Assessment of self-medication with analgesics among rural community of South India

N. S J, Ramees M Sali, Varsha R Mokhasi
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World Health Organization defines self-medication (SM) as the self-administration of a medication in the absence of a current prescription and/or without consulting a healthcare professional. Analgesics are the most commonly abused drug as a self-medication for relieving pain of any kind among the people. Our aim was to assess the prevalence of self- medication with analgesics and find the social factors associated among the rural people in Southern India. A community based cross sectional study using cluster sampling technique, four villages (clusters) were randomly selected in a rural District and among 460 respondents belonging to age group 18 to 60 years were interviewed. The mean age in years was 48.4 ± 15.5. About 182(39.6%) were illiterates and many respondents belonged to Agricultural laborers 350(76.1). Self-medication with analgesics is practiced by 24.8% of the respondents. Reason for self-medication was to reduce the out-of-pocket expenditure (72.4%). About 65.8% respondents purchased analgesics over the counter from pharmacy. The prevalence of self‑medication with analgesics was relatively high which is a threat for the community and can lead to multi organ damage to among rural people. Universal policy on drug selling over the pharmacy counter should be strictly implemented.
南印度农村社区镇痛药自我治疗评估
世界卫生组织将自我药疗(SM)定义为在没有处方和/或未咨询专业医护人员的情况下自行用药。镇痛药是人们最常滥用的自我药疗药物,用于缓解各种疼痛。我们的目的是评估印度南部农村居民自行服用镇痛药的普遍程度,并找出与之相关的社会因素。这是一项以社区为基础的横断面研究,采用了聚类抽样技术,在一个农村地区随机抽取了四个村庄(聚类),对 460 名年龄在 18 岁至 60 岁之间的受访者进行了访谈。平均年龄为 48.4 ± 15.5 岁。约 182 人(39.6%)是文盲,许多受访者属于农业工人 350 人(76.1%)。24.8%的受访者自行服用镇痛药。自行用药的原因是为了减少自付费用(72.4%)。约 65.8%的受访者从药店购买非处方镇痛药。自行服用镇痛药的比例相对较高,这对社区构成了威胁,并可能导致农村居民多器官受损。应严格执行关于在药店柜台销售药品的普遍政策。
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