Abstract
Self-medication is a common and regular practice of using medicines without any medical supervision by the people themselves for self-treatment considering it a part of self-care. Self-medication has both positive as well as a negative aspect which may lead to serious chronic ailments, cause resistance to pathogens, delays the symptoms, complicate the cause of the underlying disease and delaying the diagnosis. To assess the prevalence of self-medication among the students in a medical institute in Davangere. 2. To determine the factors associated with self medication among these medical students in Davanagere. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 300 medical students of SSIMS& RC Davanagere. Data was collected using pre-designed, semi structured questionnaire. The data was entered in MS Excel. Analysis was done using SPSS version 20. Prevalence of self medications among medical students was found to be 41%. Antipyretics were widely used as a drug for self medication. This study reinforces the importance of creating awareness and educating the students regarding the advantages and disadvantages of self medications. Keywords: Self medications; medical students; Davanagere
Highlights
Self-medication is a common and regular practice of using medicines without any medical supervision by the people themselves for self-treatment considering it a part of self-care
To determine the factors associated with self medication among these medical students in Davanagere
(3) Previous studies suggest that self-medication has both positive and negative aspects for Ratnaprabha et al / International Journal of Preclinical & Clinical Research 2021;2(1):8–12 example inappropriate intake of medicines can bring about dreadful drug reactions, may lead to serious chronic ailments, cause resistance to pathogens etc
Summary
Self-medication is a common and regular practice of using medicines without any medical supervision by the people themselves for self-treatment considering it a part of self-care. (3) Previous studies suggest that self-medication has both positive and negative aspects for Ratnaprabha et al / International Journal of Preclinical & Clinical Research 2021;2(1): example inappropriate intake of medicines can bring about dreadful drug reactions, may lead to serious chronic ailments, cause resistance to pathogens etc. It either covers or delays the symptoms, complicates the cause of the underlying disease delaying the diagnosis. Medical students practice self-medication probably trying to implement their knowledge into practice for betterment. (5) This study was conducted to assess the prevalence of self medications and factors associated with them among medical students in a private institution in Davanagere
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