scholarly journals Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Over-the-counter Drugs Administration by Parents to Children in a Selected Community Area with a View to Develop an Information Module

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 56-58
Author(s):  
Ponnambalam Sumathy ◽  
Anand Raj ◽  
Annalatchumy Vengadasalam ◽  
Anusuya Munusamy ◽  
Aravindhan Raja ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Over The Counter ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Information Module ◽  
Community Area ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude and practice of over-the-counter drug among undergraduate medical students-a cross sectional study

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-159
Author(s):  
Bindu Malla ◽  
Deepti KC
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
College Teaching ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Over The Counter ◽  
Otc Drugs ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: Self-medication of the over-the-counter (OTC) drug is practice all over the world. Although appropriate self-medication practice can address minor illness and is time and cost-effective, it can promote irrational use of medicine; prolong the illness, drug dependency and abuse. Medical students are the future medical practitioners and play the crucial role in counseling the patients. Therefore, the present study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of self- medication among undergraduate students. Methods: An institution based descriptive, cross sectional study was conducted after ethical approval was taken from the Institutional ethical committee of Gandaki medical college teaching hospital and research center (GMCTHRC) and data was collected from May to July 2018. Descriptive and correlation analysis were done with the data. The results were expressed in percentages. Results: Among 115 respondents, 60.9 % (70) were female and 39.1% (45) were male students. Majority of respondents (94.8%) believed that instruction on the label of the drugs should be followed and 78.3% respondents agreed that OTC drugs could interact with other prescribed drugs. However, only 53.9% respondents knew that OTC drugs were Group Ga drugs in Nepal. Despite good knowledge and attitude only 37.4% students had good practice in the rational use of the OTC drugs. Moreover, Antipyretic and analgesic drugs were the most commonly used drugs. However, only 36.84% respondents (p<0.05) knew about the correct dose and duration to take the drugs. Conclusions: We concluded that first year medical and dental should be motivated to use their knowledge into practice.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice on Over-the-Counter Drugs Among Pharmacy and Medical Students: A Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Vol Volume 9 ◽  
pp. 135-146
Author(s):  
Kidist Mulugeta Bekele ◽  
Ahmed Moges Abay ◽  
Kidist Abiye Mengistu ◽  
Berhanemeskel Weldegerima Atsbeha ◽  
Chilot Abiyu Demeke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Over The Counter ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude and practice of using antibiotics as self-medication among non-medical graduates

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Asha V ◽  
Karthik D Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Over The Counter ◽  
Medical Graduates ◽  
Otc Drugs ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Modern Era ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: Antibiotic abuse is a major concern in the modern era of internet. The ease of availability of drugs, lack of time to visit a doctor, poverty, the lack of knowledge about antibiotics, the influence of relatives, friends and advertising media seems to be the major contributing factors for self-medication. The objective of the study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of antibiotics as self-medication among non-medical graduates.Methodology: A validated, self-administered questionnaire on knowledge, attitude and practice was used to collect data from 400 non-medical graduates.Results: Statistical analysis was done by Chi-square and Multiple response test. Results revealed that 163(68%) B.E and 95(59%) B.Com graduates were aware of antibiotics. Majority of graduates (>90%) in both the groups have the opinion that antibiotics are “Over the Counter” (OTC) drugs and that they have adverse effects.Conclusion: Majority of B.E and B.Com graduates were aware of antibiotics, but not of their side effects. They had the misconception that antibiotics are “OTC” drugs. The most common reason for self-medication was the previous use of same medication.

