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Prevalence and Reasons of Self-Medication in Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
BACKGROUND: Given the importance of having valid information about the prevalence and reasons of self-medication among pregnant women for preventing self-medication during this period, this study aimed to systematically review and perform a meta-analysis on the prevalence and reasons of self-medicat...
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Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6226611/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30465000 |
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author | Mohseni, Mohammad Azami-Aghdash, Saber Gareh Sheyklo, Sepideh Moosavi, Ahmad Nakhaee, Majid Pournaghi-Azar, Fatemeh Rezapour, Aziz |
author_facet | Mohseni, Mohammad Azami-Aghdash, Saber Gareh Sheyklo, Sepideh Moosavi, Ahmad Nakhaee, Majid Pournaghi-Azar, Fatemeh Rezapour, Aziz |
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description | BACKGROUND: Given the importance of having valid information about the prevalence and reasons of self-medication among pregnant women for preventing self-medication during this period, this study aimed to systematically review and perform a meta-analysis on the prevalence and reasons of self-medication during pregnancy. METHODS: This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted in 2018 to estimate the overall self-medication prevalence based on the database sources PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, MagIran, IranMedex and SID. Required data were collected using keywords: medication, self-medication, over-the-counter, non-prescription, prevalence, etiology, and occurrence and pregnant. Descriptive and cross-sectional studies in English and Persian languages were included. There was no time limitation for search. R software was applied for meta-analysis. Random-effects model was applied to estimate the self-medication prevalence with 95% confidence interval. Q statistics and I2 were used to measure the heterogeneity. RESULTS: Out of 490 retrieved articles, finally 13 studies were included in meta-analysis, 6 studies of which reported the cause of self-medication. The overall estimated prevalence of self-medication based on the random effect model was 32% (95% CI, 22% - 44%). The most important reasons of self-medication were previous experience of the disease. The most important group of disease in which patients self-medicated was anemia. Also, the most important group of medication was herbal. CONCLUSION: The results of this study showed that the prevalence of self-medication among pregnant women was relatively high and required effective interventions to reduce and prevent self-medication among this group. Providing required information and raising awareness about complications resulting from self-medication, in particular herbal medicines and dietary supplements, should be taken into account. |
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spelling | pubmed-62266112018-11-21 Prevalence and Reasons of Self-Medication in Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Mohseni, Mohammad Azami-Aghdash, Saber Gareh Sheyklo, Sepideh Moosavi, Ahmad Nakhaee, Majid Pournaghi-Azar, Fatemeh Rezapour, Aziz Int J Community Based Nurs Midwifery Review Article BACKGROUND: Given the importance of having valid information about the prevalence and reasons of self-medication among pregnant women for preventing self-medication during this period, this study aimed to systematically review and perform a meta-analysis on the prevalence and reasons of self-medication during pregnancy. METHODS: This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted in 2018 to estimate the overall self-medication prevalence based on the database sources PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, MagIran, IranMedex and SID. Required data were collected using keywords: medication, self-medication, over-the-counter, non-prescription, prevalence, etiology, and occurrence and pregnant. Descriptive and cross-sectional studies in English and Persian languages were included. There was no time limitation for search. R software was applied for meta-analysis. Random-effects model was applied to estimate the self-medication prevalence with 95% confidence interval. Q statistics and I2 were used to measure the heterogeneity. RESULTS: Out of 490 retrieved articles, finally 13 studies were included in meta-analysis, 6 studies of which reported the cause of self-medication. The overall estimated prevalence of self-medication based on the random effect model was 32% (95% CI, 22% - 44%). The most important reasons of self-medication were previous experience of the disease. The most important group of disease in which patients self-medicated was anemia. Also, the most important group of medication was herbal. CONCLUSION: The results of this study showed that the prevalence of self-medication among pregnant women was relatively high and required effective interventions to reduce and prevent self-medication among this group. Providing required information and raising awareness about complications resulting from self-medication, in particular herbal medicines and dietary supplements, should be taken into account. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2018-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6226611/ /pubmed/30465000 Text en Copyright: © Shiraz University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Mohseni, Mohammad Azami-Aghdash, Saber Gareh Sheyklo, Sepideh Moosavi, Ahmad Nakhaee, Majid Pournaghi-Azar, Fatemeh Rezapour, Aziz Prevalence and Reasons of Self-Medication in Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
title | Prevalence and Reasons of Self-Medication in Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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title_full | Prevalence and Reasons of Self-Medication in Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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title_fullStr | Prevalence and Reasons of Self-Medication in Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence and Reasons of Self-Medication in Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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title_short | Prevalence and Reasons of Self-Medication in Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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title_sort | prevalence and reasons of self-medication in pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6226611/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30465000 |
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