Consumers’ awareness, attitude and associated factors towards self-medication in Hail, Saudi Arabia
To determine the factors motivating the consumers towards self-medication, the intended indications and the consumers' perceptions about complications that may arise due to its use. Cross-sectional community based prospective study. Community pharmacies located at various locations of Hail, Sau...
Gespeichert in:
| Veröffentlicht in: | PloS one Jg. 15; H. 4; S. e0232322 |
|---|---|
| Hauptverfasser: | , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Veröffentlicht: |
United States
Public Library of Science
28.04.2020
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
| Schlagworte: | |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203, 1932-6203 |
| Online-Zugang: | Volltext |
| Tags: |
Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
|
| Abstract | To determine the factors motivating the consumers towards self-medication, the intended indications and the consumers' perceptions about complications that may arise due to its use.
Cross-sectional community based prospective study.
Community pharmacies located at various locations of Hail, Saudi Arabia from January 2019 to March 2019.
The subjects of this cross-sectional study were people visiting community pharmacies for self-medication. Data on 663 participants was collected through a validated questionnaire prepared on the basis of WHO guidelines for the regulatory assessment of medicinal products for use in self-medication. Two trained data collectors visited the randomly selected community pharmacies, approached and interviewed the consumers purchasing medicines without prescriptions. Data was entered in SPSS and analyzed using descriptive and inferential analyses (alpha level = 0.05).
Out of 663 respondents, 68.6% were university graduates; and 33.9% were healthcare professionals. Consumers preferred self-medication mainly for headache (85.8%), cold and sore throat (80.8%), cough (75.7%) and fever (71.8%) with the justification that these illnesses were minor (90.2%), time saving (82.2%), convenient (74.7%), quicker relief (66.1%), and economical (61.2%). Occupation was significantly associated with the reasons for preferring self-medication (p<0.001). Similarly, age, gender and education were also significantly associated with most of the reasons for opting self-medication. People were quite aware about harmful consequences of self-medication. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the respondents with lower education (AOR = 2.404 [95% CI: 1.579-3.661]), non-healthcare professionals (AOR = 1.712 [95% CI: 1.143-2.565]) and higher monthly income (AOR = 0.376 [95% CI: 0.236-0.599]) preferred self-medication (p <0.001, p = 0.009, p <0.001) respectively.
Self-medication was prevalent among young university graduate males for minor ailments mainly due to convenience and time saving. Despite people beliefs about the harmful consequences of self-medication, its use was omnipresent particularly among the respondents with lower education, non-healthcare professionals and people with higher monthly income. |
|---|---|
| AbstractList | Objectives To determine the factors motivating the consumers towards self-medication, the intended indications and the consumers' perceptions about complications that may arise due to its use. Design Cross-sectional community based prospective study Place and duration of study Community pharmacies located at various locations of Hail, Saudi Arabia from January 2019 to March 2019. Methods The subjects of this cross-sectional study were people visiting community pharmacies for self-medication. Data on 663 participants was collected through a validated questionnaire prepared on the basis of WHO guidelines for the regulatory assessment of medicinal products for use in self-medication. Two trained data collectors visited the randomly selected community pharmacies, approached and interviewed the consumers purchasing medicines without prescriptions. Data was entered in SPSS and analyzed using descriptive and inferential analyses (alpha level = 0.05). Results Out of 663 respondents, 68.6% were university graduates; and 33.9% were healthcare professionals. Consumers preferred self-medication mainly for headache (85.8%), cold and sore throat (80.8%), cough (75.7%) and fever (71.8%) with the justification that these illnesses were minor (90.2%), time saving (82.2%), convenient (74.7%), quicker relief (66.1%), and economical (61.2%). Occupation was significantly associated with the reasons for preferring self-medication (p<0.001). Similarly, age, gender and education were also significantly associated with most of the reasons for opting self-medication. People were quite aware about harmful consequences of self-medication. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the respondents with lower education (AOR = 2.404 [95% CI: 1.579-3.661]), non-healthcare professionals (AOR = 1.712 [95% CI: 1.143-2.565]) and higher monthly income (AOR = 0.376 [95% CI: 0.236-0.599]) preferred self-medication (p <0.001, p = 0.009, p <0.001) respectively. Conclusion Self-medication was prevalent among young university graduate males for minor ailments mainly due to convenience and time saving. Despite people beliefs about the harmful consequences of self-medication, its use was omnipresent particularly among the respondents with lower education, non-healthcare professionals and people with higher monthly income. To determine the factors motivating the consumers towards self-medication, the intended indications and the consumers' perceptions about complications that may arise due to its use. Cross-sectional community based prospective study The subjects of this cross-sectional study were people visiting community pharmacies for self-medication. Data on 663 participants was collected through a validated questionnaire prepared on the basis of WHO guidelines for the regulatory assessment of medicinal products for use in self-medication. Two trained data collectors visited the randomly selected community pharmacies, approached and interviewed the consumers purchasing medicines without prescriptions. Data was entered in SPSS and analyzed using descriptive and inferential analyses (alpha level = 0.05). Out of 663 respondents, 68.6% were university graduates; and 33.9% were healthcare professionals. Consumers preferred self-medication mainly for headache (85.8%), cold and sore throat (80.8%), cough (75.7%) and fever (71.8%) with the justification that these illnesses were minor (90.2%), time saving (82.2%), convenient (74.7%), quicker relief (66.1%), and economical (61.2%). Occupation was significantly associated with the reasons for preferring self-medication (p<0.001). Similarly, age, gender and education were also significantly associated with most of the reasons for opting self-medication. People were quite aware about harmful consequences of self-medication. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the respondents with lower education (AOR = 2.404 [95% CI: 1.579-3.661]), non-healthcare professionals (AOR = 1.712 [95% CI: 1.143-2.565]) and higher monthly income (AOR = 0.376 [95% CI: 0.236-0.599]) preferred self-medication (p <0.001, p = 0.009, p <0.001) respectively. Self-medication was prevalent among young university graduate males for minor ailments mainly due to convenience and time saving. Despite people beliefs about the harmful consequences of self-medication, its use was omnipresent particularly among the respondents with lower education, non-healthcare professionals and people with higher monthly income. To determine the factors motivating the consumers towards self-medication, the intended indications and the consumers' perceptions about complications that may arise due to its use.OBJECTIVESTo determine the factors motivating the consumers towards self-medication, the intended indications and the consumers' perceptions about complications that may arise due to its use.Cross-sectional community based prospective study.DESIGNCross-sectional community based prospective study.Community pharmacies located at various locations of Hail, Saudi Arabia from January 2019 to March 2019.PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDYCommunity pharmacies located at various locations of Hail, Saudi Arabia from January 2019 to March 2019.The subjects of this cross-sectional study were people visiting community pharmacies for self-medication. Data on 663 participants was collected through a validated questionnaire prepared on the basis of WHO guidelines for the regulatory assessment of medicinal products for use in self-medication. Two trained data collectors visited the randomly selected community pharmacies, approached and interviewed the consumers purchasing medicines without prescriptions. Data was entered in SPSS and analyzed using descriptive and inferential analyses (alpha level = 0.05).METHODSThe subjects of this cross-sectional study were people visiting community pharmacies for self-medication. Data on 663 participants was collected through a validated questionnaire prepared on the basis of WHO guidelines for the regulatory assessment of medicinal products for use in self-medication. Two trained data collectors visited the randomly selected community pharmacies, approached and interviewed the consumers purchasing medicines without prescriptions. Data was entered in SPSS and analyzed using