Self-Medication Practice and Associated Factors among Residents in Wuhan, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aims to examine the prevalence and predictors associated with self-medication, and related consequences in Wuhan, China.

Methods

Two-hundred-sixty residents were interviewed from randomly selected four districts of Wuhan, China. A modified version of Anderson's health behavioral model was used in the survey to collect information of self-medication behavior. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to measure correlates of the prevalence of self-medication.

Results

Nearly half of the respondents would select self-medication, and 39.1% would see a doctor if they felt sick. The most common self-medicated illnesses were cold and cough, cardiovascular disease and gastrointestinal disease. The main reasons for self-medication were that the

SUBMITTER: Lei X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5800167 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature