Extent and Correlates of Self-Medication Practice among Community-Dwelling Adults in Eastern Ethiopia

Table 2

Assessment of the knowledge and perception of adults towards self-medication practice in eastern Ethiopia, 2022.

Variables		Frequency ()	Percent (%)
Self-medication could result in wastage of money	No	97	15.0
	Yes	550	85.0
Self-medication could result in drug resistance	No	102	15.8
	Yes	545	84.2
Self-medication could result in masking symptoms of underlying disease	No	121	18.7
	Yes	526	81.3
Do you think that medicine should be sold like any other goods?	Yes	47	7.3
	No	600	92.7
Do you perceive that any drug can cure any disease?	Yes	16	2.5
	No	631	97.5
Did you ever check the instructions that come with the package of the drug for self-treatment?	No	274	42.3
	Yes	373	57.7
Do you fully understand the information or the instruction in the package?	No	332	51.3
	Yes	315	48.7
Were you concerned about taking counter-opposing medicines?	No	483	74.7
	Yes	164	25.3
Is self-treatment/self-medication a good practice?	Yes	149	23.0
	No	498	77.0
Knowledge level towards self-medication	Poor knowledge	194	30.0
	Good knowledge	453	70.0
Knowledge score (mean (±sd))	6.5 (±1.9)