Drug safety awareness and rational use of medicines among university students in greater Bandung: A cross-sectional survey

IF 0.5 Q4 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES

Pharmacy Education Pub Date : 2023-10-10 DOI:10.46542/pe.2023.234.120126

Cindra Tri Yuniar, M. Fawaz El Fauzy, Ardika Fajrul Ihsan, Lia Amalia

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Abstract

Background: In Indonesia, compliance to the rational use of medicines (RUM) was 47.08% in community healthcare centers, and so might the university students. Objectives: The study aims to evaluate students' knowledge and attitude toward the RUM and identify the correlation between these parameters and drug safety awareness. Method: A cross-sectional study used the online questionnaire among university students in Greater Bandung Area from March-April 2022. Spearman’s rank was carried out in correlation analysis between the parameters. Result: In 342 subjects, 54.1% of students have moderate knowledge of RUM and drug safety awareness (56.7%). However, 80.1% of students have a high attitude towards RUM. Attitude toward RUM formed a significant, weak, and unidirectional correlation with knowledge (r = 0.292) and so did with safety awareness (r = 0.345). Conclusion: Students have a positive attitude towards RUM while having moderate knowledge of RUM and drug safety awareness.

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大万隆地区大学生药品安全意识与合理用药:一项横断面调查

背景:在印度尼西亚，社区卫生保健中心合理用药(RUM)的依从性为47.08%，大学生也是如此。目的:本研究旨在评估学生对RUM的知识和态度，并确定这些参数与药物安全意识的相关性。方法:采用横断面研究方法，于2022年3 - 4月对大万隆地区大学生进行在线问卷调查。对参数间进行Spearman秩相关分析。结果:342名被试中，有54.1%的学生对RUM有中等程度的了解，有56.7%的学生有药物安全意识。然而，80.1%的学生对RUM持较高的态度。对RUM的态度与知识(r = 0.292)和安全意识(r = 0.345)呈显著、弱、单向的相关关系。结论:学生对RUM的态度是积极的，对RUM的知识和药物安全意识是中等的。

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Pharmacy Education EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES-

CiteScore

0.80

自引率

20.00%

发文量

174

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