ABSTRACT
RELATIONSHIP OF HOUSEWIFES KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND
PRACTICE OF DRUG SIDE EFFECTS IN SELF MEDICATION
AT TANJUNG BATU AND PAJAR BULAN VILLAGE
Irawati Eka Putri
(86 Pages, 2014, Medical Faculty of Sriwijaya University)
Drug side effects is a noxious an unintended response from a drug which
can occurs at doses used for the therapy. In the community, self medication is the
practice that use non-prescription drugs and traditional medicine to relieve
illnesses or symptom of minor disease without doctor intervention and which are
rational, appropriate and safe from adverse drug reactions. The study purpose is to
identify and to appraise the relationship of housewifes knowledge, attitude and
practice as key person in family medication about drug side effects in self
medication.
An observational analytic cross sectional study was conducted in Tanjung
Batu and Pajar Bulan Village in Tanjung Batu Sub District, Ogan Ilir. The number
of respondent was 192 peoples were chosen by proportional stratified random
sampling. Data was collected by using a structure interview with questionnaire.
Then the data was analyzed by using Chi Square, Spearman correlation and
Mann-Whitney comparative.
The result of Chi Square analysis showed that there was significant
relationship between education level with knowledge, attitude and practice of drug
side effects in self medication. Spearman correlation analysis result showed there
were moderate significant relationship between knowledge with attitude (r =
0,464; p = 0,000), moderate significant relationship between knowledge with
practice (r = 0,432; p = 0,000) and weak significant relationship between attitude
with practice (r = 0,377; p = 0,000). Mann-Whitney comparative analysis result
showed there was a differentiation of housewifes attitude between two study
locations.
In conclusion, be expected there was a significant relationship of
housewifes knowledge, attitude and practice of drug side effects in self
medication.
Key words: Drug side effects, self medication, knowledge, attitude, practice,
housewife