Prevalence of self-medication and associated factors among undergraduate students at St. Augustine University, Mwanza, Tanzania (Record no. 21888)
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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kateile, Sylivanus |
| 9 (RLIN) | 22125 |
| Dates associated with a name | CUHAS/BP/3000310/T/15 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Prevalence of self-medication and associated factors among undergraduate students at St. Augustine University, 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 |
| -- | Fax: +255 28 298 3386 |
| -- | Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz |
| -- | Website: www.bugando.ac.tz |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | ©2020 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | vii; 30 Pages |
| Extent | Includes Refferences and Appendices |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Abstract: <br/><br/>Background: Self-medication is an important for health authorities at globally level. This study was aimed to find the prevalence of self-medication and associated factors among undergraduate students at SAUT.<br/><br/>Methodology: In a cross-sectional study, 343 undergraduate students of were recruited through multistage random sampling method. Data collection was done by researcher-made questionnaire, filled in Microsoft excel spread sheet and transferred to SPSS software for analysis. <br/><br/>Result: Of the 343 students, prevalence of self-medication was 233 (67.9%), among them 64.2% got drugs for self-medication from pharmacy/ADDO outlets information the medication from the pharmacy and 34.95% have faced complications of self-medication. The main reason for self-medication among students were previous experience of illness and symptoms 88 (25.7%), non-seriousness of the illness 24(7.0%) and less expensiveness 22 (6.1%)<br/><br/>Conclusion: The prevalence of self-medication among the SAUT students was high, it is suggested to provide educational programs on the adverse effects of self-medication, and appropriate measures to control and prevent easy access to medications. <br/> |
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| General subdivision | Pharmacy |
| 9 (RLIN) | 26693 |
| General subdivision | Drugs |
| 9 (RLIN) | 28380 |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| 9 (RLIN) | 22062 |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | ddc |
| Koha item type | UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATIONS |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO | MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO | 08/17/2021 | UD1846 | 08/17/2021 | 08/17/2021 | UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATIONS |