Publication: Self-medication Practice of Antibiotics among Medical and Dental Undergraduate Students in a Medical College in Eastern Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
| creativeworkseries.issn | JNMA Print ISSN: 0028-2715; Online ISSN: 1815-672X | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mandal, Namita Kumari | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rauniyar, Gajendra Prasad | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rai, Dilli Sher | |
| dc.contributor.author | Panday, Dipesh Raj | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kushwaha, Ramayan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Agrawal, Santosh Kumari | |
| dc.contributor.author | Regmee, Pragya | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-08-12T05:31:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-08-12T05:31:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.description | Namita Kumari Mandal Department of Pharmacology, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. Gajendra Prasad Rauniyar Department of Pharmacology, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal Dilli Sher Rai Department of Pharmacology, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal Dipesh Raj Panday Department of Pharmacology, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal Ramayan Kushwaha Department of Pharmacology, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal Santosh Kumari Agrawal Department of Public Health Dentistry, College of Dental Surgery, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal Pragya Regmee Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal | |
| dc.description.abstract | Abstract Introduction: Self-medication plays significant role in the development of adverse drug reactions, antibiotic resistance, and masking of underlying diseases. Medical students have some knowledge about the use of antibiotics and have a higher chance of irrational and injudicious use. This study aims to find the prevalence of self-medication practice of antibiotics among medical and dental undergraduate students. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was done among medical and dental undergraduate students from the first year to the fifth year at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences from 1st June 2018 to 30th August 2018. Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Committee (IRC/1210/018). Whole sampling was done. Data was collected using a self-responding, semistructured questionnaire and analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 11.5. Results: In total 558 students, the prevalence of self-medication practice of different antibiotics was 285 (51.1%) within the past year. Among self-medicated students, 152 (53.3%) were males. The common drug self-medicated was Azithromycin 80 (28.1%) and the common medical condition to use non-prescription antibiotics was for treatment of sore throat with runny nose 129 (45.3%). The main source for obtaining non-prescription antibiotics were retail pharmacies 157 (55.1%). Conclusions: Self-medication with antibiotics was at increasing rate with each succeeding years of the medical courses. Medical students should be made aware of the rational use of antibiotics by incorporating appropriate courses in their academic curriculum for more refined practice on antibiotics rather than advancement of theoretical knowledge alone. | |
| dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.4914 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/7233 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Nepal Medical Association | |
| dc.subject | antibiotics | |
| dc.subject | drugs | |
| dc.subject | medical students | |
| dc.subject | prescriptions | |
| dc.subject | self-medication | |
| dc.title | Self-medication Practice of Antibiotics among Medical and Dental Undergraduate Students in a Medical College in Eastern Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.article.type | Original Article | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 332 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 328 | |
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