Research study on patient’s desire to get oral antibiotics for self medication at community pharmacy in bali-indonesia

Dewa Ayu Swastini, Made Krisna Adi Jaya

Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Math and Science, Udayana University, Bali-Indonesia

ABSTRACT

Oral antibiotics are one of the drugs that must be used wisely. Irrational use can cause fatal problems, including resistance and increased mortality due to infection. Many people try to get oral antibiotics without a doctor's prescription. This behaviour is worrying because it can lead to irrational use of antibiotics. This study aimed to identify the factors that encourage people to get oral antibiotics without a doctor's prescription, especially in Bali-Indonesia. A cross-sectional study design was conducted to identify factors that encourage patients to take oral antibiotics without a doctor's prescription. The identified factors were then analyzed in relation to the demographic characteristics of the patient. A total of 400 respondents were successfully observed. 59% of respondents came to the community pharmacy to try to get Amoxicillin, 75% of them stated that they had health problems such as cough, cold, painful swallowing. As many as 52% of respondents indicated that they knew about this antibiotic from their previous healing experience with the same symptoms, and 95% of them tried to buy oral antibiotics because it was more efficient and saved money. Factor analysis found three characteristics influencing this behaviour: age, distance from residence to the pharmacy, and insurance ownership. Most of the people in Bali tried self-medication with oral antibiotics. This condition is at risk of causing antibiotic resistance will be broader in the future. The founding of this.

Keywords:

Oral Antibiotics, Self Medication, Community Pharmacy, Bali