descriptive and inferential analyses (alpha level = 0.05).Out of 663 respondents, 68.6% were university graduates; and 33.9% were healthcare professionals. Consumers preferred self-medication mainly for headache (85.8%), cold and sore throat (80.8%), cough (75.7%) and fever (71.8%) with the justification that these illnesses were minor (90.2%), time saving (82.2%), convenient (74.7%), quicker relief (66.1%), and economical (61.2%). Occupation was significantly associated with the reasons for preferring self-medication (p<0.001). Similarly, age, gender and education were also significantly associated with most of the reasons for opting self-medication. People were quite aware about harmful consequences of self-medication. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the respondents with lower education (AOR = 2.404 [95% CI: 1.579-3.661]), non-healthcare professionals (AOR = 1.712 [95% CI: 1.143-2.565]) and higher monthly income (AOR = 0.376 [95% CI: 0.236-0.599]) preferred self-medication (p <0.001, p = 0.009, p <0.001) respectively.RESULTSOut of 663 respondents, 68.6% were university graduates; and 33.9% were healthcare professionals. Consumers preferred self-medication mainly for headache (85.8%), cold and sore throat (80.8%), cough (75.7%) and fever (71.8%) with the justification that these illnesses were minor (90.2%), time saving (82.2%), convenient (74.7%), quicker relief (66.1%), and economical (61.2%). Occupation was significantly associated with the reasons for preferring self-medication (p<0.001). Similarly, age, gender and education were also significantly associated with most of the reasons for opting self-medication. People were quite aware about harmful consequences of self-medication. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the respondents with lower education (AOR = 2.404 [95% CI: 1.579-3.661]), non-healthcare professionals (AOR = 1.712 [95% CI: 1.143-2.565]) and higher monthly income (AOR = 0.376 [95% CI: 0.236-0.599]) preferred self-medication (p <0.001, p = 0.009, p <0.001) respectively.Self-medication was prevalent among young university graduate males for minor ailments mainly due to convenience and time saving. Despite people beliefs about the harmful consequences of self-medication, its use was omnipresent particularly among the respondents with lower education, non-healthcare professionals and people with higher monthly income.CONCLUSIONSelf-medication was prevalent among young university graduate males for minor ailments mainly due to convenience and time saving. Despite people beliefs about the harmful consequences of self-medication, its use was omnipresent particularly among the respondents with lower education, non-healthcare professionals and people with higher monthly income. Objectives To determine the factors motivating the consumers towards self-medication, the intended indications and the consumers’ perceptions about complications that may arise due to its use. Design Cross-sectional community based prospective study Place and duration of study Community pharmacies located at various locations of Hail, Saudi Arabia from January 2019 to March 2019. Methods The subjects of this cross-sectional study were people visiting community pharmacies for self-medication. Data on 663 participants was collected through a validated questionnaire prepared on the basis of WHO guidelines for the regulatory assessment of medicinal products for use in self-medication. Two trained data collectors visited the randomly selected community pharmacies, approached and interviewed the consumers purchasing medicines without prescriptions. Data was entered in SPSS and analyzed using descriptive and inferential analyses (alpha level = 0.05). Results Out of 663 respondents, 68.6% were university graduates; and 33.9% were healthcare professionals. Consumers preferred self-medication mainly for headache (85.8%), cold and sore throat (80.8%), cough (75.7%) and fever (71.8%) with the justification that these illnesses were minor (90.2%), time saving (82.2%), convenient (74.7%), quicker relief (66.1%), and economical (61.2%). Occupation was significantly associated with the reasons for preferring self-medication (p<0.001). Similarly, age, gender and education were also significantly associated with most of the reasons for opting self-medication. People were quite aware about harmful consequences of self-medication. