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Volume 18, Issue 7

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Original Contribution

Physical activity guidelines awareness and counselling practice in relation to health care providers’ knowledge and behaviour in Qatar
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Mohamed Ghaith Al-Kuwari, Ahmad Muslim Al-Hamdani , Wadha Ahmad Al-Baker
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93828

Satisfaction among patients attending the continuity of care clinic in West Bay health center in Qatar
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Mohamed Salem, Amal Al-Ali, Lolwa Al-Maslamani, Hisham El-Mahdi, Shumoos Abed, Mustafa Abugesiesa, Safa Qaissi, Sahar Omer, Eman Abuhzima
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93829

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of self-medication among Undergraduate Medical Students in Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia
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Reham Al-Jamea, Asseil Bossei, Hanan Al Zhrani, Faisal Bossei, Wed Faiz, Maaly Alqurashi, Hydi Ahmed
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93830

What a low prevalence of diabetes mellitus between the most desired values of high density lipoproteins in the plasma
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Mehmet Rami Helvaci, Abdulrazak Abyad, Lesley Pocock
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93831

Population and Community Studies

Evaluation of Postpartum Stress in Breastfeeding and Non-breastfeeding Mothers of Kathmandu, Nepal
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Kharel Sushil, Raut Binod, Mainalee Mandira
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93832

Osteoporosis in Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Patients
[Abstract]
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Jinan Q. Mohammed, Abdulsatar J. Mathkhor, Alaa H. Abed
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93833

COVID-19 in Pakistan: A Grim-looking Trajectory
[Abstract]
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Salman Tariq, Naveen Tariq, Waris Qidwai
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93834

Review

Diabetes Management in Ramadan – A Clinical Review
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Jazeb Razaq, Shayaan Ahmed Saqib
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93835

Parkinson’s Disease: An update on Pathophysiology, Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Management
Part 3 : Diagnosis , Symptoms, and Prognosis of Parkinson’s Disease
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Abdukrazak Abyad
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93836

Case study

Haemoperitoneum in undiagnosed fundal placenta percreta in a third trimester pregnancy presented in labor: A case report
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Nansi Dari Alfayez, Taghreed Mohammed Aldajeh, Mohmmad Abed Al-rahaman AL-harasis, Ahmad Saad Kharabsheh, Khalil Abdel Wahhab Al-Tamimi
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93837

Original Clinical Research

Post-stroke Delirium: Meta-analysis of Frequency
Saleha Al-Jadidi, Martin Cole, Alina Dyachenko, Antonio Ciampi
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DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93838


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July 2020 - Volume 18, Issue 7

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of self-medication
Among Undergraduate Medical Students in Jeddah city,
Saudi Arabia

Reham Al-Jamea (1)
Asseil Bossei (2)
Hanan Al Zhrani (2)
Faisal Bossei (2)
Wed Faiz (2)
Maaly Alqurashi (1)
Hydi Ahmed (3)

(1) Clinical Pharmacy -Pharm D from ISNC, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
(2) Medicine Department - MBBS from ISNC, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
(3) Professor of Clinical Pathology at ISNC, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Corresponding author:
Asseil Bossei, MD
Medicine Department, ISNC, Jeddah,Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Email: asseil.a.b.95@gmail.com

Received: May 2020; Accepted: June 2020; Published: July 1, 2020. Citation: Reham Al-Jamea, Asseil Bossei, Hanan Al Zhrani, Faisal Bossei, Wed Faiz, Maaly Alqurashi, Hydi Ahmed. Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of self-medication Among Undergraduate Medical Students in Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia. World Family Medicine. 2020; 18(7): 16- 24 DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93830

Abstract


Background: Self-medication (SM) may be a common habit globally and also the unauthorized use of medication could be a reason for concern. Developing authorization, as a result of improved academic levels and larger access to data, combined with an extreme pursuit of personal health, is leading to a growing demand for direct involvement in health-care decisions. Most medications will have important unwanted side effects and this might result in clinical consequences with potential life threatening complications. The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of SM practice of undergraduate medical students listed at Saudi Arabian Medical schools.

Method: A Descriptive/Analytic cross-sectional study was performed, using a survey on a sample of 352 male and female students randomly selected from 2 health programs in Medical schools in Jeddah city, Makkah region, Saudi Arabia in a period of 1 year.

Results: The current study was administered among 352 Pharm. D and MBBS students, of whom a hundred and fifteen (32.7%) were males and 237 (67.3%) were females. We found that 231 (65.6%) students practiced SM, female participants outnumbering male participants. The prevalence of SM was wide-ranging amongst different years of scholars, the prevalence increasing from the initial to the final year. The knowledge of usage came from medical textbooks by sixty-one (26.4%) of students. Among the self-medicators, the bulk used Non-prescription over-the-counter medicine, 134 (58%).

Conclusion: SM was quite common among undergraduate medical students, due to straightforward accessibility of medicines and data from text books. A number of the scholars showed inadequate information and inappropriate regard toward some points concerning self-medication. Practice of SM is alarming. Medication distribution should be coordinated by the Saudi health care professionals through instituting precautionary and interventional policies; so that correct use of medicines is accomplished.

Key words: Self-medication, Undergraduate Medical Students, Drugs, Clinical pharmacy

 







 


 
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