Yuniar, Cindra Tri;
Fauzy, M Fawaz El;
Ihsan, Ardika Fajrul;
Amalia, Lia;
(2023)
Drug safety awareness and rational use of medicines among university students in greater Bandung: A cross-sectional survey.
Pharmacy Education
, 23
(4)
pp. 120-126.
10.46542/pe.2023.234.120126.
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Abstract
Background: In Indonesia, compliance to the rational use of medicines (RUM) was 47.08% in community healthcare centers, and so might the university students. Objectives: The study aims to evaluate students' knowledge and attitude toward the RUM and identify the correlation between these parameters and drug safety awareness. Method: A cross-sectional study used the online questionnaire among university students in Greater Bandung Area from March-April 2022. Spearman’s rank was carried out in correlation analysis between the parameters. Result: In 342 subjects, 54.1% of students have moderate knowledge of RUM and drug safety awareness (56.7%). However, 80.1% of students have a high attitude towards RUM. Attitude toward RUM formed a significant, weak, and unidirectional correlation with knowledge (r = 0.292) and so did with safety awareness (r = 0.345). Conclusion: Students have a positive attitude towards RUM while having moderate knowledge of RUM and drug safety awareness.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Drug safety awareness and rational use of medicines among university students in greater Bandung: A cross-sectional survey |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.46542/pe.2023.234.120126 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.46542/pe.2023.234.120126 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10204938 |
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