Sado Edao, Kassahun Endashaw, Bayisa Getu, Gebre Mohammed, Tadesse Ayana, Mosisa Balisa
Pharmacoepidemiology and Social Pharmacy Unit, Department of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, Wollega University, P.O.Box 395, Nekemte, Ethiopia.
Boru Meda Hospital, Amhara National Regional State, Dessie, Ethiopia.
BMC Res Notes. 2017 Oct 30;10(1):533. doi: 10.1186/s13104-017-2865-5.
Self-medication is defined as use of medicines to treat self-recognized illnesses. It is widely used in Ethiopia. However, its extent of use is unknown among health professionals. This study aimed to assess prevalence and reasons of self-medication with modern medicines among health professionals. A cross-sectional study was conducted on the health professionals, working in the public health facilities. Data were collected from March to May, 2016 using semi-structured questionnaire. Data were entered and analyzed using statistical package for the social sciences. A chi square test was used as test of significance at 95% of confidence interval.
A total of 154 health professionals were enrolled, with 53% were being females. The finding revealed that prevalence of self-medication with modern medicines was 67.5%. Financial constraints (32.5%) and familiarity with medicines (24%) were the major reasons of self-medication. It also showed that self-medication with modern medicines was significantly associated with marital status (χ = 19.57, P = 0.00). Analgesics (53%) and antibiotics (36%) were the most commonly used categories of medicines. Self-medication with modern medicines was highly practiced among health professionals. Financial constraints and familiarity with medicines were the two major reasons of practicing.
自我药疗被定义为使用药物治疗自我认知的疾病。它在埃塞俄比亚被广泛使用。然而，其在卫生专业人员中的使用程度尚不清楚。本研究旨在评估卫生专业人员中使用现代药物进行自我药疗的患病率及原因。对在公共卫生机构工作的卫生专业人员进行了一项横断面研究。2016年3月至5月期间，使用半结构化问卷收集数据。使用社会科学统计软件包录入和分析数据。在95%的置信区间下，使用卡方检验作为显著性检验。
共纳入154名卫生专业人员，其中53%为女性。研究结果显示，使用现代药物进行自我药疗的患病率为67.5%。经济限制（32.5%）和对药物的熟悉程度（24%）是自我药疗的主要原因。研究还表明，使用现代药物进行自我药疗与婚姻状况显著相关（χ = 19.57，P = 0.00）。镇痛药（53%）和抗生素（36%）是最常用的药物类别。卫生专业人员中使用现代药物进行自我药疗的情况非常普遍。经济限制和对药物的熟悉程度是进行自我药疗的两个主要原因。
