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| Title |
Self-medication among medical and pharmacy students in Bangladesh
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, December 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13104-015-1737-0 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Naznin Alam, Nadia Saffoon, Riaz Uddin |
| Abstract |
This cross-sectional survey examined the pattern of self-medication and factors associated with this practice among medical and pharmacy students in context to Bangladesh. The study used a self-administered questionnaire. A total of 500; 250 medical and 250 pharmacy, students participated in the study. As it is a comparative analysis between the medical and pharmacy students, we used independent t test and Chi square test. The findings indicated that the impact of self-medication is almost similar in medical and pharmacy students. It was found that medical students were more careful about getting advice from a physician or seeking professional help from some healthcare personnel. About the safety of self-medication pharmacy students were more aware than medical students were. The study also showed that female and younger medical or pharmacy students were more aware about self-medication. The current study presents a comprehensive picture of self-medication in medical and pharmacy students in Bangladesh. It is clear from the findings that practice of self-medication is highly prevalent in medical and pharmacy students in the country. This may potentially increase misuse or irrational use of medicines. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 238 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 65 | 27% |
| Student > Master | 23 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 13 | 5% |
| Other | 9 | 4% |
| Researcher | 9 | 4% |
| Other | 30 | 13% |
| Unknown | 90 | 38% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 51 | 21% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 47 | 20% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 19 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 3% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 3% |
| Other | 13 | 5% |
| Unknown | 97 | 41% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. 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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#7,356,230
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Outputs from BMC Research Notes
#1,140
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#112,852
of 395,194 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Research Notes
#37
of 146 outputs
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