Prevalence of borrowing and sharing prescription medicines and associated socio-demographic factors: findings from COBERS health centres in northern Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of prescription medications without the involvement of medical professionals is a growing public health concern. Therefore this study was conducted to determine the prevalence of borrowing and sharing prescription medicines and associated socio-demographic factors among community members who had sought health care from COBERS health centres.

Methods

We conducted analytical cross - sectional study among former patients who sought treatment during the two months period prior to data collection in nine COBERS health centres. We used cluster proportional-to-size sampling method to get the numbers of research participants to be selected for interview from each COBERS site and logistic regression model was used to assess the associations.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Obol JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5907402 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature