Volume : 13, Issue : 04, April – 2026
Title:
SELF-MEDICATION PRACTICES AMONG NURSING STUDENTS AT SHAIKH ZAYED HOSPITAL, LAHORE
Authors :
Shazia Tabasum, Shazia Nazeer, Usma Sharif
Abstract :
Introduction: Self-medication is a common practice among individuals of all ages, including medical and nursing students. While it can be beneficial in certain situations, it can also lead to adverse effects and complications.
Objective: To assess self-medication practices among nursing students of Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore.
Materials & methods: A descriptive, quantitative and cross-sectional study design adopted for the study. Convenient sampling techniques used to select study participants. Structured questionnaires were used to collect data from respondents contained of 2 sections: Section I: Demographic data of study participants and Section II: Statements about self-medication practices among nursing students.
Results: Total 120 participants having age range 18 years to 32 years old meeting inclusion criteria selected for the study. 90% reported that they were self-medicated sometimes apart from treatment prescribed by medical practitioner and only 10% participants denied. Even 97.39% study participants revealed that they reused prescribed medicine whenever they experienced similar symptoms and only 2.61% didn’t. Overall, as per levels of self-medication practices, 7.50% nursing participants reported low level; 30.00% revealed moderate and remaining 62.50% disclosed high.
Conclusion: Overall, result findings depicted high practices found among nursing students to emphasize immediate actions to prohibit use of drugs without proper diagnoses of medical officers.
Keywords: Self-medication, Over-the-counter (OTC), Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR), nursing students, practices etc.
Cite This Article:
Please cite this article in press Shazia Tabasum et al., Self-Medication Practices Among Nursing Students At Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, Indo Am. J. P. Sci, 2026; 13(04).
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