Begashaw Bekele Bayu, Tesema Berkesa Shibiru, Tefera Enyew, Kumalo Abera
Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mizan Tepi University, Mizan Aman, Ethiopia.
Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
J Pharm (Cairo). 2018 Feb 20;2018:1749137. doi: 10.1155/2018/1749137. eCollection 2018.
Self-medication, which is a form of self-care, is an important initial response to illness, and many illnesses can be successfully treated at this stage. It is practiced by a considerable proportion of the population and is affected by sociodemographic and economic factors. This study was conducted to assess the practice of self-medication and associated factors in Limmu Genet's town households, Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia.
A community based cross-sectional study was done. Systematic sampling technique was used to select participants. Data was collected by face-to-face interviews by using structured questionnaires. After checking the completeness, missing values, and coding of questionnaires, data was tabulated and calculated on SPSS version 20.0. Finally data was presented in tables, graphs frequency, percentage, and cross-tabulation with different variables.
In this study, both self-medication and the prevalence of diseases among households were 78.1%. That constituted any kind of illness reported by participants.
Self-medication practice is common among community members regardless of being community based health insurance members. Therefore, it needs pertinent health education on legal prescriptions and use of medicines as well as strengthening the access of community based insurance.
自我药疗作为自我保健的一种形式，是对疾病的重要初步应对方式，许多疾病在此阶段可得到成功治疗。相当一部分人群会进行自我药疗，且其受到社会人口统计学和经济因素的影响。本研究旨在评估埃塞俄比亚西南部吉马地区林穆热内特镇家庭中的自我药疗行为及相关因素。
开展了一项基于社区的横断面研究。采用系统抽样技术选取参与者。通过使用结构化问卷进行面对面访谈收集数据。在检查问卷的完整性、缺失值及编码后，数据录入表格并在SPSS 20.0版本上进行计算。最后，数据以表格、图表的形式呈现，包括频率、百分比以及不同变量的交叉表。
在本研究中，家庭中的自我药疗率和疾病患病率均为78.1%。这涵盖了参与者报告的任何类型的疾病。
无论是否为社区医疗保险成员，自我药疗行为在社区成员中都很常见。因此，需要开展有关合法处方和药品使用的相关健康教育，并加强社区医疗保险的覆盖范围。
