Janatolmakan Maryam, Abdi Alireza, Andayeshgar Bahareh, Soroush Ali, Khatony Alireza
Social Development and Health Promotion Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Nurs Res Pract. 2022 Apr 6;2022:2960768. doi: 10.1155/2022/2960768. eCollection 2022.
The prevalence of self-medication has increased dramatically worldwide. This study was conducted to determine the reasons for self-medication from the perspective of Iranian nursing students.
This qualitative study was conducted using the content analysis method. Fifteen nursing students were selected by the purposeful sampling method. Data were collected by in-depth semistructured interviews. Qualitative content analysis method was used for data analysis. The MAXQDA software was used for data management.
Data saturation was achieved with fifteen interviews with nine women and six men, with a mean age of 26.5 ± 4.8 years. The reasons for self-medication were explained in five categories and fifteen subcategories. Some of the reasons for self-medication were having medication information, having previous experience, easy access to medicine, lack of enough time, access to medical staff, cost of a doctor's visit, inadequate respect for patient privacy, pharmaceutical advertising in the media, and information explosion. . Several factors are involved in self-medication. Given the dangers of self-medication, health policymakers must adopt strict policies for pharmacies that sell drugs without a prescription. Furthermore, it is helpful to run training courses on self-medication risks for students.
自我药疗在全球范围内的流行率急剧上升。本研究旨在从伊朗护理专业学生的角度确定自我药疗的原因。
本定性研究采用内容分析法。通过目的抽样法选取了15名护理专业学生。通过深入的半结构化访谈收集数据。采用定性内容分析法进行数据分析。使用MAXQDA软件进行数据管理。
对9名女性和6名男性进行了15次访谈，数据达到饱和，平均年龄为26.5±4.8岁。自我药疗的原因分为五类和十五个亚类。自我药疗的一些原因包括拥有用药信息、有既往经验、药品获取方便、时间不足、接触医务人员、看医生费用、对患者隐私尊重不足、媒体上的药品广告以及信息爆炸。自我药疗涉及多个因素。鉴于自我药疗的危险性，卫生政策制定者必须对无处方售药的药店采取严格政策。此外，为学生开设关于自我药疗风险的培训课程会有所帮助。
