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Self-medication Practices of the Rural Community People: A Cross-Sectional Study

BACKGROUND: Self-medication is the practice of taking medicines without a physician’s advice, and it has become more common in developing nations. The root cause could be anything from a shortage of physicians to financial factors. However, most people are not aware of the ill effects and drug react...

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Autores principales: Thenmozhi, B, Sharmil, S Hepsibah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10470567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37662137
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_842_22
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description BACKGROUND: Self-medication is the practice of taking medicines without a physician’s advice, and it has become more common in developing nations. The root cause could be anything from a shortage of physicians to financial factors. However, most people are not aware of the ill effects and drug reactions brought on by self-medication. This research aimed to find out the prevalence, frequency, common complaints, primary sources, and regular medicines utilized for self-medication, which are the goal of this study. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among the rural community people in Keezhur, Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu, India. A group of 253 participants were selected using a random sampling technique. A self-structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. The gathered information was coded and examined. RESULTS: Self-medication was common in 60.5% of people, and 46.6% of them frequently utilize analgesics. The most frequent condition for which people used self-medication was headache (30.4%). The practice was significantly correlated with the younger age group and the level of education. CONCLUSION: Self-medication is harmful to one’s health and is widespread in the research group’s region. To reduce the practice of self-medication, general people should get sufficient health education.
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spelling pubmed-104705672023-09-01 Self-medication Practices of the Rural Community People: A Cross-Sectional Study Thenmozhi, B Sharmil, S Hepsibah Indian J Community Med Short Communication BACKGROUND: Self-medication is the practice of taking medicines without a physician’s advice, and it has become more common in developing nations. The root cause could be anything from a shortage of physicians to financial factors. However, most people are not aware of the ill effects and drug reactions brought on by self-medication. This research aimed to find out the prevalence, frequency, common complaints, primary sources, and regular medicines utilized for self-medication, which are the goal of this study. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among the rural community people in Keezhur, Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu, India. A group of 253 participants were selected using a random sampling technique. A self-structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. The gathered information was coded and examined. RESULTS: Self-medication was common in 60.5% of people, and 46.6% of them frequently utilize analgesics. The most frequent condition for which people used self-medication was headache (30.4%). The practice was significantly correlated with the younger age group and the level of education. CONCLUSION: Self-medication is harmful to one’s health and is widespread in the research group’s region. To reduce the practice of self-medication, general people should get sufficient health education. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023 2023-07-14 /pmc/articles/PMC10470567/ /pubmed/37662137 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_842_22 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Indian Journal of Community Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10470567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37662137
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_842_22
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