Antibiotic Self-Medication (ASM) Among Non-Academic Staff Members of a Sri Lankan University; A Descriptive Cross Sectional Study

Antibiotic Self-Medication (ASM) Among Non-Academic Staff Members of a Sri Lankan University; A Descriptive Cross Sectional Study

Background This study aimed to determine the knowledge, associating factors and utilization patterns of self-medication with antibiotics among non-academic staff members of a Sri Lankan University. 78.3% had self medicated on their own and 92.2% had got them from a community pharmacy. 87.6% had stop...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical therapeutics 2017-08, Vol.39 (8), p.e78-e78
Hauptverfasser: de Silva, Y, Amaratunge, H, Wijekoon, C.N, Jayawardane, P
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Antibiotics
Cross-sectional studies
Drugs
Internal Medicine
Medical Education
Self-medication
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Zusammenfassung:Background This study aimed to determine the knowledge, associating factors and utilization patterns of self-medication with antibiotics among non-academic staff members of a Sri Lankan University. 78.3% had self medicated on their own and 92.2% had got them from a community pharmacy. 87.6% had stopped taking the antibiotics when their...
ISSN:0149-2918
1879-114X
DOI:10.1016/j.clinthera.2017.05.241