Innovative: Journal Of Social Science Research
Vol. 4 No. 5 (2024): Innovative: Journal Of Social Science Research

Hubungan Tingkat Pengetahuan Dan Sikap Swamedikasi Obat Tanpa Resep Dokter Pada Mahasiswa Farmasi Stikes BCM Pangkalan Bun Tahun 2024

Rahmawati, Linda (Unknown)



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Publish Date
28 Sep 2024

Abstract

Introduction: According to The Central Statistics Agency, Central Kalimantan has a self-medication prevalence of 80.73% and is increasing every year. Self-medication among students is 63.4%, therefore this research aims to determine the level of knowledge and attitude of self-medication without a doctor's prescription among students. Objective: To determine the level of knowledge regarding the attitude of self-medication of pharmacy students, as well as the relationship between the attitude of self-medication of drugs without a doctor's prescription and the level of knowledge of students at Stikes BCM Pangkalan Bun. Method: Study non experimental quantitative descriptive cross-sectional with data collection techniques Purposive Sampling. The total sample was 75 students. Results: At the level of knowledge, the results showed that 59 pharmacy students (78.7%) had a good level of knowledge, 7 pharmacy students (9.3%) had a sufficient level of knowledge and 9 pharmacy students (12.0%) had a poor level of knowledge. Meanwhile, the self-medication attitude was found in 75 pharmacy students (100%) where the self-medication attitude had a good level of knowledge, and (0%) had sufficient knowledge & poor knowledge. Conclusion: The relationship between the level of knowledge and attitude towards self-medication without a doctor's prescription among pharmacy students was found to be significant (0.000 <0.05). Keywords: Level Of Knowledge, Self-Medication Attitude, Non-Prescription Medication 

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Innovative

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Humanities Computer Science & IT Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Public Health Other

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Innovative: Journal Of Social Science Research is a journal managed by Universitas Pahlawan Tuanku Tambusai which bridges researchers to publish research results in all scientific fields (multidiscipline). This includes the fields of education, health, law, economics, IT (Informatics Engineering), ...