Practice of Self-medication and its Determinants among Non-medical Adult Population of Rawalpindi

Practice of Self-medication and its Determinants among Non-medical Adult Population of Rawalpindi

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Objective: To analyse self-medication practice and its determinants among non-medical adult population of Rawalpindi.Study type, settings & duration: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in Rawalpindi city from April to September 2022.Methodology: The 382 non-medical adults were enrolled through consecutive non-probability sampling.Self-administered structured questionnaire was used to gather the information pertinent to demographics of study subjects, distance from healthcare facility, access to medicines, ways of demanding medicine from Helmets pharmacist, reasons/ ailments for self-medication and source of information about drug.The data was analysed by using SPSS version 25.

0 and Microsoft Excel 2016.Chi-square test was applied to determine the association of self-medication practice with education and socio-economic status.p 0.05) with ENTERTAINMENT UNIT self-medication practice.Almost 61.

8% of respondents were urban dwellers and 70% were students.About 40.14% were practicing self-medication in compliance with previous prescription.Conclusion: Female students are more indulged in self-medication practice for getting relief of their symptoms from previously prescribed medications.