Comparing the Frequency of Self-Medication Among Physical Therapy Students of Major Private Colleges of Karachi, Pakistan
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Sanish Sumble
,
Mazhar Ali Bhutto
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Muhammad Sarfraz Khan
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Hina Sumble
,
Abdul Rehman Sher Muhammad
,
Arsalan Abdullah
Abstract
Introduction: Taking medication without a doctor’s prescription is not always harmful and may reduce the cost and save the time. In Pakistan, homemade remedies and spiritual faith are the first line of treatment of minor illnesses. This study was carried on undergraduate Physical Therapy students of Karachi, Pakistan.
Materials and Methods: Was a cross-sectional study, conducted on 250 undergraduate Physical Therapy students from major private and semiprivate colleges of Karachi, Pakistan. The participants were chosen by simple random sampling method. The research was done using 95% confidence interval.
Results: Our result shows that medication use without doctor’s advice is a frequent practice among the undergraduate Physical Therapy students of major private and semi-private institutes of Karachi, Pakistan. It was observed that 5%, 21%, 18%, 4%, 27%, 25% of the students were taking self-medication on daily, weekly, fortnight, monthly, yearly and occasional basis, respectively.
Conclusion: Headache is the main ailment for which students are practicing self-medication.
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Alkatheri MO. Prevalence study of self-medication practice used among nursing workers in ibn sina hospital in coast hadhramout governate-yemen. 2017; 7(2):192-203. [DOI: 10.20959/wjpr20182-10756]
James H, Handu SS, Al Khaja KA, Otoom S, Sequeira RP. Evaluation of the knowledge, attitude and practice of self-medication among first-year medical students. Med Princ Pract. 2006; 15(4):270-5. [DOI:10.1159/000092989] [PMID]
Surabhi G, Meenakshi J. Study of self-medication pattern in undergraduate students of subharti medical college, meerut (UP). Journal of Advance Researches in Biological Sciences. 2013; 5(3):266-70.
Abay SM, Amelo W. Assessment of self-medication practices among medical, pharmacy, and health science students in gondar university, ethiopia.Journal of Young Pharmacists. 2010; 2(3):306-10. [DOI:10.4103/0975-1483.66798] [PMID] [PMCID]
Abbas A, Ahmed FR, Yousuf R, Khan N, Nisa ZU, Ali SI, et al. Prevalence of self-medication of psychoactive stimulants and antidepressants among undergraduate pharmacy students in twelve Pakistani cities. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. 2015; 14(3):527-32. [DOI:10.4314/tjpr.v14i3.23]
Sawalha AF. Assessment of self-medication practice among University students in palestine: Therapeutic and toxicity implications. IUG Journal of Natural Studies. 2007; 15(2):67-82.
Selvaraj K, Kumar SG, Ramalingam A. Prevalence of self-medication practices and its associated factors in urban puducherry, India. Perspectives in Clinical Research. 2014; 5(1):32-6. [DOI:10.4103/2229-3485.124569] [PMID] [PMCID]
Aziz MM, Masood I, Yousaf M, Saleem H, Ye D, Fang Y. Pattern of medication selling and self-medication practices: A study from Punjab, Pakistan. PLoS One. 2018; 13(3):e0194240. [DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0194240] [PMID] [PMCID]
Mumtaz Y, Jahangeer A, Mujtaba T, Zafar S, Adnan S. Self medication among university students of Karachi. Journal of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences. 2011; 10(03):102-5.
Hughes CM, McElnay JC, Fleming GF. Benefits and risks of self medication. Drug Safety, 2001. 24(14):1027-37. [DOI:10.2165/00002018-200124140-00002] [PMID]
Robinson J, Sareen J, Cox BJ, Bolton JM. Role of self-medication in the development of comorbid anxiety and substance use disorders: A longitudinal investigation. Archives Of General Psychiatry. 2011; 68(8):800-7. [DOI:10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.75] [PMID]
Sarvet AL, Wall MM, Keyes KM, Olfson M, Cerdá M, Hasin DS. Self-medication of mood and anxiety disorders with marijuana: Higher in states with medical marijuana laws. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2018; 186:10-5. [DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.01.009] [PMID] [PMCID]
Garofalo L, Di Giuseppe G, Angelillo IF. Self-medication practices among parents in Italy. BioMed Research International. 2015; 2015:580650. [DOI:10.1155/2015/580650] [PMID] [PMCID]
Al-Hussaini M, Mustafa S, Ali S. Self-medication among undergraduate medical students in Kuwait with reference to the role of the pharmacist. Journal of Research in Pharmacy Practice. 2014; 3(1):23-7. [DOI:10.4103/2279-042X.132706] [PMID] [PMCID]
Bhardwaj A. Holistic health through Yogic lifestyle [Internet]. 2015. [Cited 2015 Jun 12]. Available from: https://www.liveholistic.in/holistic-health/
Shankar SP, Ramya N. Pattern of physical activity, diet, sleep and yoga in health care physicians: a study from a tertiary care hospital, Pondicherry. International Journal of Advances in Medicine. 2017; 4:1394-7. [DOI:10.18203/2349-3933.ijam20174290]
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Sumble S, Bhutto MA, Sarfraz Khan M, Sumble H, Sher Muhammad AR, Abdullah A. Comparing the Frequency of Self-Medication Among Physical Therapy Students of Major Private Colleges of Karachi, Pakistan. jmr. 2020;13(3):147-152.
