Self-medication practices and associated factors among households at Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Self-medication practice is the selection and use of medicines by individuals or a member of the individual's family without physician's order to treat self-recognized or self-diagnosed conditions. It is highly prone to inappropriate use and wastage of resources, increase drug resistance pathogens and adverse reactions. Therefore, this study aimed to assess self-medication practices and associated factors among households at Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia.

Results

This community based cross-sectional study was conducted among households at Gondar town from March to June, 2018. The overall prevalence of self-medication practices among households at Gondar town were 50.2%. The odds of self-medication practices among unmarried participants (AOR = 3.12; 95% CI 2.35, 5

SUBMITTER: Jember E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6425615 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature