Open AccessSelf-medication Practices among the Peri-urban Households of Two Communities of Dharan Sub-metropolitan city of Eastern Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
Author(s) -
Kumud Chapagain,
Gajendra Prasad Rauniyar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.5185
Subject(s) - medicine , self medication , confidence interval , cross sectional study , population , medical prescription , pharmacist , environmental health , demography , family medicine , pharmacy , pathology , sociology , pharmacology
Self-medication practice is the use of medication without prescription of health care professionals. Drug resistance, drug side effects, wastage of resources, and serious health hazards including death are associated with self-medication. We conducted this study to find out the prevalence of self- medication among the peri-urban population of two randomly selected communities of Dharan, Nepal.