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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice on Over-the-Counter Drugs Among Pharmacy and Medical Students: A Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study

BACKGROUND: Self-medication with over-the-counter (OTC) medications is common among medicine and health science students. For safe use of OTC medications, students are expected to have proper knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) towards OTC medications and subsequent adverse drug reactions (ADRs)...

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Autores principales: Bekele, Kidist Mulugeta, Abay, Ahmed Moges, Mengistu, Kidist Abiye, Atsbeha, Berhanemeskel Weldegerima, Demeke, Chilot Abiyu, Belay, Wudneh Simegn, Yimenu, Dawit Kumilachew
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7501988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32983946
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IPRP.S266786
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author Bekele, Kidist Mulugeta
Abay, Ahmed Moges
Mengistu, Kidist Abiye
Atsbeha, Berhanemeskel Weldegerima
Demeke, Chilot Abiyu
Belay, Wudneh Simegn
Yimenu, Dawit Kumilachew
author_facet Bekele, Kidist Mulugeta
Abay, Ahmed Moges
Mengistu, Kidist Abiye
Atsbeha, Berhanemeskel Weldegerima
Demeke, Chilot Abiyu
Belay, Wudneh Simegn
Yimenu, Dawit Kumilachew
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description BACKGROUND: Self-medication with over-the-counter (OTC) medications is common among medicine and health science students. For safe use of OTC medications, students are expected to have proper knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) towards OTC medications and subsequent adverse drug reactions (ADRs). OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess KAP of OTC medications use and related factors among medical and pharmacy students at the University of Gondar, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 24. Chi-square analysis was conducted and multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to determine the association between KAP and OTC use and its related adverse effects. A P value of less than 0.05 was used to declare statistical significance. RESULTS: A total of 380 students (229 medical students and 151 pharmacy students) participated in the study. The majority of the respondents 303 (79.7%) reported that they have the practice of self-medication. Fever 69 (80.2%), headache 21 (24.4%), and abdominal cramp 20 (23.3%) were the most common conditions for which the students go for self-medication while paracetamol 51 (59.3%) followed by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) 44 (51.2%) were the most commonly used classes of drugs. An intention for time-saving caused by the waiting time due to crowds in medical consultation rooms 212 (77.4%) and a desire for quick relief 171 (62.4%) were the main reasons for the self-medication practice with OTC medications. CONCLUSION: Self-medication is widely practiced among medical and pharmacy students. Significant problems and malpractices were identified, such as sharing of OTC medications, the use of expired medicines, doubling the dose of medications when they were ineffective, storage of OTC medications, and not reading labels and expiry dates.
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spelling pubmed-75019882020-09-24 Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice on Over-the-Counter Drugs Among Pharmacy and Medical Students: A Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study Bekele, Kidist Mulugeta Abay, Ahmed Moges Mengistu, Kidist Abiye Atsbeha, Berhanemeskel Weldegerima Demeke, Chilot Abiyu Belay, Wudneh Simegn Yimenu, Dawit Kumilachew Integr Pharm Res Pract Original Research BACKGROUND: Self-medication with over-the-counter (OTC) medications is common among medicine and health science students. For safe use of OTC medications, students are expected to have proper knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) towards OTC medications and subsequent adverse drug reactions (ADRs). OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess KAP of OTC medications use and related factors among medical and pharmacy students at the University of Gondar, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 24. Chi-square analysis was conducted and multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to determine the association between KAP and OTC use and its related adverse effects. A P value of less than 0.05 was used to declare statistical significance. RESULTS: A total of 380 students (229 medical students and 151 pharmacy students) participated in the study. The majority of the respondents 303 (79.7%) reported that they have the practice of self-medication. Fever 69 (80.2%), headache 21 (24.4%), and abdominal cramp 20 (23.3%) were the most common conditions for which the students go for self-medication while paracetamol 51 (59.3%) followed by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) 44 (51.2%) were the most commonly used classes of drugs. An intention for time-saving caused by the waiting time due to crowds in medical consultation rooms 212 (77.4%) and a desire for quick relief 171 (62.4%) were the main reasons for the self-medication practice with OTC medications. CONCLUSION: Self-medication is widely practiced among medical and pharmacy students. Significant problems and malpractices were identified, such as sharing of OTC medications, the use of expired medicines, doubling the dose of medications when they were ineffective, storage of OTC medications, and not reading labels and expiry dates. Dove 2020-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7501988/ /pubmed/32983946 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IPRP.S266786 Text en © 2020 Bekele 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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Bekele, Kidist Mulugeta
Abay, Ahmed Moges
Mengistu, Kidist Abiye
Atsbeha, Berhanemeskel Weldegerima
Demeke, Chilot Abiyu
Belay, Wudneh Simegn
Yimenu, Dawit Kumilachew
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice on Over-the-Counter Drugs Among Pharmacy and Medical Students: A Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study
title Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice on Over-the-Counter Drugs Among Pharmacy and Medical Students: A Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study
title_full Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice on Over-the-Counter Drugs Among Pharmacy and Medical Students: A Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study
title_fullStr Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice on Over-the-Counter Drugs Among Pharmacy and Medical Students: A Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice on Over-the-Counter Drugs Among Pharmacy and Medical Students: A Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study
title_short Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice on Over-the-Counter Drugs Among Pharmacy and Medical Students: A Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort knowledge, attitude, and practice on over-the-counter drugs among pharmacy and medical students: a facility-based cross-sectional study
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7501988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32983946
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IPRP.S266786
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