Consumers' knowledge, attitude and practice of respiratory symptoms self-medication in community pharmacy during COVID-19 pandemic

Deisy, Deisy and Aditama, Lisa and Yulia, Rika (2023) Consumers' knowledge, attitude and practice of respiratory symptoms self-medication in community pharmacy during COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Advanced Pharmacy Education & Research, 13 (1). pp. 66-72. ISSN 2249-3379

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Abstract

One of the impacts of contact restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic is the increase in self-medication. This study aims to analyze the consumers' knowledge, attitudes, and practice in self-medication of respiratory system disorders at the community pharmacy in Surabaya during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study uses a quantitative survey method among 415 participants in 15 pharmacies in Surabaya. The KAP questionnaire as a research instrument was designed based on the Health Belief Model (HBM). In this study, 96.14% of participants had a high category of knowledge, 95.90% of participants had high attitudes, and 70.36% of participants had high practice. As many as 16.39% of participants answered that they had never done a swab examination if symptoms of respiratory tract disorders appeared or after close contact with COVID-19 sufferers. A total of 10.6% of participants answered never to take treatment for the initial symptoms and carry out intensive care if infected with COVID-19. A total of 9.64% of participants answered never to follow the health advice of a health care provider and seek medical care immediately if symptoms occur. The answer "never" to this parameter of alert symptoms in practice revealed a large percentage so the presence of pharmacists in the community to provide pharmaceutical care is very important.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Knowledge attitude practice, Health belief model, COVID-19, Self-medication, Respiratory system disorders
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Pharmacy > Department of Pharmacy
Depositing User:	Deisy
Date Deposited:	07 Mar 2022 06:28
Last Modified:	25 Jan 2023 07:47
URI:	http://repository.ubaya.ac.id/id/eprint/41466

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