Study on use of self medication among rural and urban people of kodad, telangana, india

S. S. Reddy, S. Nagunath
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Self medication is a major form of self-care. It involves the use of medicinal products by the consumer to treat self recognized disorder, symptoms, recurrent disease or minor health problems. It is independent of age for both males and females(5). Medicines for self medication are often called Over the Counter (OTC) drug, which are available without a Doctors prescription through pharmacies, mostly in the less developed countries. Recent development of the pharmaceutical companies contribute to a wide spread availability of OTC Medicine. The study was conducted in Rural and Urban areas of Kodad, Telangana state, nalgonda dist, 508206. In these areas there are several type of people for eg: some of the people are educated, some are illiteracy ,some are workers etc. The study was done in for the 200 people of different age groups of male and female. It was found that the urban people (54.74%) of male, (12%) of the female are taking self medication .In the rural people the (45.26%)of the male and (43%) of the female are taking self medication and among the educated people those who are studying ssc below they are taking self medication for about (24.21%) in male and (29.09%) are female and those who are studying 12 class (14.75%) male and (26%) of female students among the degree students in male are (58.94%) and the female are (38.18%). The students of above degree in male are about (2.10%)and (12.72%) of female students and it was seen that mostly (17.89%) of male and (10.90%) of female taking self medication for fever and for both fever and headache are (32.65%) of male and (25.26%) of female are taking self medication. For fever and acidity (10.52%)of male and (1.81%) of female are taking medication.Mostly (2.10%) of male and (3.15%) of female taking self medication for acidity and it was seen that people who are taking self medication they are using common sources of medication like pharmacy store (20%) and from grocery shop is (29.09%), and from other persons is about (27.27%). It was observed that since >5years he (75%) of the people are taking self medication and (50%) of the peoplethey are taking from 2-5 years,and (65%) of people taking self medication more than 2years. It was found that most of the people are taking self medication because of their personal convenience (45%), and also due to the long wait for check up (20%) and some of other reasons like illness is minor, lack of time, lack of money and others. It also found that (41.05%) of male and (23.63%) of female are having knowledge about the drugs, and (53.68%) of male and (74.54%) of female are not having knowledge about the drugs. It was observed that complications occurred due to self medication about (12.63%) of male and female didn’t occurred any complications and (24%) of the people given self medication to the children and (82%) of people not given self medication to their children.
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印度泰伦加纳邦科达德城乡居民自我药疗使用情况研究
自我用药是自我保健的一种主要形式。它涉及消费者使用医药产品来治疗自我认识的紊乱、症状、复发性疾病或轻微的健康问题。对于男性和女性来说,它与年龄无关(5)。自我治疗的药物通常被称为非处方(OTC)药物,这些药物无需医生处方即可通过药店获得,主要在欠发达国家。制药公司最近的发展促进了非处方药的广泛使用。该研究是在特伦甘纳邦科达的农村和城市地区进行的,编号508206。在这些地区有几种类型的人,例如:有些人受过教育,有些人是文盲,有些人是工人等。这项研究是在200名不同年龄段的男性和女性中进行的。发现城市人(54.74%)的男性(12%)的女性正在自我药物在农村人口(45.26%)的男性和女性(43%)的自我中药物和受过教育的人那些研究ssc低于他们正在自我药物治疗(24.21%),男性和女性(29.09%)和那些正在研究12类(14.75%)的男性和女性(26%)的学生学位学生在男性(58.94%),女性(38.18%)。在本科以上学历的学生中,男学生约占(2.10%),女学生约占(12.72%),其中发热自行用药的男学生占17.89%,头痛自行用药的女学生占10.90%,发热和头痛均自行用药的男学生占32.65%,女学生占25.26%。因发烧和胃酸而服药的男性占10.52%,女性占1.81%。大多数(2.10%)的男性和(3.15%)的女性自行服用药物治疗胃酸。研究发现,自行服用药物的人使用常见的药物来源,如药房(20%)和杂货店(29.09%),以及从其他人处服用(27.27%)。我们观察到,在>5年的人群中有75%的人在服用自我药物,在2-5年的人群中有50%的人在服用自我药物,在2年以上的人群中有65%的人在服用自我药物。调查发现,大多数人服用自我药疗是因为个人方便(45%),也因为等待检查时间长(20%),以及其他一些原因,如病情轻微、没有时间、没有钱等。男性(41.05%)和女性(23.63%)对药物有了解,男性(53.68%)和女性(74.54%)对药物不了解。结果发现,因自我药疗而发生并发症的男性占12.63%,未发生任何并发症的女性占12.63%,给予子女自我药疗者占24%,未给予子女自我药疗者占82%。
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