Self-medication with analgesics among medical students and interns in King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Ibrahim, Nahla Khamis; Alamoudi, B.; Baamer, Wejdan Omar; Al-Raddadi, Rajaa

doi:10.12669/pjms.311.6526

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“…14,18 We found that paracetamol and NSAIDs with percentage of (23.3%) and (4.4%) respectively compared to other drug classes are the most common used medications in all medical years especially 4 th year medical students and this agrees with GCMS students, North West Ethiopia Egypt, Iranian college students in Qom city previous KAU study Western Nepal. 13,[15][16][17] Our results shows that antianxiety and opioids are the least used drugs and this could be linked to the knowledge of the risk of the side effects of these drugs, the cost, and the strict system in purchasing these kind of drugs.…”

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Self-medication among medical student in King Abdul-Aziz University

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“…The strengths include the use of a large area of the general population; it is not limited to the specific cities or level of education like other studies. [10,22,23,30,31] On the other hand, the electronically distributed questionnaire gave a great opportunity to the young female to take part in the study. Furthermore, higher education was predominating among electronically recruited individuals.…”

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Knowledge and attitude of analgesics use among Saudi population: A cross-sectional study

Karami¹,

Altebainawi²,

Alfarki³

et al. 2018

Int J Med Sci Public Health

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“…Of all the participating centers during the study period; while patients visiting other clinics or mentally disabled patients were excluded. The target sample size was calculated to detect an expected 55.4% prevalence of OTC analgesics use, 11 with 5% margin error and 80% statistical power, among a total population of 70.994 in Jeddah PHCs (source: Public Health Administration). Calculated sample size was N=380; which was increased to 400 to compensate for probable dropouts.…”

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Prevalence and Determinants of Over-the-Counter Analgesics Usage among Patients attending Primary Health Care Centers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Babakor¹,

Ghamdi²

2018

JYP

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Objective: To estimate the prevalence and describe the pattern of OTC use among patients attending primary healthcare (PHC) centers, and to assess their knowledge and attitude regarding the related side effects. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out among 400 adult patients attending the General Medicine clinic in 10 selected PHC centers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The data collected included socioeconomic parameters, practice and pattern of OTC analgesics use in past 6 months, knowledge and attitude about OTC analgesics, and safety assessment. Results: Results showed that 84.4% of the participants were using OTC analgesics, at least twice per week in 59.3% of the cases, and for <1 week duration in 65.8%. The prevalence of use was highest among illiterate and highly educated participants (p=0.000), and those with moderate income (p=0.011). Acetaminophen (paracetamol) was the most frequently used drug (86.1%), followed by ibuprofen (25.1%) and diclofenac (14.7%); and headache (71.1%), arthralgia (17.7%) and toothache (17.4%) were the most common conditions leading to usage. A simple health problem (64.0%), previous experience with the drug (35.1%) and lack of time (12.1%) were the most common reasons for OTC analgesics use. Among all, 58.1% admitted having no knowledge about OTC analgesic side effects; while 7.1% reported having experienced side effects. Conclusion: There is an alarming prevalence of OTC analgesics use among patients, with inadequate levels of awareness about the associated risks. Awareness and knowledge of users should be further investigated to determine the need for information for this specific or a larger population.Key words: Analgesics, Auto medication, Non-steroid anti-inflammatory, Over-the-counter, Painkiller, Paracetamol. Key MessageThere is high prevalence of OTC analgesics usage combined with low levels of awareness and knowledge about the related hazards; which exposes to misusage that may carry accidents and severe side effects especially among the high-risk populations. The lack of awareness and knowledge highlights the need for targeted information.

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Self-medication with analgesics among medical students and interns in King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Cited by 57 publications

References 18 publications

Self-medication among medical student in King Abdul-Aziz University

Self-medication among medical student in King Abdul-Aziz University

Knowledge and attitude of analgesics use among Saudi population: A cross-sectional study

Prevalence and Determinants of Over-the-Counter Analgesics Usage among Patients attending Primary Health Care Centers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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