Prevalence, knowledge and perception of self-medication practice among undergraduate healthcare students

Prevalence, knowledge and perception of self-medication practice among undergraduate healthcare students

Background: Globally, self-medication is a common practice, and an increasingly perceived necessity to relieve burdens on health services. However, inappropriate self-medication may result to reduced health outcomes, increased antimicrobial resistance and economic waste. Healthcare students are the...

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Main Authors: Adisa, R. (Author), Ajamu, A.T (Author), Akande-Sholabi, W. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central Ltd 2021
Subjects:
adult
analgesic agent
antibiotic agent
antihistaminic agent
antimalarial agent
Antimicrobial resistance
Article
cold
constipation
controlled study
coughing
cross-sectional study
diarrhea
drug use
ear disease
eye disease
female
fever
headache
health student
Healthcare students
human
independent variable
influenza
knowledge
major clinical study
malaria
male
medical student
menstrual pain
menstruation disorder
multivitamin
nausea
nursing student
pharmacy (shop)
pharmacy student
predictor variable
prevalence
rhinitis
self medication
Self-medication practice
sexually transmitted disease
sinusitis
skin infection
sore throat
stomach pain
tooth pain
ulcer
undergraduate student
University undergraduate
urinary tract infection
vomiting
young adult
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