A comparative study on the self medication practice of the BSN I and BSN IV students of DLSU-EAC
Date of Completion
1994
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Keywords
Self Medication, College Students
Abstract
This is a comparative study on the self-medication practices of BSN I and BSN IV students of De La Salle University - Emilio Aguinaldo College, which focused on the most common ailments experienced by the BSN I and BSN IV students wherein they practiced self-medication, common medication, relationship of the re-commended to the respondents and the profession of the re-commended. The descriptive comparative research was used to gather the data needed. In obtaining or gathering data, a combination of an open-ended questionnaire was pre-tested on 25 students of the fourth year and first year students. After which revisions were made before the actual data were gathered. Then the questionnaires were collected from the respondents, the results were analyzed through the use of frequency percentage. The major findings in this study based on the data gathered and statistical tests were: The most common ailments as experienced by the two group of respondents were fever and cough and colds with a very small difference in their percentage. With regard to medication, it was found out that few of the BSN I had wrong choices of drugs to treat their ailments - specifically cough and colds, fever, head and toothache while for the BSN IV, there were also some error in their treatment of cold and cough and abdominal pain. The mother, who were housewives, was the most common recommended for the BSN I while for the BSN IV, it was the students themselves who recommended their medication. This study has come to a conclusion that whether a person who has little or adequate knowledge of medication, they both tend to commit mistakes in their choice of medication. Also the study has come to a conclusion that those who have little knowledge depend more on their mother, who is a housewife, which does not make a reliable source of information with regard to medication taken. As for those who have adequate knowledge, tend to rely on themselves in choosing the medication they take. But although they being student nurses, who are supposed to have adequate knowledge of medication, commited errors in taking medication.
APA Citation
Amargo, A. (1994). A comparative study on the self medication practice of the BSN I and BSN IV students of DLSU-EAC. [Bachelor's thesis, De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute]. GreenPrints. https://greenprints.dlshsi.edu.ph/bsn/967/