2021
DOI: 10.37432/jieph.2021.4.3.36
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Pattern and determinants of self-medication among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in primary health care facilities in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria

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“…Unprescribed medicines refer to any orthodox medicine not prescribed by the physician or health worker but taken on the woman's own accord. Unprescribed medications were obtained by self-report [17,21,38] in response to specific questions reported below 1.) Have you taken any unprescribed medicines during this pregnancy 2.)…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Unprescribed medicines refer to any orthodox medicine not prescribed by the physician or health worker but taken on the woman's own accord. Unprescribed medications were obtained by self-report [17,21,38] in response to specific questions reported below 1.) Have you taken any unprescribed medicines during this pregnancy 2.)…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The explanatory variables examined [23,38,40] were maternal age (< 35 years, ≥ 35 years), marital status (single or married), level of education (primary, secondary or tertiary), employment status (employed, unemployed), religion (Christianity, Islam), average monthly income level in Naira (< 20,000, 20,000 -99,999; ≥ 100,000). Lifestyle characteristics such as alcohol consumption (yes or no), exposure to tobacco (yes or no), pre-pregnancy contraceptive use (yes or no), pregnancy-related characteristics including parity (0, 1-3, ≥ 4), gravidity (1, 1-4, ≥ 5), number of antenatal care visits (< 4, ≥ 4), folic acid use (yes or no), doses of tetanus toxoid (< 2, ≥ 2), and IPT-SP received (< 2, ≥ 2).…”
Section: Exposure Variablesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Several developing and industrialized countries are increasingly using herbal medicines, although little is known about their safety or effectiveness, particularly during pregnancy [1]. The herbal medicines include raw or processed ingredients derived from plants, which have been perceived as having therapeutic effects [2,3]. These include herbs, herbal materials, herbal preparations, and finished herbal products containing plant parts or other plant materials as actual ingredients [4].…”
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“…Self-medication practices among pregnant women have continued to be the most public health concern globally due to incidences related to increased abortion, fetal malformation, and resistance to antimicrobials that were found to have significant associations [2].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%