[HTML][HTML] Self-medication practices in medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional analysis

F Yasmin, MS Asghar, U Naeem, H Najeeb… - Frontiers in public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background and Objectives During the pandemic, the growing influence of social media,
accessibility of over-the-counter medications, and fear of contracting the virus may have led …

Prevalence and determinants of self-medication with antibiotics among general population in Afghanistan

R Roien, D Bhandari, SMR Hosseini… - Expert Review of Anti …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Self-medication with antibiotics (SMA) is a common cause of antibiotic resistance,
a major public health problem. This research aimed to identify the prevalence of SMA and …

Self-medication prevalence and factors associated with knowledge and attitude towards self-medication among undergraduate health science students at GAMBY …

EA Siraj, AT Yayehrad, AT Kassaw… - Patient preference …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Reports indicate that health science students are among the frontline of self-
medication practitioners. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the self-medication …

[HTML][HTML] Over-the-counter medicine attitudes and knowledge among university and college students in Brunei Darussalam: findings from the first national survey

IS Abdullah, LL Chaw, D Koh, Z Hussain… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Over-the-counter (OTC) medicine is defined as safe and effective for the general public to
use, without seeking therapy from a health professional. As primary social media and …

[HTML][HTML] Factors that influence the use of dietary supplements among the students of Wroclaw Medical University in Poland during the COVID-19 pandemic

A Merwid-Ląd, M Szandruk-Bender… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background and aim: The use of dietary supplements (DS) and over-the-counter (OTC)
drugs is increasing every year. The COVID-19 pandemic might additionally influence the …

[HTML][HTML] Do Pictograms on Medication Packages Cause People to Consult Package Inserts Less Often? If so, With What Consequences?

E Reijnen, L Laasner Vogt, SJ Kühne, JP Fiechter - Behavioral Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Overall, pharmaceutical pictograms seem to improve medication adherence. However, little
is known about how warning pictograms (eg,“do not drive after taking”) on medication …

[HTML][HTML] Prioritizing intervention measures to prevent inappropriate self-medication practices using the Analytical Hierarchy Process

B Shrivastava, O Bajracharya, R Shakya - Exploratory Research in Clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3 outlines the target of
reducing premature mortality from non-communicable diseases by one third through …

[HTML][HTML] Knowledge, attitude and practice towards the use of over-the-counter medicines: An online survey among Bruneian adults amid the COVID-19 pandemic

FBS Bahrin Dzulkharnain, N Shafqat, A Hermansyah… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Globally, self-medication has increased, where 25% of adults use OTC medicines. This
research is intended to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding OTC …

[PDF][PDF] Brief overview on over-the-counter medicine and their impact on community health

R Ahmed, A Divya, G Ramyarani… - Indian Journal of …, 2022 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Self-care and self-medication are common practices in any health care system. The self-
medication procedure includes the usage of Over-the-counter or non-prescription drugs …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of self-medication among female university students during examinations: a cross-sectional study in Saudi Arabia

LHM Alomaim, AF Alnefaie, NA Alowaymir… - Cureus, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods This cross-sectional study was done on 213 (response rates 87.7%) foundation-
year female students in the Health Colleges at PNU in Riyadh. Using a 26-item, self …