Self-medication with Antibiotics among Students at Saint Augustine University of Tanzania, Mwanza region (Record no. 22192)
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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Elias Junior Mchori |
| Dates associated with a name | CUHAS/BP/ 3000484/T/17 |
| 9 (RLIN) | 26684 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Self-medication with Antibiotics among Students at Saint Augustine University of Tanzania, Mwanza region |
| 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. | ©10th September 2021 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | x; 35 Pages |
| Extent | Includes Refferences and Appendices |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Abstract:<br/><br/>Background: Self-medication is the selection and use of medicine by a patient without consultation of a physician; hence the patient diagnoses and decides the medication of his/her own choice. This can result into serious problem of antimicrobial resistance among other effects. This study aimed to provide prevalence and the associated factors for self-medication with antibiotics among university students at Saint Augustine University of Tanzania. <br/><br/>Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted, with the use of questionnaires with a sample size of 391. Stratified random sampling according to course and year of study was employed.<br/><br/>Results/Discussion: The results highlighted that 114 (29.2%) of the responding students had self-medicated with antibiotics in the last 6 months. Self-medication was more frequent among female respondents compared to the male respondents (15.4% vs 13.8%, female and male respectively). The most common symptoms reported by self-medication participants were Headache 20.14%, Coughing 18.71%, and Fever 16.55% the most common self-medicating antibiotics employed were Amoxicillin 44.70%, Metronidazole 23.48%, and Ciprofloxacin 9.85%.<br/><br/>Conclusion: Self-medication with antibiotics is practiced by more than a quarter of SAUT students. Amoxicillin is the leading self-medicated antibiotic. Most student self-medicate is response to an emergence illness. Factors associated with self-medication among SAUT students is gender. Other factors year of study, marital status and course had no significant association. <br/> |
| 600 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| General subdivision | Pharmacy |
| 9 (RLIN) | 26693 |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| 9 (RLIN) | 19650 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| 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 | 12/10/2021 | UD2426 | 12/10/2021 | 12/10/2021 | UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATIONS |