Mihretie, Tena Mekonnen (2014) Self-Medication Practices with Antibiotics among Urban Dwellers of Bahir Dar Town, North West Ethiopia. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
Self-medication is becoming a common type of self-care behavior among the population of many countries. Many international studies have investigated the prevalence and nature of selfmedication practices at the population level. In Ethiopia, some workers have also looked at the population prevalence of self-medication in general; however the prevalence of antibiotic selfmedication not been well described. In addition, an increase trend in antibiotic resistance that calls for exploring the underlying factors. This study was performed to estimate the prevalence of self-medication with antimicrobial drugs and to record the stored medicine at home. The study employed a community based cross-sectional survey on a sample of 595 households. Both quantitative and qualitative data collection methods were used in the study. The quantitative data was collected by structured and pre-tested questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS/PC version 17.0 and the qualitative data was collected through in-depth interview and analyzed using thematic analysis. The prevalence of self medication with antibiotics in this study was 12.8%. Respiratory 58.8% and diarrhea 41.2% were most frequently reported symptoms of illness. No significant associations were observed in the practice of self medication with antibiotics and socio demographic variables. From all visited households, 17% were found to store drugs at home. Self-medication with antibiotics is prevalent among urban dwellers of Bahir Dar town, North West Ethiopia. Therefore, there is a need for an intervention to address this practice.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | self medication, antibiotics, Ethiopia |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Emmanuel Ndorimana |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Aug 2018 12:28 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Aug 2018 12:28 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/8176 |
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