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the respondents with lower education (AOR = 2.404 [95% CI: 1.579–3.661]), non-healthcare professionals (AOR = 1.712 [95% CI: 1.143–2.565]) and higher monthly income (AOR = 0.376 [95% CI: 0.236–0.599]) preferred self-medication (p <0.001, p = 0.009, p <0.001) respectively. Conclusion Self-medication was prevalent among young university graduate males for minor ailments mainly due to convenience and time saving. Despite people beliefs about the harmful consequences of self-medication, its use was omnipresent particularly among the respondents with lower education, non-healthcare professionals and people with higher monthly income. To determine the factors motivating the consumers towards self-medication, the intended indications and the consumers' perceptions about complications that may arise due to its use. Cross-sectional community based prospective study. Community pharmacies located at various locations of Hail, Saudi Arabia from January 2019 to March 2019. The subjects of this cross-sectional study were people visiting community pharmacies for self-medication. Data on 663 participants was collected through a validated questionnaire prepared on the basis of WHO guidelines for the regulatory assessment of medicinal products for use in self-medication. Two trained data collectors visited the randomly selected community pharmacies, approached and interviewed the consumers purchasing medicines without prescriptions. Data was entered in SPSS and analyzed using descriptive and inferential analyses (alpha level = 0.05). Out of 663 respondents, 68.6% were university graduates; and 33.9% were healthcare professionals. Consumers preferred self-medication mainly for headache (85.8%), cold and sore throat (80.8%), cough (75.7%) and fever (71.8%) with the justification that these illnesses were minor (90.2%), time saving (82.2%), convenient (74.7%), quicker relief (66.1%), and economical (61.2%). Occupation was significantly associated with the reasons for preferring self-medication (p<0.001). Similarly, age, gender and education were also significantly associated with most of the reasons for opting self-medication. People were quite aware about harmful consequences of self-medication. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the respondents with lower education (AOR = 2.404 [95% CI: 1.579-3.661]), non-healthcare professionals (AOR = 1.712 [95% CI: 1.143-2.565]) and higher monthly income (AOR = 0.376 [95% CI: 0.236-0.599]) preferred self-medication (p <0.001, p = 0.009, p <0.001) respectively. Self-medication was prevalent among young university graduate males for minor ailments mainly due to convenience and time saving. Despite people beliefs about the harmful consequences of self-medication, its use was omnipresent particularly among the respondents with lower education, non-healthcare professionals and people with higher monthly income. |
| Audience | Academic |
| Author | Ansari, Mukhtar Moin, Afrasim Alanazi, Abdulrahman |
| AuthorAffiliation | University Lyon 1 Faculty of Dental Medicine, FRANCE 2 Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia 1 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia |
| AuthorAffiliation_xml | – name: 1 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia – name: University Lyon 1 Faculty of Dental Medicine, FRANCE – name: 2 Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia |
| Author_xml | – sequence: 1 givenname: Mukhtar orcidid: 0000-0002-5247-6356 surname: Ansari fullname: Ansari, Mukhtar – sequence: 2 givenname: Abdulrahman surname: Alanazi fullname: Alanazi, Abdulrahman – sequence: 3 givenname: Afrasim surname: Moin fullname: Moin, Afrasim |
| BackLink | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32343748$$D View this record in MEDLINE/PubMed |
| BookMark | eNqNk-1qFDEUhgep2A-9A9EBQRS6az52Mok_hLKoLRQKVv0bziZntimzk22S8eOft-HteSVmu9OyW4pIYBJOnvNmzss5-8VO5zssiqeUjCmv6ZtL34cO2vEyh8eE8bzYg2KPKs5GghG-s3HeLfZjvCSk4lKIR8Vuhie8nsi9Aqe-i_0CQ_zz63cJ3yFghzEelpCSS73FEjpbQozeOEhoywZM8iGWyWfWxjJi24wWaJ2B5HxXuq48BtcelufQW1ceBZg5eFw8bKCN-GTYD4ovH95_nh6PTs8-nkyPTkdGKJZGSkrJpWEzpZS0igAQiqwSlLEKQUiuLMOqoSDzB2c1s0wS5A0yJaSYKX5QPF_rLlsf9eBQ1IyrShBayRVxsiash0u9DG4B4af24PR1wIe5hpCcaVET2XAiq5ltGjnBqlZiogyRlJFa2MrWWevd8Fo_yw4Y7FKAdkt0-6ZzF3ruv-maSsmkyAKvBoHgr3qMSS9cNNi20KHvr_9bcFJXdZXRF3fQ-6sbqDnkAlzX-PyuWYnqI8EYo7kImqnxPVReFhfO5HZqXI5vJbzeSshMwh9pDn2M-uT80_-zZ1-32Zcb7AVCmy6ib_tVI8Vt8Nmm07cW3_RxBiZrwAQfY8DmFqFEr8blxi69Ghc9jEtOe3snzbh03cfZEdf-O_kvOD4aeA |
| CitedBy_id | crossref_primary_10_1177_00469580211005188 crossref_primary_10_1186_s12889_023_16490_1 crossref_primary_10_1515_ijamh_2024_0037 crossref_primary_10_1155_2022_9274610 crossref_primary_10_7759_cureus_28101 crossref_primary_10_1016_j_jsps_2022_05_010 crossref_primary_10_7759_cureus_40436 crossref_primary_10_1016_j_glohj_2025_02_005 crossref_primary_10_1371_journal_pone_0330706 crossref_primary_10_3389_fpubh_2022_954305 crossref_primary_10_4103_aihb_aihb_30_25 crossref_primary_10_7759_cureus_50810 crossref_primary_10_1016_j_rcsop_2025_100608 crossref_primary_10_3389_fpubh_2022_862301 crossref_primary_10_3390_healthcare11233040 crossref_primary_10_1016_j_identj_2025_100935 crossref_primary_10_1080_0965254X_2024_2380677 crossref_primary_10_7759_cureus_42282 crossref_primary_10_5812_ijhrba_127438 |
