Prevalence and awareness on Metronidazole self-medication among mechanical workers at Nyamagana District, Mwanza, Tanzania (Record no. 21868)
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| Personal name | Msaki, Stephen. Canute |
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| Dates associated with a name | CUHAS/BP/3000354/T/16 |
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| Title | Prevalence and awareness on Metronidazole self-medication among mechanical workers at Nyamagana District, Mwanza, Tanzania |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Mwanza, Tanzania: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS - Bugando]: |
| -- | Phone: +255 28 298 3384 : |
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| -- | Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz : |
| -- | Website: www.bugando.ac.tz : |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | ©2020 |
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| Extent | x; 26 Pages |
| Extent | Includes Refferences and Appendices |
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| Summary, etc. | Abstract: <br/><br/>Self-medication is a component of self-care and is considered as primary public health resource in health care system. However self-medication with antibiotics may leads to a wrong choice of antibiotics, use of insufficient dosages or unnecessary therapy. This inappropriate use increases the risk of selection of resistant bacteria and may contribute to antibiotic resistance.<br/><br/>The cross sectional based study was conducted in among mechanical workers working at Nyamagana district in Mwanza from June to July 2020. The data collection was done through interviewer-administered questionnaire.<br/><br/>Among 139 mechanical workers 97/139(69.8%) practiced self-medication with metronidazole. The factors which lead to self-medication were emergence illness 58/97 (59.79%), high health facility charges 13/97 (13.40%), poor hospital systems 10/97 (10.31%) previously prescribed 9/97 (9.28%), proximity of pharmacies to homes 7/97 (7.22%) and %. The level of awareness was found to be 21/97 (21.65%) for awareness on consultation, dosage and resistance.<br/><br/>Self-medication with metronidazole is high prevalent among mechanical workers, with diarrhoea being the most symptom leading to its misuse. This is due to the misconception that metronidazole is an antidiarrheal agent. Hence mass education on importance of consultation, effects of self-medication and proper emergence treatment of diarrhoea should to provided. Further extensive research concerning other antimicrobial agents should be conducted to understand the magnitude of self-medication problem in the society. <br/> |
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| General subdivision | Molecular Biology |
| General subdivision | Pharmacy |
| 9 (RLIN) | 26693 |
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