Prevalence and reasons for self‐medication for prevention of COVID‐19 among the adult population in Kermanshah‐Iran

AIM: To determine the prevalence of self‐medication and reasons for self‐medication (SM) for the prevention/treatment of COVID‐19 among the adult population. DESIGN: Cross‐sectional study. METHODS: This study was performed on 147 adults in Kermanshah, Iran. Data were collected by a researcher‐made q...

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Autores principales: Janatolmakan, Maryam, Naghipour, Armin, Khatony, Alireza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Empirical Research Quantitative
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10170942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36813745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1653
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author Janatolmakan, Maryam
Naghipour, Armin
Khatony, Alireza
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Naghipour, Armin
Khatony, Alireza
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description AIM: To determine the prevalence of self‐medication and reasons for self‐medication (SM) for the prevention/treatment of COVID‐19 among the adult population. DESIGN: Cross‐sectional study. METHODS: This study was performed on 147 adults in Kermanshah, Iran. Data were collected by a researcher‐made questionnaire and analysed by SPSS‐18 software using descriptive and inferential statistics. RESULTS: The prevalence of SM in the participants was 69.4%. Vitamin D and vitamin B complex were the most commonly used drugs. The most common symptoms leading to SM were fatigue and rhinitis. Strengthening the immune system and prevention of COVID‐19 (48%) were the main reasons for SM. Factors related to SM included marital status [OR = 8.04, 95% CI = (3.62, 17.83)], education [OR = 0.16, 95%CI = (0.08, 0.35)] and monthly income [OR = 0.09, 95%CI = (0.03, 0.26)]. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: Yes
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spelling pubmed-101709422023-05-11 Prevalence and reasons for self‐medication for prevention of COVID‐19 among the adult population in Kermanshah‐Iran Janatolmakan, Maryam Naghipour, Armin Khatony, Alireza Nurs Open Empirical Research Quantitative AIM: To determine the prevalence of self‐medication and reasons for self‐medication (SM) for the prevention/treatment of COVID‐19 among the adult population. DESIGN: Cross‐sectional study. METHODS: This study was performed on 147 adults in Kermanshah, Iran. Data were collected by a researcher‐made questionnaire and analysed by SPSS‐18 software using descriptive and inferential statistics. RESULTS: The prevalence of SM in the participants was 69.4%. Vitamin D and vitamin B complex were the most commonly used drugs. The most common symptoms leading to SM were fatigue and rhinitis. Strengthening the immune system and prevention of COVID‐19 (48%) were the main reasons for SM. Factors related to SM included marital status [OR = 8.04, 95% CI = (3.62, 17.83)], education [OR = 0.16, 95%CI = (0.08, 0.35)] and monthly income [OR = 0.09, 95%CI = (0.03, 0.26)]. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: Yes John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-02-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10170942/ /pubmed/36813745 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1653 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Nursing Open published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Naghipour, Armin
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Prevalence and reasons for self‐medication for prevention of COVID‐19 among the adult population in Kermanshah‐Iran
title Prevalence and reasons for self‐medication for prevention of COVID‐19 among the adult population in Kermanshah‐Iran
title_full Prevalence and reasons for self‐medication for prevention of COVID‐19 among the adult population in Kermanshah‐Iran
title_fullStr Prevalence and reasons for self‐medication for prevention of COVID‐19 among the adult population in Kermanshah‐Iran
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence and reasons for self‐medication for prevention of COVID‐19 among the adult population in Kermanshah‐Iran
title_short Prevalence and reasons for self‐medication for prevention of COVID‐19 among the adult population in Kermanshah‐Iran
title_sort prevalence and reasons for self‐medication for prevention of covid‐19 among the adult population in kermanshah‐iran
topic Empirical Research Quantitative
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10170942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36813745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1653
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