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Preventive Medicine 2018
Journal of Preventive Medicine
ISSN: 2572-5483
Page 62
July 16-17, 2018
London, UK
9
th
Edition of International Conference on
Preventive Medicine
& Public Health
Background:
Self- medication is considered a fairly common
practice worldwide. A recent study in the UK showed that an
estimated of 20% of the population choose to self-diagnose
themselves versus seeking medical advice. Self-medication is
considered a fairly common practice. It has a harmful side, since
it might lead to wasting of resources ,development resistance,
drugs reactions or dependency, misdiagnosis, accidental
overdoses and addiction development.
Methods:
Cross-sectional based study conducted to University
students aged 18-26 through a self administered questionnaire to
collect the data from all college students with no exception over
6 months.
Results:
A total sample size of 500 students, their mean age
was from 25-21, most of them were from science faculty
191 (38.8%),bachelor level of education was the most 416
(83.2%),single students made the mass of the study 461 ( 92.2%).
A 413 (82.6%) of total 500 have tried Self-Medication,189(37.8%)
choose drugs, most common usedwas Analgesic 227(45.4%) ,the
most frequent symptoms was stomach pain and headache 150
(30%), 145 (29%) took the medication from their relatives, there
was illness improvement among most of them 363 (72,6%),while
least 21(4.2%) went to ER due to it. Most of the responses
regarding health care system were positive.
Conclusion:
We found that Self- Medication practice is highly
prevalent in our University, even though most results of their
treatment was improving, the 4% who went to ER is enough
indicator that this act is dangerous and thus we need to do more
awareness activities regarding it.
hanan2294@gmail.comKnowledge and behavior of Saudi female university students
towards Self-Medication.
Hanan H Alahmed
1
, Eman M.Almussaed
and
Shereen Younes
1
Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh ,Saudi Arabia
J Prev Med 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.21767/2572-5483-C1-003