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Ahmadi SM, Jamshidi K, Sadeghi K, et al. The Prevalence and Affecting Factors on Self-Medication Among Students of Kermanshah University of Medical Science in 2014. J Clin Diagn Res. 2016;10(5):IC01-IC04doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/18018.7847.
Ahmadi, S. M., Jamshidi, K., Sadeghi, K., Abdi, A., & Vahid, M. P. (2016). The Prevalence and Affecting Factors on Self-Medication Among Students of Kermanshah University of Medical Science in 2014. Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR, 10(5), IC01-IC04. https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2016/18018.7847
Ahmadi, Sayed Mojtaba, et al. "The Prevalence and Affecting Factors on Self-Medication Among Students of Kermanshah University of Medical Science in 2014." Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR vol. 10,5 (2016): IC01-IC04. doi: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2016/18018.7847
Ahmadi SM, Jamshidi K, Sadeghi K, Abdi A, Vahid MP. The Prevalence and Affecting Factors on Self-Medication Among Students of Kermanshah University of Medical Science in 2014. J Clin Diagn Res. 2016 May;10(5):IC01-IC04. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/18018.7847. Epub 2016 May 01. PMID: 27437242; PMCID: PMC4948418.
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J Clin Diagn Res. 2016 May;10(5):IC01-IC04. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/18018.7847. Epub 2016 May 01.

The Prevalence and Affecting Factors on Self-Medication Among Students of Kermanshah University of Medical Science in 2014.

Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR

Sayed Mojtaba Ahmadi, Khadije Jamshidi, Khirollah Sadeghi, Alireza Abdi, Mansour Pashaie Vahid

Affiliations

  1. PhD Student of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences , Kermanshah, Iran .
  2. Student of Public Health, The Student Research Committee, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences , Kermanshah, Iran .
  3. Assistance Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Kermanshah University of medical sciences , Kermanshah, Iran .
  4. PhD Student of Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran .
  5. Student, Department of Clinical Psychology, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences , Kermanshah, Iran .

PMID: 27437242 PMCID: PMC4948418 DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/18018.7847

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Self-medication is an increasingly growing health problem, which has many adverse effects on human and the cost used in the production of medications.

AIM: The current study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of self-medication among student of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in 2014.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a descriptive-cross-sectional study, 364 students of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences were recruited through stratified random sampling method. Data collection was done by researcher-made questionnaire, entered to SPSS22 software and analysed by descriptive and inferential statistics.

RESULTS: Of the 364 students, prevalence of self-medication was 123 (33.7%) the mean age was 21.63±1.92, among them 64.2% took the medication from the pharmacy and 34.95% have faced complications of self-medication. The main cause of self-medication among students were the history of a disease of taking medication (44.71%), deemed no importance of the disease (34.95%), and easy accessibility of the medication (20.32%).

CONCLUSION: With regard to the high prevalence of self-medication among the students, it is suggested to provide educational programs on the adverse effects of self-medication, and appropriate measures to control and prevent easy access to the medications.

Keywords: Complications; Drug resistance; Prescription drug overuse

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