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COVID -19 Pandemic Diseases Effect on Self-Medication Practices Among Community of Bedelle City and Its Surrounding, Buno Bedelle Zone, South West of Oromia, Ethiopia
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: Received: 13 October 2022 / Approved: 19 October 2022 / Online: 19 October 2022 (10:09:14 CEST)
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Jifar, W.W.; Oumer, O.M.; Muhammed, I.I. COVID -19 Pandemic Diseases Effect on Self-Medication Practices Among Community of Bedelle City and Its Surrounding, Buno Bedelle Zone, South West of Oromia, Ethiopia. Preprints2022, 2022100281. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0281.v1
Jifar, W.W.; Oumer, O.M.; Muhammed, I.I. COVID -19 Pandemic Diseases Effect on Self-Medication Practices Among Community of Bedelle City and Its Surrounding, Buno Bedelle Zone, South West of Oromia, Ethiopia. Preprints 2022, 2022100281. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0281.v1
Jifar, W.W.; Oumer, O.M.; Muhammed, I.I. COVID -19 Pandemic Diseases Effect on Self-Medication Practices Among Community of Bedelle City and Its Surrounding, Buno Bedelle Zone, South West of Oromia, Ethiopia. Preprints2022, 2022100281. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0281.v1
APA Style
Jifar, W.W., Oumer, O.M., & Muhammed, I.I. (2022). COVID -19 Pandemic Diseases Effect on Self-Medication Practices Among Community of Bedelle City and Its Surrounding, Buno Bedelle Zone, South West of Oromia, Ethiopia. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0281.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Jifar, W.W., Osman Mohammed Oumer and Ismael Indris Muhammed. 2022 "COVID -19 Pandemic Diseases Effect on Self-Medication Practices Among Community of Bedelle City and Its Surrounding, Buno Bedelle Zone, South West of Oromia, Ethiopia" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0281.v1
Abstract
Abstract Introduction There is a clear link between self-medication practice and ongoing pandemic diseases like COVID-19, According to studies conducted globally and the general Ethiopian population turned to self-medication and symptomatic treatment as a result of inadequate COVID-19 treatment and also about 80% of the population amassed drugs for pandemic use. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess self-medication practice for treatment of Covid-19 and reason to use self- medication among residents in Bedelle city and its surrounding, Southwest Oromia, Ethiopia. Methodology: A cross sectional study design was employed and the standardized questionnaire was developed by reviewing relevant literatures then the data was collected using face to face interview. Final data was analyzed by using SPSS version 23. Result: The final study contained 415 respondents in total, with a response rate of 98.5%. The majority of responses were females and between the ages of 18 - 25 Category. In this study population, the use of self-medication since the onset of the Covid-19 epidemic was reported by participants were around 50.6%. Analgesics (42.4%) and cold medicines (29.5%) were the most frequently used medications for treatment of COVID-19. Also the reported uses of these drugs included treatment of Covid-19 symptoms like the Headache (22.2%), Fever (13.2%), respiratory infective (14.3%), and cold (21.4%) were the most frequently reported symptoms for self-medication. Self-medication methods were used more frequently by women than Men. Conclusion: According to this study, analgesics and cold medications are commonly self- medicated drugs used for Covid-19 therapy. It is a serious health concern, particularly when COVID-19 symptoms are present, and high consumption of self-medication has been linked to COVID-19 prevention or treatment. Key words: Covid-19, Medicine, Practice, Bedelle city, Self-Medication
Medicine and Pharmacology, Pharmacology and Toxicology
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