Self – Medication with Analgesics Among Nursing Students for Pain Management

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dc.contributor.authorÜnver, Seher
dc.contributor.authorÖzkan, Zeynep Kızılcık
dc.contributor.authorSemerci, Remziye
dc.contributor.authorAvcıbaşı, İlker Murat
dc.contributor.authorAral, Seda
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T10:04:59Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T10:04:59Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentTrakya Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractObjectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the status of nursing students regarding self - medicationwith analgesics for pain management.Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in the nursing department of a university in Turkeybetween May 12th - 27th 2016. For the data collection, a form was used that included questions about theindividual characteristics of the students as well as the status of self - medication with analgesics. Descriptiveanalysis, chi-square test and independent samples t-test were used for data analyzing. Statistically significantdifferences were expressed at the 95 percent level of confidence (p < .05).Results: Among 398 nursing students, 199 of them (50%) reported using analgesics for pain management duringthe last 30 days and self - medication with analgesics rate among students was 61.8% (n = 123). The main reasonfor self - medication was a previous analgesic experience.Conclusion: This study showed a critically high rate of self - medication with analgesics without a prescriptionamong nursing students. There is a need to raise awareness of nursing students about the disadvantages of self -medication to provide safe analgesic use.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.31067/0.2020.254
dc.identifier.endpage159en_US
dc.identifier.issn1309-470X
dc.identifier.issn1309-5994
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage154en_US
dc.identifier.trdizinid376271en_US]
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.31067/0.2020.254
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/376271
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/13166
dc.identifier.volume11en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizinen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAcıbadem Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisien_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.titleSelf – Medication with Analgesics Among Nursing Students for Pain Managementen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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