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| Title |
Self-medication with antibiotics among non-medical university students of Karachi: a cross-sectional study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology, December 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/2050-6511-15-74 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Syed Jawad Shah, Hamna Ahmad, Rija Binte Rehan, Sidra Najeeb, Mirrah Mumtaz, Muhammad Hashim Jilani, Muhammad Sharoz Rabbani, Muhammad Zakariya Alam, Saba Farooq, M Masood Kadir |
| Abstract |
The prevalence of self -medication with antibiotics is quite high in developing countries as opposed to developed countries. Antibiotics are often taken erroneously for certain ailments, without having the appropriate knowledge of their use. This carries potential risks for the individual as well as the community, in form of several side effects such as antibiotic resistance. Therefore the prevalence of self-medicated antibiotics in developing countries needs to be studied. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 258 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 257 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 51 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 34 | 13% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 16 | 6% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 5% |
| Other | 12 | 5% |
| Other | 45 | 17% |
| Unknown | 87 | 34% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 63 | 24% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 38 | 15% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 17 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 3% |
| Other | 27 | 10% |
| Unknown | 97 | 38% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 July 2020.
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#6,276,331
of 22,775,504 outputs
Outputs from BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology
#107
of 439 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#85,421
of 352,833 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology
#6
of 17 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,775,504 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 72nd percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 439 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 5.3. This one has done well, scoring higher than 75% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 17 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 64% of its contemporaries.