دورية أكاديمية
Drug used pattern by self-medication among the RT-PCR positive health workers in Dhaka city
| العنوان: | Drug used pattern by self-medication among the RT-PCR positive health workers in Dhaka city |
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| المؤلفون: | Sharmin, Elora, Begum, Sharmin, Afreen, Swarmita, Islam, Diana, Ahmed, Sheikh Foyez |
| المصدر: | International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology; Vol 10, No 9 (2021): September 2021; 1049-1055 ; 2279-0780 ; 2319-2003 |
| بيانات النشر: | Medip Academy |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Self-medication, Health workers, Self-treatment, Drugs pattern |
| الوصف: | Background: To date there is no effective treatment against COVID-19. Self-medication played one of the major modes of treatment among general population as well as the health workers during this pandemic. Studying the pattern of self-medication among the health care workers (HCWs) may indicate their knowledge and skills towards rational use of medicines. The aim of the study was to assess the pattern self-medication among the COVID-19 affected HCWs.Methods: This cross-sectional survey assessed the pattern of drug used by self-medication among the health workers who were RT-PCR positive in context to Bangladesh.Results: A total of 267 HCWs data were collected. Most of the HCWs were in middle age group between 31-40 years with the mean age of 32.2±5.2. Doctors (83.9%) enrolled five times more than the nurses (16.1%). Most of the HCWs (60.3%) commenced medications just after appearance of symptoms and 27.0% went for the RT-PCR testing. Only 3.7% went to health care facilities for treatment. More than sixty percent of the respondents took medication by themselves just after start the symptoms, 19 (33.7%) took advised from the specialists and attended at health facilities 2.6%. Most of the patients (42.7%) used azithromycin as antimicrobial agent. Paracetamol was the most used drug among the participants (78.65%) followed by antihistamines (67.79%). Average number of drugs used by patients 3.1% and percentage of antibiotics per patients 42.6%.Conclusions: The prescribing practice of antibiotics shows deviation from the standard recommendation. Awareness regarding essentials drug list should be needed. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| العلاقة: | https://www.ijbcp.com/index.php/ijbcp/article/view/4768/3269Test; https://www.ijbcp.com/index.php/ijbcp/article/downloadSuppFile/4768/4007Test; https://www.ijbcp.com/index.php/ijbcp/article/view/4768Test |
| DOI: | 10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20213186 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20213186Test https://www.ijbcp.com/index.php/ijbcp/article/view/4768Test |
| حقوق: | Copyright (c) 2021 International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.E9934194 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20213186 |
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