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Study of self-drug administration among 3rd professional medical students

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العنوان: Study of self-drug administration among 3rd professional medical students
المؤلفون: Bhushan, Rabi, Chandra, Akash, Verma, Raj Kishore
المساهمون: NONE
المصدر: International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health; Vol 8, No 7 (2021): July 2021; 3328-3330 ; 2394-6040 ; 2394-6032
بيانات النشر: Medip Academy
سنة النشر: 2021
مصطلحات موضوعية: Self-medication, Questionnaire, 3rd professional
الوصف: Background: Self-medication is very common in our day-to-day life which is an unhealthy and risky practice. Present study was done to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice among 3rd professional medical students of Shaheed Nirmal Mahto Medical College and Hospital, Dhanbad.Methods: A questionnaire related to self-medication with consent was prepared and distributed among the students of 3rd professional. Data was collected and analysed the results expressed as counts and percentages.Results: Total 50 students participated in the study for taking self-medication and was no need to visit the doctor for minor illness. In maximum students, source of information of the drugs used for self-medication pharmacological based and learning process in the college. The source of drug was medical store. Most of the students took self-medication for loose motion and headache followed by cough, cold and fever. Out of total 50 students, most of the students took paracetamol tablet as self-medication.Conclusions: This study showed that third professional medical students after they studied pharmacological books, they do not use any wrong medicine as self-medication. High level of awareness of 3rd professional students has minimized self-medication.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
وصف الملف: application/pdf
اللغة: English
Relation: https://www.ijcmph.com/index.php/ijcmph/article/view/7927/5093; https://www.ijcmph.com/index.php/ijcmph/article/view/7927
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20212581
الاتاحة: https://www.ijcmph.com/index.php/ijcmph/article/view/7927
https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20212581
Rights: Copyright (c) 2021 International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.ED219FEE
قاعدة البيانات: BASE
الوصف
DOI:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20212581