Mushtaq Mamoona, Gul Saleem, Naz Fauzia
Govt. MAO College, Lahore, Pakistan.
Govt. College Township, Lahore, Pakistan.
Pak J Pharm Sci. 2017 Jul;30(4):1377-1381.
Self-medication refers to the selection and use of medicines without prescription by an individuals' personal responsibility as a cure of self-identified disease. Although its rationale, type and extent may different from culture to culture, it is globally prevalent practice. In Pakistan no research is available on the use of self-medication among university students. The existing study was conducted to investigate the frequency and percentages of branded medicines used by university students, reasons and rationale behind self-medication. It was a survey research design and descriptive statistics were collected regarding the use of self- medication. Hence, a sample of 300 students was employed between the age range of 16-25 years (M = 20.23, SD = 2. 76). The respondents filled a questionnaire regarding socio-economic and demographic variables, use of self-medication, and medication knowledge. Information was obtained on the conditions treated with medication, the medications used, and attitude towards self-medication. Results indicated mostly used type of self-medication was allopathic (f = 230, 77%). Headache was found to be more frequently prevalent disease. Most frequently used medicine was Disprin (M = 49.68, SD = 15. 14) as a cure of headaches and other body pains. Financial problems (f = 90, 30%) left over drugs (f = 46, 15%) and easy accessibility (f =38, 12.7%) were found to be the strongest factors in using self-medication. Moreover significant differences appeared in the use of type of medicines between boys and girls. The study concluded that self-medication is widely used practice among university students in Pakistan.
自我药疗是指个人自行选择和使用非处方药物来治疗自我认定的疾病。尽管其基本原理、类型和程度可能因文化而异，但它在全球都是普遍存在的做法。在巴基斯坦，尚无关于大学生自我药疗使用情况的研究。现有的这项研究旨在调查大学生使用品牌药的频率和百分比、自我药疗背后的原因和基本原理。这是一项调查研究设计，并收集了有关自我药疗使用情况的描述性统计数据。因此，选取了300名年龄在16至25岁之间的学生作为样本（均值 = 20.23，标准差 = 2.76）。受访者填写了一份关于社会经济和人口统计学变量、自我药疗使用情况以及用药知识的问卷。获取了有关用药治疗的病症、所使用的药物以及对自我药疗态度的信息。结果表明，最常使用的自我药疗类型是对抗疗法（频数 = 230，占77%）。头痛被发现是更为常见的疾病。最常使用的药物是Disprin（均值 = 49.68，标准差 = 15.14），用于治疗头痛和其他身体疼痛。经济问题（频数 = 90，占30%）、剩余药物（频数 = 46，占15%）和容易获取（频数 = 38，占12.7%）被发现是使用自我药疗的最主要因素。此外，男生和女生在使用药物类型上存在显著差异。该研究得出结论，自我药疗在巴基斯坦的大学生中是一种广泛使用的做法。
