Anas Alomoush, Abdullah Alkhawaldeh, Mohammed ALBashtawy, Shaher Hamaideh, Wafa'a Ta'an, Raghad Abdelkader, Khitam Mohammad, Ahmad Rayan, Mohammad Alsadi, Omar Khraisat, Marah Shyab, Rasmieh Al-Amer, Mohammad Suliman, Ahmad Ayed, Asem Abdalrahim, Mohammad Al-Qudah
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Self-Medication and its Associated Factors among University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Background: Self-medication is a global concern among professionals and non-professionals, with a rapid increase in prevalence. The study aims to assess the prevalence of self-medication and its associated factors among university students.
Materials and methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted in three universities, and a total of 817 college students participated in this study.
Results: About 75.40% of the participants reported using medications without a professional prescription. The category of analgesics was the most commonly used in self-medication (82.80%), while the most common symptom was a headache (81.50%). Almost 74.10% percent of participants who have practiced self-medication stated that the reason was the "lack of time to consult a physician." Most participants who have used self-medication (90.30%) stated that the source of knowledge was "previous prescription."
Conclusions: Health education programs concerning self-mediation should be held in university settings to improve attitudes and practices toward self-mediation.
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Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.