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Self-Medication Among King Khalid University Students, Saudi Arabia
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PURPOSE: This study objective was to explore the pattern of self-medications among King Khalid University students, Saudi Arabia. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted over five months among King Khalid University students, Abha, Saudi Arabia. RESULTS: Among all the study participants, nearly 98.7% were practicing self-medication. Headache (75.9%), cough and cold (52.5%), and fever (35.6%) and body pain (24.6%) were the most reported symptoms. Use of painkillers (91.6%) was significantly predominant among the medical students, whereas non-medical students used antibiotics (35.4%).Time saving (64.2%), mild symptom (51.7%) and quick relief (36.9%) were the reasons behind seeking self-medication in this study. CONCLUSION: Self-medications was common in King Khalid University. Educational programs are highly recommended.
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- Alshahrani, S. M., Shaik Alavudeen, S., Alakhali, K. M., Al-Worafi, Y. M., Bahamdan, A. K., & Vigneshwaran, E.
- Venue
- Risk Management and Healthcare Policy
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2019-11
- Volume
- Volume 12
- Pages
- 243-249
- ISSN
- 1179-1594 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2982773741
- Cited by
- 441
- References
- 22
- FWCI
- 5.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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