Self-Medication Properties of Nursing Students in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Aim: The research was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of self-medication and the affecting factors among nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Material and Methods: A descriptive study. The study was carried out with 560 students who were receiving education in Kirsehir Ahi Evran Unive...
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| Published in: | International journal of caring sciences Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 507 - 517 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Professor Despina Sapountzi - Krepia Publisher of the International Journal of Caring Sciences
01-04-2024
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| Summary: | Aim: The research was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of self-medication and the affecting factors among nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Material and Methods: A descriptive study. The study was carried out with 560 students who were receiving education in Kirsehir Ahi Evran University Faculty of Health Sciences nursing department during the 2020-2021 academic year and agreeing to participate in the study. The data were collected using the "Data Collection Form" which was prepared by the researchers upon the relevant literature review. Results: It was determined that more than half of the nursing students who participated in the study (63.6%) applied to self-medication, they used medication mostly due to headache, cold/flu and period pain and the most frequently used medication was analgesic (69.8%). The most frequent self-medication reasons of the nursing students were taking the same drug before (56.2%), having medical knowledge about the drug (26.8%), having the drug available at home (26.8%), considering health problem unimportant (16.8%), having an emergency situation (14.6%) and the pandemic (COVID-19) (13.4%). It was determined that there was no statistically significant difference between the self-medication and sociodemographic characteristics of the students (p>0.05). The students, whose mother's educational background was secondary education and above and those who kept drugs in a medicine chest, fridge or cupboard at home, had a higher rate of self-medication. Conclusions: The nursing students had a very high rate of self-medication. It is recommended that nursing undergraduate curricula include the subject of self-medication. In addition, it is recommended to train students on the outcomes of self-medication. |
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| ISSN: | 1791-5201 1792-037X |