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Evaluation des pratiques de l’automédication et leurs caractéristiques auprès des étudiants d’Uvira en République Démocratique du Congo
INTRODUCTION: self-medication poses a threat to public health. The purpose of this study was to evaluate self-medication practices among Uvira students in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). METHODS: we conducted a cross-sectional descriptive study based on an indirect interview of 700 stude...
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The African Field Epidemiology Network
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10460111/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37637404 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2023.45.53.39690 |
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author | Mboni, Henry Manya Tshikongo, Arsène Kabamba Chirubagula, Valentin Bashige Shakalenga, Cedrick Mutombo Kanyegere, Arsène Mutula Rugema, Bontemps Byakujoga Mushobekwa, Saili Stay Akiba, Derrick Bushobole Rusati, Nicolas Mihuhi |
author_facet | Mboni, Henry Manya Tshikongo, Arsène Kabamba Chirubagula, Valentin Bashige Shakalenga, Cedrick Mutombo Kanyegere, Arsène Mutula Rugema, Bontemps Byakujoga Mushobekwa, Saili Stay Akiba, Derrick Bushobole Rusati, Nicolas Mihuhi |
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description | INTRODUCTION: self-medication poses a threat to public health. The purpose of this study was to evaluate self-medication practices among Uvira students in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). METHODS: we conducted a cross-sectional descriptive study based on an indirect interview of 700 students, using a self-administered survey questionnaire. Data were processed using XLSTAT. RESULTS: according to the survey conducted on these 700 students, the prevalence of self-medication was 99.3% (n=695), of which 42.3% (n=294) started during adolescence. Of the total respondents, 57.4% (n=399) said they resorted to self-medication every time they fell ill and were short of money (n=471, 67.7%) for a consultation. The most commonly cited pathology encountered during this practice was malaria (n=212, 30.5%). Of all drugs used, paracetamol was in the first place (n=106, 15.3%) while the tablet was the form most used by these students (n=598, 86%). In terms of the drug combination, Fansidar-Coartem (n=106, 17.2%) was the most common; the dosage was age-dependent in 65.6% (n=456) of cases. This study also showed that 37.4% (n=695) of the students interviewed used phytotherapy, mainly to treat malaria (n=124, 47.3%). CONCLUSION: among Uvira students, self-medication is extremely used, especially against malaria. Efforts must be made by healthcare personnel in collaboration with policymakers to raise awareness about the rational use of medications, in order to better control and potentially eradicate this practice that is harmful to health. |
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spelling | pubmed-104601112023-08-27 Evaluation des pratiques de l’automédication et leurs caractéristiques auprès des étudiants d’Uvira en République Démocratique du Congo Mboni, Henry Manya Tshikongo, Arsène Kabamba Chirubagula, Valentin Bashige Shakalenga, Cedrick Mutombo Kanyegere, Arsène Mutula Rugema, Bontemps Byakujoga Mushobekwa, Saili Stay Akiba, Derrick Bushobole Rusati, Nicolas Mihuhi Pan Afr Med J Research INTRODUCTION: self-medication poses a threat to public health. The purpose of this study was to evaluate self-medication practices among Uvira students in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). METHODS: we conducted a cross-sectional descriptive study based on an indirect interview of 700 students, using a self-administered survey questionnaire. Data were processed using XLSTAT. RESULTS: according to the survey conducted on these 700 students, the prevalence of self-medication was 99.3% (n=695), of which 42.3% (n=294) started during adolescence. Of the total respondents, 57.4% (n=399) said they resorted to self-medication every time they fell ill and were short of money (n=471, 67.7%) for a consultation. The most commonly cited pathology encountered during this practice was malaria (n=212, 30.5%). Of all drugs used, paracetamol was in the first place (n=106, 15.3%) while the tablet was the form most used by these students (n=598, 86%). In terms of the drug combination, Fansidar-Coartem (n=106, 17.2%) was the most common; the dosage was age-dependent in 65.6% (n=456) of cases. This study also showed that 37.4% (n=695) of the students interviewed used phytotherapy, mainly to treat malaria (n=124, 47.3%). CONCLUSION: among Uvira students, self-medication is extremely used, especially against malaria. Efforts must be made by healthcare personnel in collaboration with policymakers to raise awareness about the rational use of medications, in order to better control and potentially eradicate this practice that is harmful to health. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2023-05-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10460111/ /pubmed/37637404 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2023.45.53.39690 Text en Copyright: Henry Manya Mboni et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/The Pan African Medical Journal (ISSN: 1937-8688). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Mboni, Henry Manya Tshikongo, Arsène Kabamba Chirubagula, Valentin Bashige Shakalenga, Cedrick Mutombo Kanyegere, Arsène Mutula Rugema, Bontemps Byakujoga Mushobekwa, Saili Stay Akiba, Derrick Bushobole Rusati, Nicolas Mihuhi Evaluation des pratiques de l’automédication et leurs caractéristiques auprès des étudiants d’Uvira en République Démocratique du Congo |
title | Evaluation des pratiques de l’automédication et leurs caractéristiques auprès des étudiants d’Uvira en République Démocratique du Congo |
title_full | Evaluation des pratiques de l’automédication et leurs caractéristiques auprès des étudiants d’Uvira en République Démocratique du Congo |
title_fullStr | Evaluation des pratiques de l’automédication et leurs caractéristiques auprès des étudiants d’Uvira en République Démocratique du Congo |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation des pratiques de l’automédication et leurs caractéristiques auprès des étudiants d’Uvira en République Démocratique du Congo |
title_short | Evaluation des pratiques de l’automédication et leurs caractéristiques auprès des étudiants d’Uvira en République Démocratique du Congo |
title_sort | evaluation des pratiques de l’automédication et leurs caractéristiques auprès des étudiants d’uvira en république démocratique du congo |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10460111/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37637404 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2023.45.53.39690 |
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