Self-Medication Practices among Business Students in Karachi

Year 2022, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 86 - 92, 01.03.2022

Tamseel Awan , Farah Khalid Tabeer Awan Maliha Zaidi

https://doi.org/10.26453/otjhs.1026267

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study is to find out the self-medication practices and its prevalence amongst business students of Karachi.
Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study and was carried out from Dec 2018 – Dec 2019. Convenient sampling technique was used to obtain data from a Business Institute of Karachi, Pakistan. Data analysis and data management was done using SPSS version 16.0.
Results: Prevalence of self-medication practice was obtained to be 81%. The commonest reason for practicing self-medication was past successful consumption of the medicine (46.2%) and avoiding hassle to go to a doctor (43.7%). The commonest complaints that drove students to self-medicate were fever (55.7%), cough (49.2%) and pains (46%). Commonly used medicines were pain killers (73.4%) and fever relieving medicines (41.0%). The major source of obtaining the medicines was community pharmacies (67.6%) by the students. There was no significant association between the demographic factors such as gender and degree program and self-medication (p=0.061, p=0.747 respectively).
Conclusion: An 81% high prevalence of self-medication was found among the business university students in Karachi which is alarmingly high, with no significant difference between males and females. 

Keywords

Aware, medicine, prevalence, self-medication, students

Karaçi'daki İşletme Öğrencilerinde Kendi Kendine İlaç Uygulamaları

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, Karaçi'deki işletme öğrencileri arasında kendi kendine ilaç uygulamalarını ve yaygınlığını bulmaktır.
Materyal ve Metot: Bu kesitsel bir çalışmadır ve Aralık 2018 – Aralık 2019 tarihleri ​​arasında yürütülmüştür. Pakistan, Karaçi İşletme Enstitüsü'nden veri elde etmek için uygun örnekleme tekniği kullanılmıştır. Veri analizi ve veri yönetimi SPSS sürüm 16.0 kullanılarak yapıldı.
Bulgular: Kendi kendine ilaç uygulama yaygınlığı %81 olarak elde edildi. Kendi kendine ilaç kullanmanın en yaygın nedeni, geçmişte başarılı bir şekilde ilaç tüketme (%46,2) ve doktora gitme zahmetinden kaçınma (%43,7) idi. Öğrencileri kendi kendine ilaç tedavisine yönelten en yaygın şikayetler ateş (%55,7), öksürük (%49,2) ve ağrı (%46) idi. En sık kullanılan ilaçlar ağrı kesici (%73,4) ve ateş düşürücü ilaçlar (%41,0) idi. Öğrencilerin ilaçları en büyük temin kaynağı serbest eczaneler (%67,6) olmuştur. Cinsiyet ve lisans programı gibi demografik faktörler ile kendi kendine ilaç tedavisi arasında anlamlı bir ilişki yoktu (sırasıyla p=0,061, p=0,747).
Sonuç: Karaçi'deki işletme üniversitesi öğrencileri arasında %81'lik yüksek bir kendi kendine ilaç prevalansı bulundu ve bu, erkekler ve kadınlar arasında önemli bir fark olmaksızın endişe verici derecede yüksekti.

Keywords

Farkındalık, kendi kendine ilaç tedavisi, öğrenciler, tıp, yaygınlık

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