&lt;p&gt;Self-Medication Practice and Associated Factors Among Health Professionals at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study&lt;/p&gt;

Simegn, Wudneh; Dagnew, Baye

doi:10.2147/idr.s257667

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“…The finding was consistent with a study conducted in selected hospitals in Ethiopia where 73.4% of health professionals self-medicated themselves. 15 The result of the current study was higher than studies conducted in Gonder (54.6%), 23 and in line with Nekemte (67.5%), 24 but lower as compared to the study done in Addis Abeba 90%, 25 Pune 87.5%, 17 Nigeria 81.8% 26 and Eritrea 93.7%. 27 This might be attributed to lower attitude and practice of health professionals on self-medication.…”

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“…31 Moreover, financial constraints, knowledge of diagnosis, convenience, and non-availability of doctors were the mentioned reasons to self-medicate with modern medicines. 8,23,28,32 In the present study, pain killers, antibiotics, antacid, cough, and parasites medications were the most commonly used self-medicated categories of the drug. Health professionals usage of this group of medicines were reported by previous studies.…”

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“…29 In this study, health professionals most commonly practiced self-medication for headache, respiratory tract infection, and gastrointestinal symptoms. This disease condition was reported by various studies 5,23,25 as the main reason for self-medication. The reason was due to higher prevalence of headache, respiratory tract infection, and gastrointestinal symptoms associated with their work and lifestyle.…”

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“…Health professionals usage of this group of medicines were reported by previous studies. 8 , 15 , 23 , 24 , 28 , 30 , 32 This was due to the higher prevalence of disease condition requiring the specified medicines. Because of the lack of knowledge and information, many people take their medication inappropriately which leads to loss of efficacy and inefficient use scares resources.…”

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Self-Medication Practice and Associated Factors Among Health Care Professionals at Debre Markos Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Mohammed

Tsega²,

Hailu³

2021

DHPS

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Introduction: Despite self-medication empowers patients in making decisions about the management of minor illnesses independently, the prevalence among health care professionals has sharply increased throughout the world. Self-medication has negative consequences on both the health care professionals themselves and health care delivery. Hence, this study assessed self-medication practices and associated factors among health care professionals at Debre Markos Comprehensive Specialized Hospital. Methods: A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted using a structured questionnaire among health care professionals working at Debre Markos Comprehensive Specialized Hospital from October 10 to 25, 2020. A systematic random sampling technique was employed to select 227 study participants. Multivariate logistic regression was computed using the statistical package for social sciences version 20 and variables with a p-value less than 0.05 were taken as statistically significant. Results were presented in the form of tables and graphs. Results: Among 227 health professional, 164 (72.2%; 95% CI: 66.0%, 77.7%) practiced self-medication. Of these, 107 (65.2%; 95% CI: 57.3%, 71.8%) stated the negative consequence of self-medication. Drug resistance 96 (89.7%) and adverse drug reaction 95 (88.8%) were reported as a consequence. The predictor of self-medication among health professionals was the pharmacy profession (AOR: 11.88, 95% CI (1.38-102.38)). The most common disease conditions for practicing self-medication were headache 153 (93.3%), respiratory tract infection 116 (70.7%) and gastrointestinal symptoms 103 (62.8%). Pain killers 154 (93.9%), antibiotics 122 (74.4%), and antacid 101 (61.6%) were frequently used for selfmedication and health professionals got the medicines from drug retail shops 130 (79.3%) and workplace 104 (63.4%). Mild disease condition 128 (78%), time-saving 124 (75.6%), and accessibility 97 (59.1%) were the reasons for self-medication. Conclusion: More than two-thirds of health professionals practiced self-medication and reported the negative consequence of self-medication. The predictor of self-medication was the pharmacy profession. The provision of appropriate health education was recommended for promoting rational medication use.

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