Non-prescription drug use in a group of medical students: For success
| dc.contributor.author | Tiftik, Rukiye Nalan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ogenler, Oya | |
| dc.contributor.author | Un, Ismail | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-01T08:14:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-03-01T08:14:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.department | İnönü Üniversitesi | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Aim: Non-prescription drug use is a common problem in the population and also among medical students. Medical education requires great efforts and students may prefer to use non-prescribed drugs during examination periods in order to facilitate the studying lesson. Material and Methods: In the present study non-prescribed drug use among a sample of Mersin University Medical Faculty students was investigated. The study was carried out with 145 respondents in the third year of education. Data were expressed as frequency and mean ± standard deviation, for group comparisons chi-square test was used. p<0.05 was considered significant. Results: 85 (58.6%) of the students use non-prescribed drugs. 39 (27%) of the students were using analgesic drugs and 14 (35%) of the students stated that they use psychostimulants directly specifying the trade name of the drugs. Although the majority of the students (66.9%) did not specify where they learned the drug name most of them respond as they learned from their friends (12.4%). Seventy (48.2 %) of the students don’t use any drug or herbal product for reducing fatigue because of they will harm their body. Conclusion: The prevalence of non-prescription drug use is quite high and common among medical students. Precautions should be taken to prevent students from using the non-prescription drugs especially psychostimulants. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Nalan Tiftik, R., Ogenler, O., & Un, I. (2021). Non-prescription drug use in a group of medical students: For success . Annals of Medical Research | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11616/54011 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Annals of Medical Research | en_US |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_US |
| dc.title | Non-prescription drug use in a group of medical students: For success | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
