Self-Medication Perceptions and Practice of Medical and Pharmacy Students in Serbia.

ABSTRACT: Attitudes towards conventional and complementary medicine among future healthcare professionals can impact their future pharmacotherapy practice. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and predisposing factors related to self-medication among medical and pharmacy students. This cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was performed at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Serbia, on first- and final-year students of medicine and pharmacy. The multivariate Poisson regression model with robust variance was used to identify the main predictors of self-medication. The overall self-medication prevalence in the past year was 81.3%. Independent risk factors for self-medication identified in the regression analysis were the final study year, housing condition, i.e., living in a l

SUBMITTER: Tomas Petrovic A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8834465 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature