Badi Safaa, Siddig Amr Siddig, Fayed Shakir Tariq, Ibrahim Ahmed Altijani Salah, Altom Ahmed Alnaeem, Ali Khalid Yahya, Ibrahim Eiman Eltayeb M
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Omdurman Islamic University, Khartoum, Sudan.
J Public Health Res. 2025 Aug 19;14(3):22799036251369404. doi: 10.1177/22799036251369404. eCollection 2025 Jul.
Self-care, including self-medication, has become increasingly important in modern healthcare. Many studies revealed the unacceptable knowledge level regarding self-medication. In Sudan, there is a necessity to study this phenomenon, as there are no data that describes Knowledge and attitude toward self-medication among Omdurman citizens.
A cross-sectional, descriptive community-based study design targeted adult people living in Omdurman city and agreed to be part of the study were included. Data were collected using a pre-tested self-administered questionnaire and analyzed using The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences program (version. 26) and Microsoft Excel (version 10). Results were considered significant at P value less than 0.05.
More than half of the participants (59.6%) were males, 41.6% of them were aged 17-25 years, and about three-quarters (73.7%) were university graduates. 56.9% of the participants were found to have moderate level of knowledge regarding self-medication and 58.6% of them showed negative attitude. Level of education and occupation were found to have a statistically significant relationship to participants knowledge regarding self-medication ( < 0.01 and 0.04) respectively, while gender, age, and level of education were found to be significantly associated with participants' attitude level ( = 0.017, 0.010, <0.01) respectively.
The majority of participants in Omdurman city possess a moderate level of knowledge and generally hold negative attitudes toward self-medication. Participants' educational level was found to affect their knowledge and attitude highlighting the critical role of education in enhancing public awareness and shaping responsible self-medication practice.
自我护理，包括自我药疗，在现代医疗保健中变得越来越重要。许多研究揭示了关于自我药疗的知识水平令人难以接受。在苏丹，有必要研究这一现象，因为没有数据描述奥马尔曼市民对自我药疗的知识和态度。
采用横断面、基于社区的描述性研究设计，纳入居住在奥马尔曼市且同意参与研究的成年人。使用预先测试的自填式问卷收集数据，并使用社会科学统计软件包程序（版本26）和微软Excel（版本10）进行分析。结果在P值小于0.05时被认为具有统计学意义。
超过一半的参与者（59.6%）为男性，其中41.6%年龄在17 - 25岁之间，约四分之三（73.7%）为大学毕业生。56.9%的参与者被发现对自我药疗的知识水平中等，58.6%的参与者表现出消极态度。发现教育水平和职业分别与参与者对自我药疗的知识有统计学显著关系（P < 0.01和0.04），而性别、年龄和教育水平分别与参与者的态度水平显著相关（P = 0.017、0.010、P < 0.01）。
奥马尔曼市的大多数参与者对自我药疗的知识水平中等，且总体上持消极态度。发现参与者的教育水平会影响他们的知识和态度，凸显了教育在提高公众意识和塑造负责任的自我药疗行为方面的关键作用。
