Assessment of knowledge, perception, and awareness about self-medication practices among university students in Nepal.

ABSTRACT: The objective of the present study was to assess the perceptions, knowledge, and awareness of self-medication practice among the university students in Nepal. This descriptive cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study was conducted on randomly selected 620 students from three different universities in Nepal. The study results revealed that 95.4% of students had reported self-medication, among which analgesics and antipyretic medications were mostly used (66 %); followed by anti-ulcerants (35.3%), antibiotics (33.9%), anti-allergic preparations (20%), and other categories (10.3%) of drugs. Study results also showed that, the major cause of self-medication was minor illness, and the prescriptions which were previously used to treat the similar disease conditions were the main source of moti

SUBMITTER: Shah K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7815801 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature