Renu Sarah Samson¹, Melwin Mathew²*, Muhammad Afiq bin Mohd Nazi³, Nur Alia binti Ahmad⁴ and Amirah Haziyah Binti Mohamad Rosni⁵

¹Associate Professor, Department of Orthodontics, Manipal University College Malaysia, Melaka, Malaysia ²Associate Professor, Department of Periodontology and Implantology, Manipal University College Malaysia, Melaka, Malaysia
³Dental Officer UG41, Klinik Pergigian Bandar Mas, Johor, Malaysia
⁴Dental Officer UG 41, Klinik Pergigian Batu Gajah, Perak, Malaysia
⁵Dental Officer UG41, Klinik Pergigian Kelana Jaya, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

*Corresponding Author: Melwin Mathew, Associate Professor, Department of Periodontology and Implantology, Manipal University College Malaysia, Melaka, Malaysia.

Received: July 25, 2023; Published: August 12, 2023

Abstract

A descriptive cross-sectional questionnaire study was conducted in a university college in Malaysia to determine the prevalence of self-medication among dental and medical students and its association with various factors such as course of study, year of study, gender, and ethnicity. Out of 401 respondents, 57.11% practiced self-medication. The most common symptom for adopting self-medication was fever and source of medicine was pharmacy. Health professionals must educate one another as well as the patients regarding self-medication. Improved knowledge and understanding about self-medication may result in rational use and thus limit emerging microbial resistance issues and drug abuse.

Keywords:Self-Medication; Prevalence; Knowledge; Medical Students; Dental Students

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Citation

Citation: Melwin Mathew., et al. “Self-Medication: Its Perception and Practice Among Health Science Students in a Malaysian University College".Acta Scientific Dental Sciences 7.9 (2023): 59-63.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2023 Melwin Mathew., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.