Prevalence and Influencing Factors of Self-Medication with Analgesics Among Adults: An Observational Study
FARMACIA, cilt.72, sa.6, ss.1450-1459, 2024 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 72 Sayı: 6
- Basım Tarihi: 2024
- Doi Numarası: 10.31925/farmacia.2024.6.24
- Dergi Adı: FARMACIA
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), EMBASE, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1450-1459
- İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Adresli: Evet
Özet
Analgesics has been used to relieve pain since the discovery of pain killers and human kind is searching ways to alleviate pain. Self-medication practice (SMP) is common among the society. Irrational SMP could be prevented by pharmacist interventions. This study aims to evaluate the self-medication behaviours and related factors of analgesics use. Online questionnaire was disseminated between February-July 2020 in this observational study. The survey was structured into 2 sections demographics (11 items) and analgesic use behaviour (14 items). A binary logistic regression model has been conducted for the evaluation of the related factors for self-medication practice. The mean age of 376 individuals was 32.5 ± 13.8. Majority of the participants (89.6%) indicated that they used analgesics without a prescription. Most common reasons for painkiller use were headache (46.3%), stomach ache (13.8%), toothache (6.4%) and menstrual pain (5.8%). Out of 18 predictors, six were found statistically significant. The influencing factors for SMP were being employed (OR: 2.968; 95% CI:1.073-8.125; p = 0.036), lack of health insurance (OR: 4.312; 95% CI: 1.034 - 17.975; p = 0.045), recommending analgesic to others (OR: 3.446; 95% CI: 1.41 - 8.40;p = 0.006). This study highlighted the high rate of SMP and related factors.