Adedapo Happy Adeyinka, Lawal Ahmed Oluwatoyin, Adisa Akinyele Olumuyiwa, Adeyemi Bukola Folasade
Department of Oral Pathology, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Indian J Dent Res. 2011 Nov-Dec;22(6):795-8. doi: 10.4103/0970-9290.94671.
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of self-medication practices among dental out patients presenting at a tertiary health care center in Ibadan, and to determine factors that are associated with these practices.
All patients presenting over a 4-month period, who consented to participate in the study, had a semi-structured questionnaire, highlighting age, sex, income and educational qualification, history of past practice of self-medication, substances used and reasons for resorting to self-medication administered to them. Data obtained were analyzed with the SPSS 12.0.1 software. Frequency tables were generated and statistical relationship between the variables was analyzed using the Chi-square test. Statistical significance was set at P>0.05.
There were 108 (38.03%) males and 176 (61.97%) females. A total of 139 (48.9%) of the respondents claimed that they have been involved in self-medication. 54.7% of the people involved in self-medication were female, while 41.7% were male. There was a statistically significant difference in self-medication between males and females (P=0.001). 71.2% of the respondents had post-secondary education and only 28.8% had secondary education or less.
Self-medication practices were quite high in this study, and these practices were also prevalent among the educated people. Drug control enforcement needs to be intensified and dental public health education needs to be given greater priority in the overall public health campaigns.
本研究旨在确定在伊巴丹一家三级医疗保健中心就诊的牙科门诊患者中自我药疗行为的发生率，并确定与这些行为相关的因素。
在4个月期间前来就诊且同意参与研究的所有患者，均接受了一份半结构化问卷的调查，问卷重点涉及年龄、性别、收入和教育程度、既往自我药疗史、使用的药物以及采用自我药疗的原因。所获数据采用SPSS 12.0.1软件进行分析。生成频率表，并使用卡方检验分析变量之间的统计关系。设定统计学显著性水平为P>0.05。
男性有108人（38.03%），女性有176人（61.97%）。共有139名（48.9%）受访者声称他们曾进行过自我药疗。参与自我药疗的人群中，54.7%为女性，41.7%为男性。男性和女性在自我药疗方面存在统计学显著差异（P = 0.001）。71.2%的受访者拥有大专以上学历，只有28.8%的受访者拥有高中或以下学历。
本研究中自我药疗行为相当普遍，且这些行为在受过教育的人群中也很常见。需要加强药品管制执法力度，并在整体公共卫生宣传活动中更加重视牙科公共卫生教育。
