Prescription of medicines by medical students of Karachi, Pakistan: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prescription of medicines by non-doctors is an issue with serious global implications. To our knowledge prescription of drugs by medical and non-medical students has not been studied before. We aimed to determine the practice and attitudes of drug prescription by medical students and: a) how non-medical students respond to this practice, b) How this compares with the attitudes and practices of non-medical students.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 600 students randomly selected from 2 medical and 2 non-medical universities. Ethical requirements were ensured and data was collected using self administered questionnaires. The Chi square tests and logistic univariate regression analyses were performed using SPSS v 14 to identify association

SUBMITTER: Zafar SN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2408580 | biostudies-literature | 2008 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature