Pattern of self medication among medical students of a private institute in Davangere: A cross-sectional study

G K Ratnaprabha; G Muhammed Muntazeem; Aswin Kumar

doi:10.51131/IJPCCR/v2i1.7

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Pattern of self medication among medical students of a private institute in Davangere: A cross-sectional study

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International Journal of Preclinical and Clinical Research

DOI: 10.51131/IJPCCR/v2i1.7

Year: 2021, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 8-12

Original Article

Pattern of self medication among medical students of a private institute in Davangere: A cross-sectional study

G K Ratnaprabha^1*, G Muhammed Muntazeem², Aswin Kumar¹

¹ Department of Community Medicine, SSIMS & RC, Davangere, 577005, Karnataka, India
² Department of Community Medicine, Navodaya Medical College, Raichur, 584103, Karnataka, India

^*Corresponding author
Email: [email protected]

Received Date:08 January 2021, Accepted Date:31 March 2021, Published Date:06 April 2021

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

Self-medication is a common and regular practice of using medicines without any medical supervision by the people themselves for self-treatment considering it a part of self-care. Self-medication has both positive as well as a negative aspect which may lead to serious chronic ailments, cause resistance to pathogens, delays the symptoms, complicate the cause of the underlying disease and delaying the diagnosis. To assess the prevalence of self-medication among the students in a medical institute in Davangere. 2. To determine the factors associated with self medication among these medical students in Davanagere. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 300 medical students of SSIMS& RC Davanagere. Data was collected using pre-designed, semi structured questionnaire. The data was entered in MS Excel. Analysis was done using SPSS version 20. Prevalence of self medications among medical students was found to be 41%. Antipyretics were widely used as a drug for self medication. This study reinforces the importance of creating awareness and educating the students regarding the advantages and disadvantages of self medications.

Keywords: Self medications; medical students; Davanagere

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© 2021 Ratnaprabha et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Published By Basaveshwara Medical College & Hospital, Chitradurga, Karnataka.