| Cites_doi | 10.4103/2045-080X.112985 10.4103/2045-080X.123228 10.3390/pharmacy5030051 10.2174/157488610792245966 10.1007/s00228-006-0107-1 10.1186/s40545-019-0165-2 10.15537/smj.2015.3.10523 10.4103/0970-0218.54933 10.1159/000084633 10.1007/s11096-008-9241-4 10.2165/00002018-200124140-00002 10.1159/000092989 10.22159/ijpps.2016v8i10.12748 10.26719/2011.17.5.409 10.1590/S0102-311X2004000600025 10.1155/2017/8680714 10.1007/s11096-007-9135-x 10.1186/1471-2296-3-17 10.1016/j.jsps.2013.02.004 10.4103/2229-3485.124569 10.1016/j.jiph.2016.09.016 10.1371/journal.pone.0097464 10.4103/2045-080X.142049 10.1016/S2221-6189(14)60056-1 10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_46_17 10.3390/ijerph15010068 10.5001/omj.2010.25 10.4236/pp.2015.69044 |
| ContentType | Journal Article |
| Copyright | COPYRIGHT 2020 Public Library of Science 2020 Ansari et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. 2020 Ansari et al 2020 Ansari et al |
| Copyright_xml | – notice: COPYRIGHT 2020 Public Library of Science – notice: 2020 Ansari et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. – notice: 2020 Ansari et al 2020 Ansari et al |
| DBID | AAYXX CITATION NPM IOV ISR 3V. 7QG 7QL 7QO 7RV 7SN 7SS 7T5 7TG 7TM 7U9 7X2 7X7 7XB 88E 8AO 8C1 8FD 8FE 8FG 8FH 8FI 8FJ 8FK ABJCF ABUWG AEUYN AFKRA ARAPS ATCPS AZQEC BBNVY BENPR BGLVJ BHPHI C1K CCPQU D1I DWQXO FR3 FYUFA GHDGH GNUQQ H94 HCIFZ K9. KB. KB0 KL. L6V LK8 M0K M0S M1P M7N M7P M7S NAPCQ P5Z P62 P64 PATMY PDBOC PHGZM PHGZT PIMPY PJZUB PKEHL PPXIY PQEST PQGLB PQQKQ PQUKI PTHSS PYCSY RC3 7X8 5PM DOA |
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0232322 |
| DatabaseName | CrossRef PubMed Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints Gale In Context: Science ProQuest Central (Corporate) Animal Behavior Abstracts Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B) Biotechnology Research Abstracts Nursing & Allied Health Database Ecology Abstracts Entomology Abstracts (Full archive) Immunology Abstracts Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts Nucleic Acids Abstracts Virology and AIDS Abstracts Agricultural Science Collection ProQuest_Health & Medical Collection ProQuest Central (purchase pre-March 2016) Medical Database (Alumni Edition) ProQuest Pharma Collection Public Health Database Technology Research Database ProQuest SciTech Collection ProQuest Technology Collection ProQuest Natural Science Collection Hospital Premium Collection Hospital Premium Collection (Alumni Edition) ProQuest Central (Alumni) (purchase pre-March 2016) Materials Science & Engineering Collection ProQuest Central (Alumni) ProQuest One Sustainability ProQuest Central UK/Ireland Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database (1962 - current) Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection ProQuest Central Essentials - QC Biological Science Collection ProQuest Central Technology Collection Natural Science Collection Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management ProQuest One Community College ProQuest Materials Science Collection ProQuest Central Engineering Research Database ProQuest Health & Medical Collection Health Research Premium Collection (Alumni) ProQuest Central Student AIDS and Cancer Research Abstracts SciTech Premium Collection ProQuest Health & Medical Complete (Alumni) Materials Science Database Nursing & Allied Health Database (Alumni Edition) Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts - Academic ProQuest Engineering Collection Biological Sciences Agricultural Science Database ProQuest Health & Medical Collection PML(ProQuest Medical Library) Algology Mycology and Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C) Biological Science Database Engineering Database Nursing & Allied Health Premium ProQuest advanced technologies & aerospace journals ProQuest Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Collection Biotechnology and BioEngineering Abstracts Environmental Science Database Materials Science Collection ProQuest Central Premium ProQuest One Academic (New) Publicly Available Content Database ProQuest Health & Medical Research Collection ProQuest One Academic Middle East (New) ProQuest One Health & Nursing ProQuest One Academic Eastern Edition (DO NOT USE) ProQuest One Applied & Life Sciences ProQuest One Academic (retired) ProQuest One Academic UKI Edition Engineering Collection Environmental Science Collection Genetics Abstracts MEDLINE - Academic PubMed Central (Full Participant titles) DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals |
