scholarly journals SELF - MEDICATION PRACTICES AMONG NON TEACHING STAFF IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL: A QUESTIONNAIRE BASED STUDY

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 472-476
Author(s):  
Padma L ◽  
Veena D R ◽  
Shanmukananda P
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Self Medication

scholarly journals A STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF SELF MEDICATION FOR DIARRHOEAAMONG UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL OF ASSAM

2020 ◽  
pp. 48-50
Author(s):  
Dipsikha Das ◽  
Kalpana Gohain
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Common Source ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Medication Practice ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Introduction: Self medication is referred to the use of medications to treat self-diagnosed disorders or symptoms without a valid prescription. Self medication practice is seen widely due to availability of over the counter drugs and lack of awareness of adverse drug reactions. Aims and Objectives: To study the knowledge, attitude and practice of self medication for diarrhoea among undergraduate medical students in a tertiary care hospital of Assam. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire based study was carried out among the Undergraduate medical students of Assam Medical College & Hospital, Dibrugarh. The questionnaire was designed to assess the Knowledge, attitude and practice of self-medication for diarrhoea. A total of 130 students were included in the study after obtaining written informed consent from them. The data of the completely filled up questionnaire was analyzed and presented as mean and percentage. Results: Out of 130 students 89.23% practised self-medication for diarrhoea. The most common cause of self medication practice was to save time and source of information was from medical textbooks. The most common source of medicines was medical stores and commonly used drugs for diarrhoea were ORS, Metronidazole, Ofloxacin, probiotics and anti-motility drugs. Only 17.25% of students had awareness of the harmful effects of self medication for diarrhoea. Conclusion: There is high prevalence of self-medication practice to treat diarrhoea among undergraduate medical students which necessitates proper education and awareness regarding the benefits and hazards associated with self medication practice.

scholarly journals Self-Medication Practices Among Health Care Professional Students in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Pune

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manjusha Sajith ◽  
Sruthi M. Suresh ◽  
Naveen T. Roy ◽  
Dr. Atmaram Pawar
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professional ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Medication Practice ◽  
Professional Students ◽  
Professional Exposure

Background: Self-medication practice is common among health care professionals due to their professional exposure to drugs and knowledge of treatment of their disease. Objective: The aim was to assess self-medication practice among medical, pharmacy, and nursing students in a tertiary care hospital, Pune. Method: A cross-sectional survey was carried out over a period of three months. A self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Results: A total of 318 students participated in the survey; among them106 were medical, 106 were nurses and 106 were Pharmacy students. Out of the total participants, 52.5% were females. Among them, 280 (87.5%) were practicing self- medication. Most drugs for self-medication were obtained from the pharmacy or drug shops, and the most commonly used drugs were non-steroidal anti- inflammatory drugs(81.2%) and antipyretics (67.6%) and antibiotics (35.0%). However, 112 (35.0%) of health care professional students had received antibiotics without medical prescription in the past few months. Common reported illnesses were fever and chills (62.5%) followed by headache (40.0%) and common cold(35.0%).The main reasons for self- medication was that their knowledge about drugs and diseases helped them (67%) and their health problem was not serious(65%). 40 (12.0%) were against self -medication practice and their reasons were fear of misdiagnosis of illness and adverse effect of drugs. Conclusion: Our study concluded that self-medication was practiced with a range of drugs among health care professional students. Educating the students and creating awareness among them may decrease the chance of self-medication practice.

scholarly journals A study to assess awareness amongst pregnant women about the effects of drugs on the fetus and self-medication

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 924
Author(s):  
Neeta Banzal ◽  
Kirti Saxena ◽  
Malti Dalal ◽  
S. K. Srivastava
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Interview Technique ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Background: The present study was conducted with an objective to assess the awareness of drug use in pregnancy, to assess the knowledge of pregnant women on effect of drugs on foetus and to assess the self-medication among pregnant women.Methods: This was a prospective, observational, cross-sectional study conducted on randomly selected 200 pregnant women attending a tertiary care hospital in Surat, Gujarat, India. Data was collected by means of a pre-designed semi-structured questionnaire composed of 26 questions on self-medication during pregnancy and knowledge about that. The data was collected by interview technique in which each participant was asked questions in the language of her understanding in a separate room.Results: The average age of the participants was 23.7±3.68 years. About 91% were not aware about the effect of medication on the health of foetus and did not even enquire about it.  At the time of survey, 74% pregnant women were on some kind of medication. More than 80% were not aware about the duration of medication. About 51% were taking medication on regular basis. The proportion of self-medication among pregnant women was 8.5% (includes 5.5% by themselves and 3% by advice of chemists).Conclusions: There is a lack of awareness amongst the pregnant women regarding the effect of the drugs on the health of foetus. More than half of the women take medication on regular basis. However, low proportion of self-medication during pregnancy suggests that during pregnancy women preferred to take advise of physician for medication rather than taking self-medication.

scholarly journals Self-medication among people visiting outpatient clinics of a Tertiary care hospital, Karachi

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 773
Author(s):  
NaseemAmin Dhedhi ◽  
Hiba Ashraf ◽  
NailaBaig Ansari ◽  
Sundus Iftikhar
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Outpatient Clinics ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Self Medication

scholarly journals Self-medication in Primary Dysmenorrhea among Medical and Nursing Undergraduate Students of a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (238) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jyoti Prabha Bharati ◽  
Sanjay Ulak ◽  
Merina Vaidya Shrestha ◽  
Sanjay Mani Dixit ◽  
Anna Acharya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Primary Dysmenorrhea ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medication Practice

Introduction: Primary dysmenorrhea is one of the most common gynecological problems among adolescent females. It is defined as painful menses in women with normal pelvic anatomy, usually beginning during adolescence. This study aims to find out prevalence of self-medication practice in primary dysmenorrhea among medical and nursing undergraduate students. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital from November 2020 to March 2021 after taking ethical approval from the Institutional Review Committee. Convenient sampling technique was used. A total of 269 female medical and nursing students with complaints of dysmenorrhea were enrolled and the remedial methods used by them such as self-medication, medical advice and home remedies for dysmenorrhea were asked using an online questionnaire delivered to participants. Data analysis was done in the Statistical Package of Social Sciences. Point estimate at 95% Confidence Interval was calculated along with frequency and proportion for binary data. Results: Self-medication practice for dysmenorrhea was reported in 175 (65%) of students. The prevalence of mild or moderate pain was commonly present in age group 21-25 years. commonly used for self-medication was mefenamic acid 121 (48%), followed by ibuprofen 51 (20.3%) and paracetamol 41 (16.3%). Conclusions: Self- medication practice among medical and nursing undergraduate students is high despite awareness of adverse effects.

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