Self-Medication Pattern among Social Science University Students in Northwest Ethiopia

Gelayee, Dessalegn Asmelashe

doi:10.1155/2017/8680714

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“…Our cross sectional survey revealed that malaria, typhoid, stomach pains, diarrhea, and dysentery were the most common illnesses for which self-medicated antibiotics were used amongst undergraduate students and community members. Among social science university students in Northwest Ethiopia, it was observed that headache was the common symptom for indiscriminate use of antimicrobials [29]. …”

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Self-Medication with Antibiotics, Attitude and Knowledge of Antibiotic Resistance among Community Residents and Undergraduate Students in Northwest Nigeria

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This study set out to evaluate self-medicated antibiotics and knowledge of antibiotic resistance among undergraduate students and community members in northern Nigeria. Antibiotic consumption pattern, source of prescription, illnesses commonly treated, attitude towards antibiotics, and knowledge of antibiotic resistance were explored using a structured questionnaire. Responses were analyzed and summarized using descriptive statistics. Of the 1230 respondents from undergraduate students and community members, prescription of antibiotics by a physician was 33% and 57%, respectively, amongst undergraduate students and community members. We tested the respondents’ knowledge of antibiotic resistance (ABR) and found that undergraduate students displayed less knowledge that self-medication could lead to ABR (32.6% and 42.2% respectively). Self-medication with antibiotics is highly prevalent in Northwest Nigeria, with most medicines being purchased from un-licensed stores without prescription from a physician. We also observed a significant gap in respondents’ knowledge of ABR. There is an urgent need for public health authorities in Nigeria to enforce existing laws on antibiotics sales and enlighten the people on the dangers of ABR.

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Self-Medication with Antibiotics, Attitude and Knowledge of Antibiotic Resistance among Community Residents and Undergraduate Students in Northwest Nigeria

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“…Using SPSS version 20, mean, standard deviation, standard error of the mean was calculated for each parameter in the different groups [28]. Continuous variables between groups were compared by independent t-tests or analyses of covariance as appropriate.…”

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Relationship Between Polymorphism in Exon 8 of Estrogen Receptor Alpha Gene and Osteoporosis in Saudi Women

Neghery¹,

Daghestani²,

Sherbeeni³

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Eur J Exp Bio

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Objectives: Alternations in the estrogen receptor alpha gene (ERα) play an essential role in osteoporosis etiology. In this study, the relationship between a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in ERα (G2014A) and osteoporosis in Saudi women were investigated. Methods:In this research 40 females with osteoporosis and 41 healthy controls ranging in age from 35 to 75 years were examined. Demographic data were recorded, and blood samples were drawn in plain and in EDTA tubes for estimation of estrogens in the serum and extraction of DNA, respectively. The DNA was used to amplify the fragment of interest carrying the SNP in ERα by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The PCR product was subjected to DNA sequencing.Results: G2014A was polymorphic in Saudi women. Genotypes and allele frequencies were compared in the osteoporotic and non-osteoporotic groups. Although the genotypes of osteoporotic and non-osteoporotic subjects were significantly different (p=0.0157), the allelic frequency was not significantly different (p=0.519). Estrogen levels significantly differed between osteoporotic and nonosteoporotic subjects (mean ± SD E2: 46.6 ± 30.7 vs. 68.7 ± 47.1 pg/mL, p=0.0143). Importantly, a significant difference in waist-hip ratio in osteoporotic patient and the nonosteoporotic group was detected (0.8 ± 0.1 vs. 0.9 ± 0.0, p=0.0174). Conclusion:Although there was no relationship between G2014A and osteoporosis in Saudi women, this study sheds light on another aspect, such as the significant difference in estrogen levels in these two groups. Furthermore, an advantageous effect of fat on bone mass was observed in the non-osteoporotic group.

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“…In the present meta-analysis, six Ethiopian Universities were represented. Four of the studies were from Amhara [29,27,30,31], three from Oromia [28,32,34], and two from Tigray [25,33]. Regarding the response rate, almost all studies had a response rate of greater than 90%, and one studies did not state the response rate [27].…”

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“…Regarding the response rate, almost all studies had a response rate of greater than 90%, and one studies did not state the response rate [27]. Among included studies Six of them used stratified sampling technique [27,31,28,25,33,31,30] two of them used simple random sampling [32,29], and one used convenient sampling techniques [34] (Table 1).…”

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“…One study showed, there was statistically significant association between selfmedication and sex in which male students were 2 times more likely to practice self-medication as compared to female students (OR=2, 95%, CI: 1.12-3.58) [28]. Three studies showed that, there was no significant association between medication self-practice and sex of the respondents [30,31,33]. The pooled finding of the analysis showed that, there was no significant association between medication self-practice and sex of the students.…”

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Prevalence and predictors of self-medication among University students in Ethiopia: A systematic review and Meta-analysis

Fetensa¹,

Tolossa²,

Ebi³

2019

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Background Self-medication is the global issue especially on those having access and education about medication irrespective of its side effect. It has a significant impact on resistance and medication-related complication. There are limited and inconsistent studies regarding self-medication practice in Ethiopia. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to estimates the pooled prevalence of self-medication and its predictors among Ethiopian university students. Method A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to assess the prevalence and predictors of self-medication among university students in Ethiopia. We searched literature from the databases of Medline, Hinari, Scopes, PubMed CINAHL, PopLine, MedNar, Embase, Cochrane library, the JBI Library, the Web of Science, Google Scholar and manual search. A total of nine studies reporting the prevalence of self-medication among university students were included. Data were extracted using a standardized data extraction format prepared in Microsoft Excel and the analysis was done using STATA 14 statistical software. To assess heterogeneity, I2 test was used since the included studies exhibit high heterogeneity, a random effect meta-analysis model was computed to estimate the pooled prevalence of self-medication. In another way, the association between predictor variables, and self-medication practice were examined. Result A total of 3513 study respondents from nine studies in Ethiopia published between 2010-2017 were included in the study. The result of our study reveals that a pooled prevalence of self-medication among university students was 45.61% (95%CI: 30.66, 60.57). Included studies have a sample size ranged from 250 to 548 with lowest prevalence (19.81%) of self-medication from University of Gondar, whereas the highest prevalence (77.01%) recorded in a study conducted at Arsi University. Conclusion Prevalence of Ethiopian university students was 45.61%, which is very high with the current global health problem with Anti-microbial resistance increment and other toxicity. In addition to this in this study, the association between self-medication and year of study was insignificant and statistically significant with the sex of participants and income level. Systemic review registration PROSPERO International prospective register of systematic reviews: CRD42018099975

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Self-Medication Pattern among Social Science University Students in Northwest Ethiopia

Cited by 39 publications

References 21 publications

Self-Medication with Antibiotics, Attitude and Knowledge of Antibiotic Resistance among Community Residents and Undergraduate Students in Northwest Nigeria

Self-Medication with Antibiotics, Attitude and Knowledge of Antibiotic Resistance among Community Residents and Undergraduate Students in Northwest Nigeria

Relationship Between Polymorphism in Exon 8 of Estrogen Receptor Alpha Gene and Osteoporosis in Saudi Women

Prevalence and predictors of self-medication among University students in Ethiopia: A systematic review and Meta-analysis

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