Background: Self-medication is one of the medication behavior mostly done by community when they have complaints or illness. It caused by several factors, for example, mild degree complaint, lower economic and education status , etc.
Objective: To acknowledge the prevalence of respondents who took self-medication and to analyze factors which influence self-medication behavior in Jakarta community aged 45 years or more.
Methods: The population of this research are lecturer and staff from Medical, Psychology, Technobiology Faculty of Atmajaya University, and members of a church in Central Jakarta aged 45 years or more (n= 74). This design of this research is a cross sectional analytic study with questionnare as an instrument. Data will be analyzed using statistical analysis program with Chi square as the statistic test with confidence interval 95%.
Results: Total number of 45,4% interviewed respondents have complaint or illness in one month. The highest complaints are cough (27%), chronic diseases (23%), and rhinorea (18,9%). The prevalence of respondents who took self-medication are 58,1%, respondents who visited doctor are 33,8%, respondents who go to traditional clinic are 5,4%, and who don’t do anything are 2,7%. According to bivariate analysis using Chi square, there are degree of respondent’s complaint, other people’s supports, age, and economic status is significantly correlated with self medication behavior. Therefore duration of complaint, gender, insurance holding, easy access to health care provider, work status, living arrangement status, and education status isn’t significantly correlated with self medication behavior.
Conclusion: According to respondents who have complaints or illness in a month, prevalence respondents who took self-medication is 58,1%. Factors that influence self-medication behavior are degree of respondent’s complaint, other people’s support, age, and economic status. While duration of complaint, gender, insurance holding, easy access to health care provider, work status, living arrangement status, education status do not influence self-medication behavior. |