scholarly journals Assessment of knowledge, attitudes and practice among interns about over the counter drugs in a tertiary care hospital in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 2485
Author(s):  
Sudipto Chatterjee ◽  
R. Vijendra ◽  
K. Girish ◽  
Mahesh Kumar Manjeri Koroth
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Over The Counter ◽  
Otc Drugs ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Medical Interns ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: Drugs that are dispensed against a valid prescription issued to a patient by a registered medical practitioner are known as “prescription-only drugs”. In India, they have been regulated under schedule H, H1, G, and X of the Drugs and Rules (1945). The drugs which are not included in the list of “prescription-only drugs” are considered to be over-the-counter drugs (OTC). There is no provision for an OTC drug schedule in the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules 1945, and these drugs have higher chances of misuse or abuse. This study was undertaken to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practice among medical interns about OTC drugs in a tertiary care hospital in India.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study, which was conducted at Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, from March 2018 to September 2018. A pre-validated questionnaire consisting of 24 questions to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice was administered to 80 medical interns chosen by simple randomization, out of which 14 questions were related to knowledge, 6 related to attitude and 4 related to the practice. The participants were provided 30 minutes to complete the questionnaire. The data recorded were analyzed using Microsoft Excel.Results: There were some gaps in the knowledge, attitude and practice among the medical interns about OTC medications.Conclusions: There is a need for special emphasis on the MBBS curriculum about the use of OTC drugs.

scholarly journals Evaluation of knowledge, attitude and practice of self medication among second year undergraduate students in Bastar Region: a questionnaire based study

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 817 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ratna Agrawal ◽  
Sanat Kumar Sharma ◽  
Mahendra Kumar Jaiswal ◽  
Raj Sharma ◽  
Syed Sajid Ali
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Time Saving ◽  
Over The Counter ◽  
Minor Illness ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
The Common ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: Self medication is becoming very popular among medical students as they get exposed to knowledge about diseases and drugs, but which is very superficial in second year undergraduates, so the present study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of self medication among second year undergraduate students.Methods: A questionnaire based study containing 12 questions was conducted in 175 second year undergraduate students after taking informed consent. Statistical analysis was done by using descriptive statistics by Graph Pad Prism version 6.01.Results: Out of the 175 students, 155 (88.57%) students have taken self medication. The common reason for taking it was no need to visit the doctor for minor illness (64%), quick relief (48.57%) and time saving (34.29%). The common indications for taking self medication were fever (69.14%) and cough and cold (69.14%) followed by headache (64%). Although students rarely practised it due to risk associated like adverse effects 131 (74.86%) and lack of proper knowledge about drugs 118 (67.3%).Conclusions: Self medication is highly prevalent among students, as most of the students get it from pharmacies, it is necessary to make strict guidelines for availability of such medicines over the counter and also there is need to educate the students about harmful consequences of self medication to make them responsible future doctors.

ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, AND PRACTICE OF FIRST AID, AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS, AMONG KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amsalu Birara Melese ◽  
Alemtsehay Alemu Tesema ◽  
Amare Simegn
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
First Aid ◽  
Kindergarten Teachers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Question ◽  
First Aid Training ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice ◽  
Structured Questionnaire ◽  
Good Attitude

Abstract Background: Injuries are very common now a day and can occur at any point of time in a day to day life. Among them, injuries in school children rank a major part. The objective of this research to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice towards first aid and factors associated among kindergarten teachers. Methods: Institutions based cross-sectional quantitative study design was employed. The study was conducted in Bahir dar town, Amhara region, Ethiopia from March to May 2017. A Pre-tested and structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Binary and multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to determine the separate and confounding effect for variables. Result: A total of 173 respondents were interviewed with a response rate of 93%. From the total respondents 97 (56.1%) scored above mean for knowledge question, In particular, subjects lacked knowledge regarding first aid for Human/animal bite (60.1%) was not answered correctly. Regarding practice out of all respondents, 128(74%) had faced the child in need of first aid. About attitude, all respondents (100%) felt good attitude towards giving and learning first aid. Service year (AOR=8.6, 95%CI0.035-0.399) and previous first aid training (AOR=2.5, 95%CI 1.138-5.570) were found to have a significant association with knowledge of first aid. Conclusion: The knowledge of kindergarten teachers towards first aid were found to be low while they have the good attitude towards giving first aid and receiving training on first aid. It remains necessary to increase their actual first aid knowledge and skills.  

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