Determinants of increasing trends of self-medication: physicians, perspectives

The objective of study was to take and evaluate opinions of the physicians about various aspects of self-medication. A self-fabricated questionnaire of 38 questions was distributed among 292 physicians. Prominent involvement of females in self-medication was suggested by 176 (60 %) physicians. The s...

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Autores principales: Khan, Hafeezullah, Maheen, Safirah, Bashir, Sajid, Abbas, Ghulam, Sher, Muhammad, Ashraf, Zaman, Mahmood, Asif, Sarfraz, Mohammad K.
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2012
Materias:
Farmacia
Analgesics
OTC
Pharmacist
Physicians
POM
Questionnaire
Self-medication
Automedicación
Analgésicos
Farmacéuticos
Cuestionario
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/20221
http://www.latamjpharm.org/resumenes/31/5/LAJOP_31_5_1_9.pdf
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topic Farmacia
Analgesics
OTC
Pharmacist
Physicians
POM
Questionnaire
Self-medication
Automedicación
Analgésicos
Farmacéuticos
Cuestionario
spellingShingle Farmacia
Analgesics
OTC
Pharmacist
Physicians
POM
Questionnaire
Self-medication
Automedicación
Analgésicos
Farmacéuticos
Cuestionario
Khan, Hafeezullah
Maheen, Safirah
Bashir, Sajid
Abbas, Ghulam
Sher, Muhammad
Ashraf, Zaman
Mahmood, Asif
Sarfraz, Mohammad K.
Determinants of increasing trends of self-medication: physicians, perspectives
topic_facet Farmacia
Analgesics
OTC
Pharmacist
Physicians
POM
Questionnaire
Self-medication
Automedicación
Analgésicos
Farmacéuticos
Cuestionario
description The objective of study was to take and evaluate opinions of the physicians about various aspects of self-medication. A self-fabricated questionnaire of 38 questions was distributed among 292 physicians. Prominent involvement of females in self-medication was suggested by 176 (60 %) physicians. The self-medication trend is more common in financially lower class as reported by 146 (50 %) physicians and in uneducated community as suggested by 165 (57 %) physicians. Family habits and easy to remember brand names were considered as a major source of drug information reported by 155 (53 %) and 187 (64 %) physicians, respectively. Both over the counter (OTC) and prescription only medicines (POM) drugs are used for self-medication as agreed by 131 (49 %) physicians. Medical stores were considered as the major source of drug provider for this purpose suggested by 264 (90 %) practitioners. The extensive use of analgesics for self-medication was reported by 52 % of the respondents. Presence of pharmacist at the points of drug dispensing and a comprehensive health care policy from Government were important suggestions to reduce the self-medication.
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author Khan, Hafeezullah
Maheen, Safirah
Bashir, Sajid
Abbas, Ghulam
Sher, Muhammad
Ashraf, Zaman
Mahmood, Asif
Sarfraz, Mohammad K.
author_facet Khan, Hafeezullah
Maheen, Safirah
Bashir, Sajid
Abbas, Ghulam
Sher, Muhammad
Ashraf, Zaman
Mahmood, Asif
Sarfraz, Mohammad K.
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title Determinants of increasing trends of self-medication: physicians, perspectives
title_short Determinants of increasing trends of self-medication: physicians, perspectives
title_full Determinants of increasing trends of self-medication: physicians, perspectives
title_fullStr Determinants of increasing trends of self-medication: physicians, perspectives
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of increasing trends of self-medication: physicians, perspectives
title_sort determinants of increasing trends of self-medication: physicians, perspectives
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http://www.latamjpharm.org/resumenes/31/5/LAJOP_31_5_1_9.pdf
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