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Title: | Prevalence and associated risk factors of self-medication among patients attending El-Mahsama family practice center, Ismailia, Egypt |
Authors: | Zeid, Wael |
Participants: | Hamed, Madeha Mansour, Nadia Diab, Rokaya |
Issue Date: | 2020 |
Series/Report no.: | Bulletin of the National Research Centre, Volume 44 (2020), Article number: 92 |
Abstract: | A cross-sectional study was conducted on 160 patients. The sample was randomly selected from those who attended the El-Mahsama family practice center, Ismailia, Egypt, from November 2018 to February 2019. The center is affiliated to the Suez Canal University and provides preventive and curative services to a rural community. The participants were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire including sociodemographic scale and self-medication knowledge and behavior. Data was analyzed using descriptive and analytic statistical methods. Frequency of self-medication among the study sample has reached 96%. More than half of the participants (53.6%) reported that the first reason behind using self-medication was cost saving. Meanwhile, the most prevalent conditions that make them use these medications by themselves were headaches (17%), aches and pain (other than headache) (39.2%), and fevers (11.8%). The most frequent self-administered drugs were analgesics (59.5%) and antibiotics (23.5%). |
URI: | http://tailieuso.tlu.edu.vn/handle/DHTL/11527 |
Source: | https://bnrc.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42269-020-00351-7 |
ISSN: | 2522-8307 |
Appears in Collections: | Tài liệu mở |
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