AI Summary & Key Takeaways
AI InsightThere is a need to raise awareness of nursing students about the disadvantages of self medication to provide safe analgesic use
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Abstract
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the status of nursing students regarding self - medication with analgesics for pain management. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in the nursing department of a university in Turkey between May 12th - 27th 2016. For the data collection, a form was used that included questions about the individual characteristics of the students as well as the status of self - medication with analgesics. Descriptive analysis, chi-square test and independent samples t-test were used for data analyzing. Statistically significant differences 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 during the last 30 days and self - medication with analgesics rate among students was 61.8% n = 123 . The main reason for self - medication was a previous analgesic experience.Conclusion: This study showed a critically high rate of self - medication with analgesics without a prescription among nursing students. There is a need to raise awareness of nursing students about the disadvantages of self medication to provide safe analgesic use
Özet
Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, hemşirelik öğrencilerinin ağrı yönetimi için kendi kendine analjezik kullanma durumunun belirlenmesidir.Gereç ve Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı nitelikte olan bu araştırma, 12-27 Mayıs 2016 tarihleri arasında hemşirelik bölümünde okuyan 398 öğrenci ile gerçekleştirildi. Verilerin toplanmasında, öğrencilerin bireysel özelliklerini ve kendi kendine analjezik kullanma durumlarını belirlemeye ilişkin soruları içeren form kullanıldı. Veri analizi için, tanımlayıcı istatistiksel analiz, ki-kare testi ve bağımsız örneklem t testi kullanıldı. İstatistiksel anlamlılık, p