| DatabaseTitle | CrossRef PubMed Agricultural Science Database Publicly Available Content Database ProQuest Central Student ProQuest Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Collection ProQuest Central Essentials Nucleic Acids Abstracts SciTech Premium Collection Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management ProQuest One Applied & Life Sciences ProQuest One Sustainability Health Research Premium Collection Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts Natural Science Collection Health & Medical Research Collection Biological Science Collection ProQuest Central (New) ProQuest Medical Library (Alumni) Engineering Collection Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Collection Engineering Database Virology and AIDS Abstracts ProQuest Biological Science Collection ProQuest One Academic Eastern Edition Agricultural Science Collection ProQuest Hospital Collection ProQuest Technology Collection Health Research Premium Collection (Alumni) Biological Science Database Ecology Abstracts ProQuest Hospital Collection (Alumni) Biotechnology and BioEngineering Abstracts Environmental Science Collection Entomology Abstracts Nursing & Allied Health Premium ProQuest Health & Medical Complete ProQuest One Academic UKI Edition Environmental Science Database ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source (Alumni) Engineering Research Database ProQuest One Academic Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts - Academic ProQuest One Academic (New) Technology Collection Technology Research Database ProQuest One Academic Middle East (New) Materials Science Collection ProQuest Health & Medical Complete (Alumni) ProQuest Central (Alumni Edition) ProQuest One Community College ProQuest One Health & Nursing ProQuest Natural Science Collection ProQuest Pharma Collection ProQuest Central ProQuest Health & Medical Research Collection Genetics Abstracts ProQuest Engineering Collection Biotechnology Research Abstracts Health and Medicine Complete (Alumni Edition) ProQuest Central Korea Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B) Algology Mycology and Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C) Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection AIDS and Cancer Research Abstracts Materials Science Database ProQuest Materials Science Collection ProQuest Public Health ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source ProQuest SciTech Collection Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database ProQuest Medical Library Animal Behavior Abstracts Materials Science & Engineering Collection Immunology Abstracts ProQuest Central (Alumni) MEDLINE - Academic |
| DatabaseTitleList | MEDLINE - Academic PubMed Agricultural Science Database |
| Database_xml | – sequence: 1 dbid: DOA name: DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals url: https://www.doaj.org/ sourceTypes: Open Website – sequence: 2 dbid: NPM name: PubMed url: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed sourceTypes: Index Database – sequence: 3 dbid: PIMPY name: ProQuest Publicly Available Content url: http://search.proquest.com/publiccontent sourceTypes: Aggregation Database |
| DeliveryMethod | fulltext_linktorsrc |
| Discipline | Sciences (General) Education |
| DocumentTitleAlternate | Consumers’ behavior about self-medication |
| EISSN | 1932-6203 |
| ExternalDocumentID | 2395601589 oai_doaj_org_article_08f3085bdff84e579649c0812076d5d7 PMC7188286 A622217961 32343748 10_1371_journal_pone_0232322 |
| Genre | Journal Article |
| GeographicLocations | Saudi Arabia |
| GeographicLocations_xml | – name: Saudi Arabia |
| GrantInformation_xml | – fundername: ; grantid: 160873 |
| GroupedDBID | --- 123 29O 2WC 53G 5VS 7RV 7X2 7X7 7XC 88E 8AO 8C1 8CJ 8FE 8FG 8FH 8FI 8FJ A8Z AAFWJ AAUCC AAWOE AAYXX ABDBF ABIVO ABJCF ABUWG ACCTH ACGFO ACIHN ACIWK ACPRK ACUHS ADBBV AEAQA AENEX AEUYN AFFHD AFKRA AFPKN AFRAH AHMBA ALMA_UNASSIGNED_HOLDINGS AOIJS APEBS ARAPS ATCPS BAIFH BAWUL BBNVY BBTPI BCNDV BENPR BGLVJ BHPHI BKEYQ BPHCQ BVXVI BWKFM CCPQU CITATION CS3 D1I D1J D1K DIK DU5 E3Z EAP EAS EBD EMOBN ESX EX3 F5P FPL FYUFA GROUPED_DOAJ GX1 HCIFZ HH5 HMCUK HYE IAO IEA IGS IHR IHW INH INR IOV IPY ISE ISR ITC K6- KB. KQ8 L6V LK5 LK8 M0K M1P M48 M7P M7R M7S M~E NAPCQ O5R O5S OK1 OVT P2P P62 PATMY PDBOC PHGZM PHGZT PIMPY PJZUB PPXIY PQGLB PQQKQ PROAC PSQYO PTHSS PV9 PYCSY RNS RPM RZL SV3 TR2 UKHRP WOQ WOW ~02 ~KM 3V. ADRAZ ALIPV BBORY IPNFZ NPM RIG 7QG 7QL 7QO 7SN 7SS 7T5 7TG 7TM 7U9 7XB 8FD 8FK AZQEC C1K DWQXO ESTFP FR3 GNUQQ H94 K9. KL. M7N P64 PKEHL PQEST PQUKI RC3 7X8 5PM AAPBV ABPTK N95 |
