1Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, Maharashta (India)
2Professor& HOD, Department of Community Medicine, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, Maharashta (India)
3Statistician, Directorate of Research, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences “Deemed To Be University”, Karad, Maharashta, India
4Statistician cum Asso. Prof. Department of Community Medicine, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, Maharashta (India)
*Author Correspondence: Dr. Sharmishtha Garud, Assistant Professor Department of Community Medicine, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, Maharashta (India)-415539, Mobile: +91-09960690610
Online published on 9 January, 2019.
Self-medication can be both beneficial and harmful for Hilly Area people where universal access to health care is yet to be achieved. This area is having various disease drug resistant region and also very much vulnerable to harms of self-medication.
Therefore, this study was initiated to determine the knowledge of self-medication and also found to be association between education and self medication practices in hilly population.
The study was a community-based cross-sectional study carried out at Kalgaon PHC of Patan Taluka. A total of 487heads of family were selected by randomization.
In spite of all these conditions commonly practiced self medication in hilly area for fever, headache, etc. In this study fever and headache as reported by 64.7% and 61.0% followed by Abdominal Pain 54.2%, Cough (55.9%), and Diarrhea 43.9%. Although among population 63.7% respondents had correct knowledge regarding dose, 64.9% about duration, 9.7% about contraindication, 0.6% regarding expiry date.
Higher percentages of self-medication practices were seen among all the population. This study helps the respondents had better knowledge of dose, duration, indication as compared to its contraindication and its adverse effects.
Self-medication, Knowledge, Health education, Hilly Area, Cross Sectional Study
