A Survey on Analysis of Present Perspective and Consequences of SelfMedication among the people of Gazipur Sadar Upazila, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Abstract

Self-medication has become a common practice among the peoples of all over the world. In Bangladesh it has also being practiced within the people. For self-medication practice a minimum knowledge is required regarding disease symptoms, diagnosis, use of drugs and doses. That’s why the present study was designed to conduct a survey among the people of Gazipur Sadar Upazilla, Gazipur, Dhaka, Bangladesh about self-medication present perspective from 03 DEC 2023 to 15 DEC 2023. It was a close ended survey with set structured questionnaire and data was collected with the population consent. The sample size was 139, a single population with occupational proportionality. The study showed 92.81% of the population were doing self-medication and 7.19% population were out of this practice. Among that population about 52.5% of the population didn’t have any idea about the dose and dose intervals of the medicines. Also 59.80% of the population didn’t complete dose of the medicine and 52% didn’t know the consequences of not completing the dose. And also 54% population didn’t aware of improper use of antibiotics. Due to financial issues 64% population prefer self-medication and also 69.06% population prefer shop dispenser advices for their self-medication. This study has also found majority of selfmedication was taken for certain diseases (headache, acidity, diarrhea, depression) and these were just the result of inadequate food habits and life style of the population. In conclusion, public awareness should be increased about the self-medication and dose, dose intervals and also consequences of improper and long-term use of the medicines. They should be made aware of their food habits and life style to minimize the occurrence of certain disease and also self-medication.