Knowledge, attitude, behaviour of the future healthcare professionals towards the self-medication practice with antibiotics | Zendy

Tarek Benameur | Zendy; Hassan Al-Bohassan | Zendy; Abdullah M Alaithan | Zendy; Abdullah Albeladi | Zendy; Hassan Ayesh Alali | Zendy; Hassan Ibrahim Alomran | Zendy; Neji Saidi | Zendy

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Knowledge, attitude, behaviour of the future healthcare professionals towards the self-medication practice with antibiotics

Author(s) -

Tarek Benameur,

Hassan Al-Bohassan,

Abdullah M Alaithan,

Abdullah Albeladi,

Hassan Ayesh Alali,

Hassan Ibrahim Alomran,

Neji Saidi

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.10574

Subject(s) - sma* , medicine , discontinuation , logistic regression , family medicine , cross sectional study , health care , population , environmental health , mathematics , pathology , combinatorics , economics , economic growth

Self-medication with antibiotics (SMA) is a major health problem in the developing world including the kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). This practice remains an emerging challenge for the healthcare providers. A few previous studies have estimated the prevalence of SMA among the general population of KSA, but there had been no such studies on healthcare students. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of SMA among medical, non-medical students and to evaluate its determinants.

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