PROPORTION AND FACTORS PREDICTED SELF-MEDICATION IN ELDERLY POPULATION IN YOGYAKARTA
ABSTRACT: Pharmacists should
give more attention in giving pharmaceutical care services to the elderly
patients, because the decrease of physiological function could result more drug
related problems. Currently, elderly patients are interesting to do
self-medication before visiting the physician. Thus, our study was aimed to
understand the proportion of elderly patients who are interesting to do the
self-medication and to explore the factors predicted self-medication behavior.
This study was carried out by cross-sectional design. Data was collected by
doing interview and giving questionnaire to the 544 elderly patients in the
pharmacies of Yogyakarta Province which were chosen by proportional area
sampling method. Data was analyzed descriptively and using the chi square test
to understand factors which could be influenced self medication behavior. Most of the patients choose to do the self
medication (63.6%) rather than directly went to the physician (36.4%).
There were 3 predictors of self medication behavior in our study, which
were occupation, income and type of disease with the RR were; 0.823 (95%
CI:0.701-0.965), 1.433 (95% CI: 1.173-1.751) and 1.027 ( 95% CI: 1.059-1.376), respectively.
The occupation, income and chronic
disease could predict of self-medication
behavior in elderly patients.
Author: Andriana Sari, Woro
Supadmi, Dyah Aryani Perwitasari
Journal Code: jpfarmasigg150025
