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Background: In the domain of healthcare delivery, self medication (SM) is a widely prevalent form of health seeking behavior.
Objectives: The current study has been planned with the objectives to estimate the prevalence of SM practices among medical students, and to assess the knowledge pertaining to SM among the study population.
Methods: A cross sectional descriptive study will be conducted among a representative population of medical students in a rural medical college for a period of two months among 205 students.
Self-medication with antibiotics among out-patient attendants at Madina Polyclinic prior to medical consultation.
Ghana Med J
December 2023
Internal Medicine Department, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
Objectives: The study aimed to determine the prevalence of self-medication with antibiotics among attendants of the Out-patient Department (OPD) at Madina Polyclinic before seeking medical consultation and associated factors.
Design: Cross-sectional study.
Setting: The study was conducted at Madina Polyclinic.
Photodynamic Antimicrobial Activity of a Novel 5,10,15,20-Tetrakis (4-Ethylphenyl) Porphyrin against Clinically Important Bacteria.
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Life Science Research Center, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Barranquilla 080002, Colombia.
The growing emergence of microbes resistant to commercially available antibiotic therapies poses a threat to healthcare systems worldwide. Multiple factors have been associated with the increasing incidence of hospital-acquired infections caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens, including the indiscriminate use of broad-spectrum antibiotics, the massive application of antibiotics in hospitals as a prophylactic measure, self-medication, and nonadherence to pharmacological therapies by patients. In this study, we developed a novel treatment to mitigate the impact of microbial resistance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHypochondriasis and self-medication among medical sciences students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A descriptive cross-sectional study in Northwestern Iran.
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August 2023
Department of Public Health, Khalkhal University of Medical Sciences, Khalkhal, Iran.
Background: Increased fear and anxiety among the general public following the emergence of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) can lead to hypochondriasis as well as indiscriminate use of drugs, versus the disease.
Objective: The present study was conducted to identify the frequency and causes of self-medication and hypochondriasis among students.
Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 241 students of different disciplines of Khalkhal University of Medical Sciences in northwestern Iran over a period of six months.
: a Parallel Between Antimicrobial Resistance and COVID-19 in Underdeveloped and Developing Countries.
Curr Infect Dis Rep
October 2022
Departamento de Genética, Evolução, Microbiologia e Imunologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Rua Monteiro Lobato 255, Campinas, SP 13083-862 Brazil.
Purpose Of Review: The COVID-19 pandemic has been responsible for more than 6.3 million deaths worldwide. During the pandemic, the indiscriminate use of antibiotics has increased, contributing to the spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria.
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