Conference abstract
Attitude and practice of self-medication among undergraduates of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Osogbo Campus, Osun State
Pan African Medical Journal - Conference Proceedings. 2022:12(1).16
Feb 2022.
doi: 10.11604/pamj-cp.2022.12.1.1248
Archived on: 16 Feb 2022
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Keywords: Attitude, practice, self-medication, undergraduates
Oral presentation
Attitude and practice of self-medication among undergraduates of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Osogbo Campus, Osun State
Glory Uleko Idigbe1,&, Florence Adeyemo1, Afeez Adesina Sulaiman1
1Faculty of Nursing, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, Nigeria
&Corresponding author
Introduction: self-medication is the use of drugs by an individual to treat self-diagnosed disorders and symptoms or the intermittent/continued use of prescribed drug for chronic or recurrent disease and symptoms. It is an important public health problem, practiced globally rates of selfare much higher in developing countries. The ills of Self-medication include adverse drug reactions, drug resistance, disease masking, prolonged suffering and wastage of health resources. This study aimed to assess the attitude and practice of self-medication among undergraduate students of Ladoke Akintola University Technology (LAUTECH), Osogbo campus, Osun state.
Methods: a non-experimental descriptive survey design was adopted, and a simple random sampling technique was used to select 254 respondents. A self-designed questionnaire was used to obtain information on attitude towards self-medication, practice of self-medication, drug commonly used and the factors influencing self-medication. The data collected were coded and entered into SPSS windows version 23 and analyzed using frequencies, percentages and chi-square test with level of significance of 0.05.
Result: findings revealed that the attitude of respondents towards self-medication is negative and level of practice is low. The drugs commonly used by respondents include drug without prescriptions such as painkillers, vitamins and energy tonics, antimalarial, nutritional complements and antibiotics. This study also observed that the medical conditions for which these students practice self-medication are dysmenorrhea, cough, catarrh and cold, abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, malaria, common bacterial infection, pain and flu symptoms, fever, and headache. Factors influencing self-medication include prior knowledge about the illness, previous successful self-medication/confidence in self-knowledge about drugs, too many protocols at the hospital, time management, money management, quick action, distance of hospital, attitude of health workers and easy availability of drugs. Furthermore, this study noted a significant relationship (p < 0.05) between age of respondents, gender, year of study and practice of self-medication.
Conclusion: Implication to Nursing: is recommended that further research be carried out in other geopolitical zones, and on larger samples to see if a result different or similar to this study would be gotten.
Attitude and practice of self-medication among undergraduates of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Osogbo Campus, Osun State
Glory Uleko Idigbe1,&, Florence Adeyemo1, Afeez Adesina Sulaiman1
1Faculty of Nursing, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, Nigeria
&Corresponding author
Introduction: self-medication is the use of drugs by an individual to treat self-diagnosed disorders and symptoms or the intermittent/continued use of prescribed drug for chronic or recurrent disease and symptoms. It is an important public health problem, practiced globally rates of selfare much higher in developing countries. The ills of Self-medication include adverse drug reactions, drug resistance, disease masking, prolonged suffering and wastage of health resources. This study aimed to assess the attitude and practice of self-medication among undergraduate students of Ladoke Akintola University Technology (LAUTECH), Osogbo campus, Osun state.
Methods: a non-experimental descriptive survey design was adopted, and a simple random sampling technique was used to select 254 respondents. A self-designed questionnaire was used to obtain information on attitude towards self-medication, practice of self-medication, drug commonly used and the factors influencing self-medication. The data collected were coded and entered into SPSS windows version 23 and analyzed using frequencies, percentages and chi-square test with level of significance of 0.05.
Result: findings revealed that the attitude of respondents towards self-medication is negative and level of practice is low. The drugs commonly used by respondents include drug without prescriptions such as painkillers, vitamins and energy tonics, antimalarial, nutritional complements and antibiotics. This study also observed that the medical conditions for which these students practice self-medication are dysmenorrhea, cough, catarrh and cold, abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, malaria, common bacterial infection, pain and flu symptoms, fever, and headache. Factors influencing self-medication include prior knowledge about the illness, previous successful self-medication/confidence in self-knowledge about drugs, too many protocols at the hospital, time management, money management, quick action, distance of hospital, attitude of health workers and easy availability of drugs. Furthermore, this study noted a significant relationship (p < 0.05) between age of respondents, gender, year of study and practice of self-medication.
Conclusion: Implication to Nursing: is recommended that further research be carried out in other geopolitical zones, and on larger samples to see if a result different or similar to this study would be gotten.
