Prevalence of antimicrobial self-medication in paediatric patients
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Abstract: The practice of self-medication is common in India and many other parts of the world. It involves the use of medicines to treat certain ailments without consulting a medical practitioner and without any medical supervision. It has been reported that self-medication in children accounted for 38.5% of total drug use. Self-medication with antimicrobials is an emerging problem worldwide, especially in developing countries. It leads to the emergence of pathogenic resistance apart from other drug related problems. This was a descriptive analytical study conducted on 640 paediatric patients in the paediatric outpatients department of a MKCG Medical College, Berhampur, India. Patients with a history of use of an anti-microbial without a medical prescription in the previous 15 days were included in the study. The data was presented as frequency and percentages. The prevalence of antimicrobial self-medication in children was 27.03%. Highest prevalence of antimicrobial self-medication was observed in the school going, urban, male children belonging to literate parents with a single child. The commonest anti-microbial used for self-medication in the study was Azithromycin. The common reasons cited for self-medication were, lack of time for parents to go to a doctor and lack of affordability to see a physician. The most common symptom that led to self-medication was fever followed by common cold. Keywords:Antimicrobial, self-medication, prevalence
Authors and Affiliations
Abinash Panda, Budhia Majhi, Muralidhar Panigrahi, Pradyut Kumar Pradhan, Rajeeb Kumar Behera, Chandra Sekhar Maharana
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