| ID | FETCH-LOGICAL-c692t-988838c2b9998d90aa01e2561225ea6839d2e5f1a85f1eb72d280e3fe29686b93 |
| IEDL.DBID | P5Z |
| ISICitedReferencesCount | 20 |
| ISICitedReferencesURI | http://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=Summon&SrcAuth=ProQuest&DestLinkType=CitingArticles&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=000536661300052&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcvtisr.summon.serialssolutions.com%2F%23%21%2Fsearch%3Fho%3Df%26include.ft.matches%3Dt%26l%3Dnull%26q%3D |
| ISSN | 1932-6203 |
| IngestDate | Sun Jul 02 11:03:44 EDT 2023 Fri Oct 03 12:45:57 EDT 2025 Tue Nov 04 01:56:49 EST 2025 Sun Nov 09 11:09:01 EST 2025 Tue Oct 07 07:56:38 EDT 2025 Sat Nov 29 13:26:16 EST 2025 Sat Nov 29 09:55:41 EST 2025 Wed Nov 26 10:38:29 EST 2025 Wed Nov 26 09:51:42 EST 2025 Thu May 22 21:21:45 EDT 2025 Wed Feb 19 02:30:22 EST 2025 Tue Nov 18 22:17:43 EST 2025 Sat Nov 29 05:58:07 EST 2025 |
| IsDoiOpenAccess | true |
| IsOpenAccess | true |
| IsPeerReviewed | true |
| IsScholarly | true |
| Issue | 4 |
| Language | English |
| License | This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Creative Commons Attribution License |
| LinkModel | DirectLink |
| MergedId | FETCHMERGED-LOGICAL-c692t-988838c2b9998d90aa01e2561225ea6839d2e5f1a85f1eb72d280e3fe29686b93 |
| Notes | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 content type line 23 Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5247-6356 |
| OpenAccessLink | https://www.proquest.com/docview/2395601589?pq-origsite=%requestingapplication% |
| PMID | 32343748 |
| PQID | 2395601589 |
| PQPubID | 1436336 |
| PageCount | e0232322 |
| ParticipantIDs | plos_journals_2395601589 doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_08f3085bdff84e579649c0812076d5d7 pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7188286 proquest_miscellaneous_2396307575 proquest_journals_2395601589 gale_infotracmisc_A622217961 gale_infotracacademiconefile_A622217961 gale_incontextgauss_ISR_A622217961 gale_incontextgauss_IOV_A622217961 gale_healthsolutions_A622217961 pubmed_primary_32343748 crossref_primary_10_1371_journal_pone_0232322 crossref_citationtrail_10_1371_journal_pone_0232322 |
| PublicationCentury | 2000 |
| PublicationDate | 2020-04-28 |
| PublicationDateYYYYMMDD | 2020-04-28 |
| PublicationDate_xml | – month: 04 year: 2020 text: 2020-04-28 day: 28 |
| PublicationDecade | 2020 |
| PublicationPlace | United States |
| PublicationPlace_xml | – name: United States – name: San Francisco – name: San Francisco, CA USA |
| PublicationTitle | PloS one |
| PublicationTitleAlternate | PLoS One |
| PublicationYear | 2020 |
| Publisher | Public Library of Science Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
| Publisher_xml | – name: Public Library of Science – name: Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
| References | MJ Hamel (pone.0232322.ref026) 2001; 79 H Aljadhey (pone.0232322.ref018) 2015; 36 AI Loyola Filho (pone.0232322.ref004) 2004; 20 SB Sridhar (pone.0232322.ref028) 2018; 8 pone.0232322.ref019 A-M Jassim (pone.0232322.ref030) 2010; 25 HA Clavijo (pone.0232322.ref006) 1995; 16 D George (pone.0232322.ref023) 2003 M Al-Flaiti (pone.0232322.ref031) 2014; 3 SS Keshari (pone.0232322.ref002) 2014; 25 E Abahussain (pone.0232322.ref012) 2005; 14 SI Sharif (pone.0232322.ref032) 2015; 6 AK Suleiman (pone.0232322.ref015) 2013; 4 K Selvaraj (pone.0232322.ref036) 2014; 5 A Eldalo (pone.0232322.ref009) 2013; 4 MS Saeed (pone.0232322.ref011) 2014; 5 FA Albusalih (pone.0232322.ref017) 2017; 5 X Lei (pone.0232322.ref029) 2018; 15 DA Gelayee (pone.0232322.ref039) 2017; 2017 T Eticha (pone.0232322.ref033) 2014; 9 AM Yousef (pone.0232322.ref024) 2008; 30 M Karimy (pone.0232322.ref040) 2019; 19 VD Phalke (pone.0232322.ref008) 2006; 2 pone.0232322.ref027 CM Hughes (pone.0232322.ref005) 2001; 24 pone.0232322.ref001 pone.0232322.ref021 pone.0232322.ref022 ME Ruiz (pone.0232322.ref007) 2010; 5 AI Awad (pone.0232322.ref025) 2006; 62 pone.0232322.ref041 pone.0232322.ref020 K Fuentes Albarrán (pone.0232322.ref003) 2008; 30 PR Shankar (pone.0232322.ref034) 2002; 3 ZZ Araia (pone.0232322.ref035) 2019; 12 H Almalak (pone.0232322.ref016) 2014; 22 S Bin Nafisah (pone.0232322.ref038) 2017; 10 SA Alghanim (pone.0232322.ref010) 2011; 17 AR Alnemri (pone.0232322.ref037) 2016; 20 H James (pone.0232322.ref014) 2006; 15 SM Albawani (pone.0232322.ref013) 2016; 8 |
