Self-Medication Among King Khalid University Students, Saudi Arabia

PURPOSE: This study objective was to explore the pattern of self-medications among King Khalid University students, Saudi Arabia. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted over five months among King Khalid University students, Abha, Saudi Arabia. RESULTS: Among all the study parti...

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Autores principales: Alshahrani, Sultan M, Alavudeen, Sirajudeen Shaik, Alakhali, Khaled M, Al-Worafi, Yaser Mohammed, Bahamdan, Ahmed K, Vigneshwaran, Easwaran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2019
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6861838/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31814786
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S230257
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Sumario:PURPOSE: This study objective was to explore the pattern of self-medications among King Khalid University students, Saudi Arabia. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted over five months among King Khalid University students, Abha, Saudi Arabia. RESULTS: Among all the study participants, nearly 98.7% were practicing self-medication. Headache (75.9%), cough and cold (52.5%), and fever (35.6%) and body pain (24.6%) were the most reported symptoms. Use of painkillers (91.6%) was significantly predominant among the medical students, whereas non-medical students used antibiotics (35.4%).Time saving (64.2%), mild symptom (51.7%) and quick relief (36.9%) were the reasons behind seeking self-medication in this study. CONCLUSION: Self-medications was common in King Khalid University. Educational programs are highly recommended.

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