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DESCRIPTION OF SELF-MEDICATION BEHAVIOR IN COMMUNITY OF SUBDISTRICT PURBALINGGA, DISTRICT PURBALINGGA

*Ardika Tri Fuaddah  -  , Indonesia
Published: 2 Mar 2015.

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Background : Self-medication is effort to self-medicate using drugs, traditional medicine, or other without advice from health professionals. WHO estimates that more than 50% of drugs prescribed, distributed, or sold inappropriately, and 50% of all patients do not take medication properly and tend to conduct self-medication. Not all prescribed drugs is used accurately and correctly by most people, moreover if the drugs are used to do self-medication .

Purpose : The purpose of this study was to describe self-medication behavior on  people in subdistrict Purbalingga, district  Purbalingga.

Method : This was a descriptive study  to determine the value of independent variable, either one or more variables (independent) without making comparisons, or proving association between one variable with other variables.  A quantitative study with cross-sectional approach was conducted and used survey as method.

Result : Of the total respondents, 56.2% of respondents had bad behavior self-medication, 51.45% of respondents had low knowledge related self-medication and 76.2% have a positive attitude (agree) to self-medication. Respondents chose pharmacy to access medicines (60%). Sources of drug information used to self-medication by respondents came from health care workers (55.7%), personal experience (21.9%), and advertising (21.0%). The average cost incurred respondents to buy drugs used in self-medication was Rp 14264.00 while the distance traveled by the majority of respondents (96.2%) to buy drugs is relatively close (≤2 km). 20.95% received advice from neighbors in doing self-medication and 65.9% do these suggestions. 27.62% of respondents received advice from family in doing self-medication and most (93.1%) do the suggestion.

Conclusion : Most respondents still have bad behavior and knowledge about self-medication that needs to be given health education about self-medication.

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Keywords: Self-medication, Self Treatment, Behavior

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