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Self-Medication Practices and Risk Factors for Self-Medication among Medical Students in Belgrade, Serbia
INTRODUCTION: Self-medication among future health care professionals can represent a serious threat to professionalism in medicine and it has potential to put at risk public trust into this profession. The aim of this research was to investigate prevalence and risk factors for self-medication among...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4263675/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25503967 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114644 |
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author | Lukovic, Jasminka Adzic Miletic, Vladimir Pekmezovic, Tatjana Trajkovic, Goran Ratkovic, Nevena Aleksic, Danijela Grgurevic, Anita |
author_facet | Lukovic, Jasminka Adzic Miletic, Vladimir Pekmezovic, Tatjana Trajkovic, Goran Ratkovic, Nevena Aleksic, Danijela Grgurevic, Anita |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Self-medication among future health care professionals can represent a serious threat to professionalism in medicine and it has potential to put at risk public trust into this profession. The aim of this research was to investigate prevalence and risk factors for self-medication among population of medical students, because it was previously shown that their attitudes towards pharmacotherapy could affect the way they could prescribe medication in the future. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Research was performed as a cross-sectional study and it included 1296 (84.1%) 1st, 3rd and 6th year students of School of Medicine, University of Belgrade. Students filled out a demographic and self-medication questionnaire created for the purpose of this research and the Physical Health Questionnaire – 9 (PHQ-9). Questions about self-medication were related to the period of the previous year. RESULTS: Self-medication was reported by 79.9% students. The most frequently self-prescribed medications were analgesics (55.4%). Independent risk factors for self-medication were possession of home-pharmacies (OR = 5.3, CI 95% 3.89–7.23), lower level of father's education (OR = 1.6, CI 95% 1.18–2.25), consumption of alcoholic beverages (OR = 1.5, CI 95% 1.13–2.08), less than 1 hour spent in physical activity per week (OR = 1.4, CI 95% 1.00–2.02), female gender (OR = 1.4, CI 95% 1.02–1.89), older age (OR = 1.1, CI 95% 1.07–1.21) and higher PHQ-9 score (OR = 1.09, CI 95% 1.05–1.12). CONCLUSIONS: Self-medication is an important issue among population of medical students. Prevalence of self-medication could be controlled through regulatory authorities and further education. |
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spelling | pubmed-42636752014-12-19 Self-Medication Practices and Risk Factors for Self-Medication among Medical Students in Belgrade, Serbia Lukovic, Jasminka Adzic Miletic, Vladimir Pekmezovic, Tatjana Trajkovic, Goran Ratkovic, Nevena Aleksic, Danijela Grgurevic, Anita PLoS One Research Article INTRODUCTION: Self-medication among future health care professionals can represent a serious threat to professionalism in medicine and it has potential to put at risk public trust into this profession. The aim of this research was to investigate prevalence and risk factors for self-medication among population of medical students, because it was previously shown that their attitudes towards pharmacotherapy could affect the way they could prescribe medication in the future. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Research was performed as a cross-sectional study and it included 1296 (84.1%) 1st, 3rd and 6th year students of School of Medicine, University of Belgrade. Students filled out a demographic and self-medication questionnaire created for the purpose of this research and the Physical Health Questionnaire – 9 (PHQ-9). Questions about self-medication were related to the period of the previous year. RESULTS: Self-medication was reported by 79.9% students. The most frequently self-prescribed medications were analgesics (55.4%). Independent risk factors for self-medication were possession of home-pharmacies (OR = 5.3, CI 95% 3.89–7.23), lower level of father's education (OR = 1.6, CI 95% 1.18–2.25), consumption of alcoholic beverages (OR = 1.5, CI 95% 1.13–2.08), less than 1 hour spent in physical activity per week (OR = 1.4, CI 95% 1.00–2.02), female gender (OR = 1.4, CI 95% 1.02–1.89), older age (OR = 1.1, CI 95% 1.07–1.21) and higher PHQ-9 score (OR = 1.09, CI 95% 1.05–1.12). CONCLUSIONS: Self-medication is an important issue among population of medical students. Prevalence of self-medication could be controlled through regulatory authorities and further education. Public Library of Science 2014-12-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4263675/ /pubmed/25503967 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114644 Text en © 2014 Lukovic et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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 properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Lukovic, Jasminka Adzic Miletic, Vladimir Pekmezovic, Tatjana Trajkovic, Goran Ratkovic, Nevena Aleksic, Danijela Grgurevic, Anita Self-Medication Practices and Risk Factors for Self-Medication among Medical Students in Belgrade, Serbia |
title | Self-Medication Practices and Risk Factors for Self-Medication among Medical Students in Belgrade, Serbia |
title_full | Self-Medication Practices and Risk Factors for Self-Medication among Medical Students in Belgrade, Serbia |
title_fullStr | Self-Medication Practices and Risk Factors for Self-Medication among Medical Students in Belgrade, Serbia |
title_full_unstemmed | Self-Medication Practices and Risk Factors for Self-Medication among Medical Students in Belgrade, Serbia |
title_short | Self-Medication Practices and Risk Factors for Self-Medication among Medical Students in Belgrade, Serbia |
title_sort | self-medication practices and risk factors for self-medication among medical students in belgrade, serbia |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4263675/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25503967 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114644 |
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