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
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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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author Alshahrani, Sultan M
Alavudeen, Sirajudeen Shaik
Alakhali, Khaled M
Al-Worafi, Yaser Mohammed
Bahamdan, Ahmed K
Vigneshwaran, Easwaran
author_facet Alshahrani, Sultan M
Alavudeen, Sirajudeen Shaik
Alakhali, Khaled M
Al-Worafi, Yaser Mohammed
Bahamdan, Ahmed K
Vigneshwaran, Easwaran
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description 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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spelling pubmed-68618382019-12-06 Self-Medication Among King Khalid University Students, Saudi Arabia Alshahrani, Sultan M Alavudeen, Sirajudeen Shaik Alakhali, Khaled M Al-Worafi, Yaser Mohammed Bahamdan, Ahmed K Vigneshwaran, Easwaran Risk Manag Healthc Policy Original Research 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. Dove 2019-11-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6861838/ /pubmed/31814786 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S230257 Text en © 2019 Alshahrani et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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Alakhali, Khaled M
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