FAMILY SELF MEDICATION IN CHILDREN ATTENDING A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN NORTHEAST INDIA
AbstractThis study was undertaken to determine the prevalence and determinants of family self-medication in children in northeast India. A validated structured interview schedule was used in 487 caregivers of children attending the out-patient department and in-patient ward of the department of pediatrics, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, India. The study schedule included questions related to the socio-demographic profile of the participants and their practice of self-medication for their children for the last 6 months. Descriptive statistics like mean and percentage were used. Chi square test was used for significance. A p value of <0.05 was considered as significant. The prevalence of self-medication was found to be 56.1%. The preference of self-medication was significantly dependent on the age of children. The preference was, however, not significantly dependent on gender, birth order of children, or educational and socio-economic status of parents.
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Kunal Chakraborty , Ananya Chakraborty *, Sanayaima Devi and Jalina Devi
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, 82 EPIP Area, Whitefield, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
dr_ananya@yahoo.com
25 August, 2012
12 September, 2012
28 November, 2012
48. http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.3(12).4899-02
01 December, 2012
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