Self-medication Practice among Secondary School Students in Ekiti State, Southwest Nigeria

Awosusi, A O; Konwea, Patience Esohe

doi:10.9734/jamps/2015/16083

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“…The obtained prevalence of self-medication with anti-malarial medicines by high school secondary students in Dar es Salaam was high but relatively low (18.5%) when compared to other reports elsewhere in malaria endemic areas [2][3][4][5][6]. The level of knowledge of the students on malaria and the dangers of self-medication was inadequate whereby the majority scored low (73.0%).…”

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“…Self-medication is the selection and use of medications to treat self-recognized or selfdiagnosed conditions or symptoms without physicians' prescription [2]. Several studies have reported self-medication practice among adults and students in developing countries [3][4][5][6][7], but very few in Tanzania [8][9][10][11]. Chipwaza et al, conducted a study in the Kilosa district in Tanzania, on self-medication and revealed that selfmedication with anti-malarial medicines is a fairly common practice among adults [8].…”

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Self-Medication With Anti-Malarial Medicines Among High School Students in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Marealle

Kirutu

2018

Int J Pharm Pharm Sci

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Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of self-medication with anti-malarial medicines among high school students in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and to assess their knowledge on malaria and the dangers of self-medication.Methods: A pre-tested questionnaire was used in data collection. Data obtained include demographic characteristics, use of anti-malarial medicines without prescription in the past six months, knowledge on malaria, knowledge on the dangers of self-medication, type of anti-malarial used for self-medication, the source of medicine and reasons for self-medication. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. Descriptive analysis was undertaken and the chi-square test was used to test significant differences in proportions between the different variables. A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.Results: A total of 400 students were enrolled in the study. The frequency of anti-malarial self-medication by high school students in Dar es Salaam was 18.5%. The overall students’ level of knowledge on malaria and on the dangers of self-medication was low (73.0%). Artemether/lumefantrine and malafin® tablets were the most frequently used medicines for self-medication with a prevalence of 45.9% and 38.5% respectively. Past experience in treating similar disease, lack of money and easy access to anti-malarial medicine emerged as the main factors influencing their self-medication practice.Conclusion: The prevalence of self-medication with anti-malarial medicines by high school students is relatively high given the low prevalence of malaria in Dar es Salaam. The students demonstrated a low knowledge on malaria and on the dangers of self-medication.

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Self-Medication With Anti-Malarial Medicines Among High School Students in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Marealle

Kirutu

2018

Int J Pharm Pharm Sci

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“…In some cases, the locally distilled gins are consumed as traditional medicine, that is, when it is combined with different herbs and roots. Awosusi and Adegboyega (2015) emphasised that in Nigeria many consume alcohol (local gin) with the pretext of taking traditional medicine known as 'opa' 'ehin', 'paraga' or 'fidigbodi'. Prior to the modern epoch, alcohol was not a drink consumed by youth; rather it was a beverage meant for adults, but most women consumed alcohol as medication for stomach aches.…”

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Alcohol abuse in African traditional religion: Education and enlightenment as panacea for integration and development

Ekeke

John

2023

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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Alcoholism is endemic in Nigeria’s traditional religion and society. This abuse is especially common at New Yam festivals, Ekpe, Ekpo and Nmanwu masquerades festivals, burial rituals, birth, marriage and naming ceremonies. Some claim that this is driven by specific beliefs and activities in African culture, such as beliefs in ancestors, libation, hospitality and entertaining guests and strangers and the desire to maintain the cultural traditions of the ancestors. Alcohol abuse has generated major health and social issues for abusers, their families and society, plunging families, towns and tribes into crises and conflicts that bring economic and political retrogression. This research studied how the African traditional religion encourages alcohol misuse and how to decrease it for national development. This study was on Nigeria’s South-South region. The study uses qualitative and ethnographic research methodologies, including key informants, in-depth and focus group interviews and the reward deficiency syndrome as a theoretical framework. Although African Traditional Religion (ATR) supports alcohol usage, greed, a lack of self-control, peer pressure, indiscipline and lack of moral upbringing led to alcohol misuse, which harms the person, family, community and country as a whole. Education and enlightenment are a remedy to free alcoholics and utilise them for national integration and development.Contribution: Some say Africans drink a lot because their religious heritage promotes drinking, leading to abuse. However, peer pressure, selfishness, a lack of self-control, bad parenting and not religion push persons with reward deficiency syndrome into alcoholism, according to this research.

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“…Some studies revealed higher prevalence of selfmedication among males than females (Al-Hussaini, Mustafa and Ali, 2014) while some scholars found no strong association between gender (Emmanuel, et al, 2011). On the other hand, a high level of education and professional status of mothers are showed to be risk factors for adolescent self-medication in some studies (Awosusi et al, 2015).…”

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Knowledge and Practice of Self-medication among Students of School of Nursing in selected schools in Osun State

Adebisi¹

2016

TIJPH

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Self-medication can potentially do well and also harm people. It is a common practice and internationally has been reported as being on the rise. Studies have observed self-medication as a common practice among group of health workers that included dental, midwifery and nursing students. Hence, this study assessed the knowledge and practice of self-medication among students of school of nursing in selected schools in Osun State. It was a descriptive cross-sectional survey. Samples of two hundred nursing students were included in the study using purposive sampling.The result in this study showed that majority (91%) of the nursing students had high level of knowledge and about two third (64.5%) indulge in high practice of self medication respectively. More than half of them signified that presence of minor ailments and having enough knowledge about drugs were the factors that always make them to self-medicate, while more than forty percent indicated that financial constraint, previous experience, time saving, advertisement and unavailability of health care services as factors that sometimes influence self-medication. Significant relationship existed between knowledge and practice of self medication (t = -3.116, df = 198, P < 0.05).Nursing students demonstrated high level of knowledge about medication and its effects. Majority indulge in self-medication practices. Those with high level of knowledge practice of self medication less. It would be safer if those who self-medicate have sufficient knowledge to prevent serious effects. It is recommended that policies be formulated to control the purchase and use drugs.

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Self-medication Practice among Secondary School Students in Ekiti State, Southwest Nigeria

Cited by 6 publications

References 13 publications

Self-Medication With Anti-Malarial Medicines Among High School Students in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Self-Medication With Anti-Malarial Medicines Among High School Students in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Alcohol abuse in African traditional religion: Education and enlightenment as panacea for integration and development

Knowledge and Practice of Self-medication among Students of School of Nursing in selected schools in Osun State

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