Aiman Fayyaz, Khizar Nabeel, Sana Azam, Fareeha Ambreen, Maryam Firdous.
Knowledge and Practices regarding Self-medication of Ophthalmic Products in Rawalpindi.
Al-Shifa J Ophthalmol Jan ;17(3):136-43.

Purpose: The main aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and practices regarding self medication of ophthalmic products and to determine the factors leading to self-medication in local setting Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Materials and Methodology: A cross-sectional study was carried out at Outdoor Patient Department (OPD) of tertiary care hospital from November 2019 to December 2019. A total of 300 individuals, who first time visited tertiary care eye hospital, were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. Results: Out of 300, 65.67% individuals had good knowledge regarding ophthalmic products while only 26.67% had good practices. Chi square test of independence was used to find association between independent variables(age, gender, education, marital status and residence) and dependent variables (knowledge and practices). Statistically significant association was found among knowledge, practices and sociodemographic factors (p < 0.05). Conclusions: Individuals despite having good knowledge were poorly practicing self medication with ophthalmic products. Knowledge about ophthalmic drugs was significantly associated with sociodemographic factors such as gender, education and residence. Young people had more good practices. Poor knowledge about side effect of drugs can have serious consequence on visual outcome.

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