udupi was found to be 35.9 %. (95% CI: 30-41).The various socio-demographic factors like age group, marital status, education and occupation as well as socio-economic status were found statistically associated with selfmedication ( p<0.05). Health-related characteristics like presence of health professional in the family, knowledge of OTC medicines and its responsible use were also found to be statistically significant ( p<0.05). Accessibility of medicines from the pharmacy without prescription (p=0.007), obtaining quick relief p=0.034 and avoiding crowds while visiting doctors p=0.041 were found to be statistically significant reasons for self-medication. Conclusion: Prevalence of self-medication in the urban area of Udupi taluk was comparable to other studies conducted in India. Self-medication as a practice is emerging as an important public health subject; however, the onus is on providing much needed health education and partnership with pharmacists to empower individuals to make informed decisions.

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“…[1] Moreover in India, due to easy availability of drugs coupled with inadequate health services, increased proportions of drugs are used as self medication (for common complains and infective conditions), as compared to the prescribed drugs. [2] Hence, these consumers always face the threat of adverse drug reactions and drug interactions between active hidden ingredients of both herbal and allopathic drugs. Pharmacoepidemiological studies can help in minimizing the inherent risk of drug use in pregnancy, by establishing a profile of drug consumption, by evaluating the existing health services and by investigating the interventional measures.…”

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Drug utilization pattern during pregnancy in North India

Sharma¹,

Kapoor²,

Verma³

2006

Indian J Med Sci

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BACKGROUND: Pregnancy is a special physiological condition, where drug treatment presents a special concern. AIMS: To evaluate the drug utilization pattern during pregnancy and to evaluate the effect of the educational and economic status on it.. DESIGN: The retrospective cross-sectional study. SETTING: The postgraduate Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics of a medical college. and the antenatal clinic of the institution. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Medical students filled 405 questionnaires after interviewing pregnant women (243 primigravida and 152 multigravida). All the collected questionnaires were analysed for various study parameters. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Inter-group comparison was done using chi-square test. P value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: A total of 700, 1086 and 686 drugs, with an average of 1.73, 2.89 and 2.49 drugs per pregnant women, were used during first, second and third trimester of pregnancy, respectively. A majority of the drugs used, were from category-A, followed by category-B and category-D. However, category C and X drugs constituted 2.90 (20) and 5.71% (40) of drugs used during the third trimester and first trimester, respectively. Herbal/ homeopathic drugs constituted 6.42 (45), 3.68 (40) and 1.46% (10) of the drugs used in the first, second and third trimester of pregnancy, respectively (P=649). 33.33% (135) women believed that drug use during pregnancy is dangerous to both mother and child and 37.03% (150) believed that drugs are dangerous throughout pregnancy. 55.55% (225) females advocated the use of iron/folic acid during pregnancy. 24.69% (100) of women had knowledge about barrier contraceptives. Self-medication and homeopathic/ herbal drugs use was found more in graduates than in undergraduates; as well as, it was more in the higher socioeconomic group than the lower socioeconomic group. CONCLUSION: There is a need to educate and counsel women of child-bearing age, regarding the advantages and disadvantages of drug use during pregnancies, with special reference to alternative therapies and self-medication.

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Self-medication among urban population of Jammu city

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Self-medication pattern among children attending a tertiary hospital in South India: a cross-sectional study

Self-medication pattern among children attending a tertiary hospital in South India: a cross-sectional study

Self-Medication Among Adults in Urban Udupi Taluk, Southern India

Drug utilization pattern during pregnancy in North India

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