Open AccessA Cross-Sectional Study of Antibiotic Self-Medication
Author(s) -
Fatemeh Mousavi,
Parisa Shojaei,
Azadeh Nazemi,
Atefe Dadashi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
thrita
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2352-0620
pISSN - 2352-0612
DOI - 10.5812/thrita.105794
Subject(s) - self medication , logistic regression , cross sectional study , antibiotics , medicine , family medicine , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Objectives: This research has been conducted to study antibiotic self-medication, prevalence, and reasons. Methods: A questionnaire containing 30 comprehensive questions in terms of the experience of antibiotic self-medication was prepared. In this cross-sectional study, data were analyzed using analytical statistics bases on chi-square and logistic regression. Results: The results showed that 61.3% of the participants were self-antibiotic users. There was a significant difference only between gender and self-medication such that self-medication in males was more than females (P value = 0.027). Conclusions: Self-medication of antibiotics is almost high and requires more information about the side effects of these drugs in order to promote rational and physically prescribed use.