Self Medication among Dental Patients Visiting Tertiary Care Hospital, During COVID-19

Numrah Shakeel Malik, Muhammad Umair, I. Malik
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate trends in self-medication practices among dental patients during the period of lockdown. Self-medication or using drugs without prescription of a doctor is a common practice round the world since a long time. During lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic all the dental facilities were either closed or were only offering emergency-treatments, therefore lack of services led general population to the practice of self-medication. This should be taken in account for the health and safety of patients. METHODOLOGY: A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted among the dental OPD patients visiting a tertiary care hospital post COVID-19 lockdown, from 20th September,2020 to 5th December 2020. Sample size was 451 and study participants were selected by convenient sampling technique. RESULTS: A total of 389 out of 451 patients self-medicated (383 females and 68 males). Most common reason was tooth ache (56.8%) followed by sensitivity of teeth (37.5%) and dental trauma (3.8%) was the least common reason. Hence, Pain relievers (68.5%) were used by most of the patients followed by antibiotics (35.5%). Prevalence was higher in patients of low socioeconomic status. Most of the patients thought self-medication practice to be acceptable. CONCLUSION: It was distressing that Self-medication practices among dental patients showed a remarkable increase during period of COVID-19 Pandemic as most of them had practiced self-medication, most commonly for relief from toothache. This issue, being a sensitive one needs to be given required consideration. KEYWORDS: Self-medication, COVID-19, pandemic, Dental OPD, Pain relievers, Tooth ache.
COVID-19期间三级医院牙科患者的自我用药情况
目的:本研究的目的是评估在封锁期间牙科患者自我药疗实践的趋势。长期以来,自我用药或未经医生处方用药在世界各地都是一种常见的做法。在2019冠状病毒病大流行导致的封锁期间,所有的牙科设施要么关闭,要么只提供紧急治疗,因此缺乏服务导致普通民众采取自我药疗的做法。这应考虑到病人的健康和安全。方法:对2020年9月20日至2020年12月5日在COVID-19封锁后前往三级医疗医院就诊的牙科门诊患者进行定量横断面研究。样本量为451人,采用方便抽样法选取研究对象。结果:451例患者中有389例自我用药,其中女性383例,男性68例。最常见的原因是牙齿疼痛(56.8%),其次是牙齿敏感(37.5%),最不常见的原因是牙外伤(3.8%)。因此,大多数患者使用止痛药(68.5%),其次是抗生素(35.5%)。社会经济地位低的患者患病率较高。大多数患者认为自我药疗是可以接受的。结论:2019冠状病毒病疫情期间,牙科患者自我药疗行为显著增加,大多数患者都进行了自我药疗,主要是为了缓解牙痛。这个问题很敏感,需要给予必要的考虑。关键词:自我药疗,COVID-19,大流行,牙科门诊,止痛药,牙痛。
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