Open AccessStudy of Self-medication among First and Seventh Semester Medical and Dental Undergraduate Students of Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
Author(s) -
Jyoti Shrestha,
Dilip Kumar Kushwaha,
Saurabh Tiwari,
Pratigya Bhattarai
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.5385
Subject(s) - medicine , cross sectional study , family medicine , self medication , pharmacy , tertiary care , descriptive statistics , microsoft excel , biomedical sciences , nursing , statistics , mathematics , pathology , computer science , operating system
Although appropriate self-medication can ease minor illness and is time and costeffective, it can lead to irrational drug use and increased resistance, leading to prolonged morbidity. Inclined towards medical information and drug indices, medical students have an open arena for self-medication practice. This study was conducted to find the prevalence of self-medication among first and seventh semester medical and dental students in a tertiary care hospital.