“Study of self-medication pattern among adults in Tumkur city”

Swetha, R; Rani, Usha

doi:10.5958/2454-6712.2016.00004.3

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“…The most common condition treated by self-medication was headache followed by the common cold. This is different from another study done in Iraq (13), and Egypt (19), and Indian (20).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The most common drug used by respondents were paracetamol which is could be administered either alone or in combination with other medicines for treating various types of illness such as headache, muscular pain, flu, dental pain, secondly the most commonly used drug was antibiotic, these results were similar in the study conducted in Tumkur city, India and Nigeria (18,20,21). Whoever, Chua S and Sabki N (2011) showed that central nervous system (CNS) medications especially oral analgesics were the most common type of non-prescription medication used by the general public.…”

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confidence: 54%

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A study of self-medication practice among Libyan patients in Tripoli city

Benhusein¹,

Aboulsyen²,

Zakier³

2022

Int. J. Front. Life Sci. Res.

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Background: Self-medication practicing is continuously increasing in the world as a cause of its importance in curing minor symptoms. Aim: This study aimed to assess self-medication factors coupled with Libyan respondents residing in Tripoli city. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was performed from May to July 2018 in Tripoli city. Data was collected using a previously prepared questionnaire from 160 respondents from different age groups. A descriptive analysis was used for data analysis using SPSS version 20. Results: A self-medication practice of a total of 160 respondents were in this study whose ages ranged from 15 to 60 years. Female was the majority of respondents (58.8%). About 51% of the studied population was at the university level while (31.2%) were literate, and a very small portion of the studied population was illiterate (11.9%). Most of the respondents (46%) practiced self-medication each 6 months once or even longer; however, a small portion of respondents (14.4%) stayed on practiced self-medication weekly. In this study the major reasons why participants practiced self-medication without a prescription were previous experience with the condition (45%), high treatment cost (5.6%) of respondents was the reason for self-decision. The source of information of medicines used for self-medication (37.5%) has information from the previous prescription, while (27.5%) received information from community pharmacy. Conclusion: Our results confirmed that self-medication practice is a fairly frequent problem in our community; therefore, the community should be educated regarding the adverse effects of drugs to avoid complications arising regarding self-medication. Therefore, Pharmacists can play an important role to make people informed about self-care choices.

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“…The most common condition treated by self-medication was headache followed by the common cold. This is different from another study done in Iraq (13), and Egypt (19), and Indian (20).…”

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 54%

A study of self-medication practice among Libyan patients in Tripoli city

Benhusein¹,

Aboulsyen²,

Zakier³

2022

Int. J. Front. Life Sci. Res.

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“…Above findings comparable to the results of a study performed by Sallam et al, 2009 (11) in Alexandria who found that the commonest cause was the illness perceived as minor (44.5%), followed by previous experience with the treatment (31%) and 24% indicated for other reasons. Another study conducted by Swetha R and Usha R revealed that long wait at clinics (31.6%), mild nature of the illness (27.56%) and financial problems (17.35%) were most common reasons for adopting self-medication among Indian population [20].…”

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“…This is similar to a finding by Noori [21] which showed that common cold has a high percent of the symptoms that led to self-medication. However, a study conducted in Sri Siddhartha, India showed that cough, headache and fever were common symptoms for which participants practiced self-medication [20].…”

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Self-Medication among Adults in Minia, Egypt: A Cross Sectional Community-Based Study

Ghazawy¹

2017

Health

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Self-medication may be associated with side effects and increases the chance of drug interactions and also affects the adherence to treatment and quality of life. This study aims at determining the pattern of self-medication, identifying knowledge, attitude and self-reported practices concerning the usage of the drugs and identifying demographic factors that could influence self-medication practices among the general population in El-Minia, Egypt. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 422 randomly selected adults using a multi-stage random sampling technique. Data were collected by using a structured interview questionnaire. Respondents who had practiced some sort of self-medication during the past month were 73% of the sample. The commonest cause of self-medication, illness, was perceived as minor (59.7%). The most common perceived illness for self-medication was common cold (90.6%). Older respondents (>40 years) were about twice more likely to practice self-medication than younger ones. Similarly, professionals in their work were 3.4 times more likely to practice self-medication than unemployed individuals. Self-medication is a relatively frequent problem in Minia and interventions at different levels are required.

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“…Research conducted in Alexandria., Egypt found that the most common reasons was a minor illness not need consultation (44.5%), followed by past experience with the treatment (31%), and (24 %) stated for other reasons (Sallam et al 2009). Another study Revealed that long wait at clinics (31.6%), mild nature of the illness (27.56%) and financial problems (17.35%) were most common reasons for adopting self-medication among Indian population (Swetha and Usha 2016) . Similar observations were reported in another study in which respondents reported that the reasons for practicing self-medication were their perception that the illness is minor (79.1%) and previous experience or knowledge about the disease and treatment (46.6%) (Jawahir and Aziz 2017).…”

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Self-Medication among Attendants to Family Health Units in Sohag Health Directorate

Ali

2022

Journal of Environmental Studies

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Self-medication is a serious public health concern, It's a fairly widespread practice worldwide Both in developed and developing nations. Self-medication practices (SMP) are highly prone to inappropriate use and have its own drawbacks resulting wastage of resources, increase drug resistance pathogens and adverse reactions. The aim of the current study is to detect the prevalence of self -medication among attendants to three family health units in Sohag directorate and to identify the determinants of participants practicing self -medication. Cross sectional study Studied population in this study was attendants to three family health units in Sohag directorate (Edfain -ElHagarsa -Balasfoura) during the period from 1st September 2019 till 31th March 2020. Data was collected through personal interview with participants using a specially designed multi-item questionnaire. During the period of the study, 400 participants were included. among the studied population 228 cases (57%) identified to practice selfmedication and will be considered as the first group. Second group included 172 (43%) not confirmed to practice self-medication. Students and house wives formed the majority of self-medicated participants.

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“Study of self-medication pattern among adults in Tumkur city”

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A study of self-medication practice among Libyan patients in Tripoli city

A study of self-medication practice among Libyan patients in Tripoli city

Self-Medication among Adults in Minia, Egypt: A Cross Sectional Community-Based Study

Self-Medication among Attendants to Family Health Units in Sohag Health Directorate

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