التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Practice of Self-medication and its Determinants among Non-medical Adult Population of Rawalpindi. |
| المؤلفون: |
Bilal, Sana, Shahid, Rizwana, Qureshi, Mehjabeen, Sabir, Syed Arshad, Zaidi, Narjis |
| المصدر: |
Pakistan Journal of Medical Research; Oct-Dec2023, Vol. 62 Issue 4, p169-175, 7p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
SELF medication, ADULTS, PATIENT compliance, NONPROBABILITY sampling, HEALTH facilities |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
RAWALPINDI (Pakistan) |
| مستخلص: |
Objective: To analyse self-medication practice and its determinants among non-medical adult population of Rawalpindi. Study type, settings & duration: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in Rawalpindi city from April to September 2022. Methodology: The 382 non-medical adults were enrolled through consecutive non-probability sampling. Selfadministered structured questionnaire was used to gather the information pertinent to demographics of study subjects, distance from healthcare facility, access to medicines, ways of demanding medicine from pharmacist, reasons/ailments for self-medication and source of information about drug. The data was analysed by using SPSS version 25.0 and Microsoft Excel 2016. Chi-square test was applied to determine the association of selfmedication practice with education and socio-economic status. p < 0.05 was considered significant. Results: Out of 382 study subjects, most (54.2%) were females with mean age of 22.46±0.79 years. About 83% respondents were indulged in self-medication practice and 31.8% of them did self-medication due to quick relief from symptoms while 43.3% of the 65 persons did not indulge in self-medication due to fear of wrong use of drug. Low and middle social class had statistically significant association (p <0.001) with self-medication practice. Similarly educational level has non-significant association (p >0.05) with self-medication practice. Almost 61.8% of respondents were urban dwellers and 70% were students. About 40.14% were practicing selfmedication in compliance with previous prescription. Conclusion: Female students are more indulged in self-medication practice for getting relief of their symptoms from previously prescribed medications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| قاعدة البيانات: |
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