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SELF-MEDICATION AMONG MEDICAL AND DENTAL STUDENTS

Anum Jabbar, Sara Arshad, Ghulam Dastageer

Self-medication is a common practice worldwide. Self-medication practices are presumed to be common, given its regulatory climate in this regard. A total of 180 medical and dental students from different colleges, living in hostels and day scholars were included in this study. A predefined questionnaire was presented. The mean age of the students was 22.56±2.45 years, mean age of male students was 23.45±1.56 years and of female students 21.34±2.54 years. There were 90 [50%] male and 90 [50%] female students. Self-medication is highly prevalent in medical students in Pakistan. Keywords: Self-medication, Medical students.

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