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Study of Self-Medication among Medical Undergraduate Students in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Maharashtra, India.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Rajat, Chhabra Deshmukh J. B. Tamboli S. B. Laxmi, B. Govinda Ac, Deshmukh |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | Background: Self-medication practice is widespread in many countries. Self-medication involves the use of medicinal products by the consumer to treat self recognized disorders or symptoms, or the intermittent or continued use of a medication prescribed by a physician for chronic or recurring diseases or symptoms. This study was done to determine the prevalence and pattern of self-medication among medical undergraduate students. Materials & Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire based study was conducted among medical undergraduate students and interns at Government Medical College, Nanded, Maharashtra during the period August September 2014. Results: A total 200 students were included in the study. 172(86%) students reported self-medication. Among self-medicated study participants, 91 (52.9%) were males and 81 (47.1%) were females with mean age of 21.02 years. There was significant association between self-medication and being male (p = 0.04) and being senior medical student (p = 0.003). The commonest indications for selfmedication were fever (95.9%) and cough/cold (84.3%). Antipyretics (89.5%) were most common drugs used followed by analgesics (83.7%) and cough syrup (69.8%) with the main reasons being similar past experience (77.9%) and mildness of illness (58.7%). Old prescription for same illness (54.1%) and seniors or classmates (41.9%) were most frequently reported source of drug information for self-medication. Conclusion: Our study shows that self-medication is widely practiced amongst under graduate medical students, and it is essential that they should be properly educated about the advantages and disadvantages of self-medication. |
| Starting Page | 190 |
| Ending Page | 196 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 5 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://ijhsr.org/IJHSR_Vol.5_Issue.12_Dec2015/29.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