| References_xml | – volume: 4 start-page: 57 issue: 2 year: 2013 ident: pone.0232322.ref009 article-title: Saudi parent's attitude and practice about self-medicating their children publication-title: Archives of Pharmacy Practice doi: 10.4103/2045-080X.112985 – volume: 4 start-page: 180 issue: 4 year: 2013 ident: pone.0232322.ref015 article-title: Self‑medication and the advisory role of pharmacists in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia publication-title: Archives of Pharmacy Practice doi: 10.4103/2045-080X.123228 – volume: 5 start-page: 51 issue: 3 year: 2017 ident: pone.0232322.ref017 article-title: Prevalence of Self-Medication among Students of Pharmacy and Medicine Colleges of a Public Sector University in Dammam City, Saudi Arabia publication-title: Pharmacy (Basel) doi: 10.3390/pharmacy5030051 – volume: 19 start-page: 1033 issue: 1 year: 2019 ident: pone.0232322.ref040 publication-title: Risk factors associated with self-medication among women in Iran – volume: 5 start-page: 315 issue: 4 year: 2010 ident: pone.0232322.ref007 article-title: Risks of self-medication practices publication-title: Curr Drug Saf doi: 10.2174/157488610792245966 – ident: pone.0232322.ref041 – ident: pone.0232322.ref027 – volume: 62 start-page: 317 issue: 4 year: 2006 ident: pone.0232322.ref025 article-title: Self-medication practices in Khartoum State, Sudan publication-title: Eur J Clin Pharmacol doi: 10.1007/s00228-006-0107-1 – volume: 79 start-page: 1014 issue: 11 year: 2001 ident: pone.0232322.ref026 article-title: Malaria control in Bungoma District, Kenya: a survey of home treatment of children with fever, bednet use and attendance at antenatal clinics publication-title: Bull World Health Organ – volume: 12 start-page: 3 issue: 1 year: 2019 ident: pone.0232322.ref035 article-title: Self medication practice and associated factors among students of Asmara College of Health Sciences, Eritrea: a cross sectional study publication-title: Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice doi: 10.1186/s40545-019-0165-2 – volume: 36 start-page: 328 issue: 3 year: 2015 ident: pone.0232322.ref018 article-title: Self-medication in Central Saudi Arabia. Community pharmacy consumers' perspectives publication-title: Saudi medical journal doi: 10.15537/smj.2015.3.10523 – ident: pone.0232322.ref001 – ident: pone.0232322.ref022 – ident: pone.0232322.ref020 – volume: 20 start-page: 169 issue: 2 year: 2016 ident: pone.0232322.ref037 article-title: Misuse of antibiotic: A systemic review of saudi published studies publication-title: Current Pediatric Research – volume: 2 start-page: 34 issue: 31 year: 2006 ident: pone.0232322.ref008 article-title: Self-medication practices in rural Maharashtra publication-title: Indian J Community Med doi: 10.4103/0970-0218.54933 – volume: 14 start-page: 161 issue: 3 year: 2005 ident: pone.0232322.ref012 article-title: Self-reported medication use among adolescents in Kuwait publication-title: Med Princ Pract doi: 10.1159/000084633 – volume: 30 start-page: 863 issue: 6 year: 2008 ident: pone.0232322.ref003 article-title: Analysis and quantification of self-medication patterns of customers in community pharmacies in southern Chile publication-title: Pharmacy World & Science doi: 10.1007/s11096-008-9241-4 – ident: pone.0232322.ref019 – volume: 24 start-page: 1027 issue: 14 year: 2001 ident: pone.0232322.ref005 article-title: Benefits and risks of self medication publication-title: Drug Saf doi: 10.2165/00002018-200124140-00002 – volume: 15 start-page: 270 issue: 4 year: 2006 ident: pone.0232322.ref014 article-title: Evaluation of the knowledge, attitude and practice of self-medication among first-year medical students publication-title: Med Princ Pract doi: 10.1159/000092989 – volume-title: SPSS for Windows step by step: A simple guide and reference. 11.0 update year: 2003 ident: pone.0232322.ref023 – volume: 8 start-page: 119 issue: 10 year: 2016 ident: pone.0232322.ref013 article-title: Self medication practice among consumers in Sana'a city publication-title: International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences doi: 10.22159/ijpps.2016v8i10.12748 – volume: 17 start-page: 409 issue: 5 year: 2011 ident: pone.0232322.ref010 article-title: Self-medication practice among patients in a public health care system publication-title: East Mediterr Health J doi: 10.26719/2011.17.5.409 – volume: 20 start-page: 1661 issue: 6 year: 2004 ident: pone.0232322.ref004 article-title: Bambui Project: a qualitative approach to self-medication publication-title: Cad Saude Publica doi: 10.1590/S0102-311X2004000600025 – volume: 2017 start-page: 5 year: 2017 ident: pone.0232322.ref039 article-title: Self-Medication Pattern among Social Science University Students in Northwest Ethiopia publication-title: Journal of Pharmaceutics doi: 10.1155/2017/8680714 – volume: 30 start-page: 24 issue: 1 year: 2008 ident: pone.0232322.ref024 article-title: Self-medication patterns in Amman, Jordan publication-title: Pharm World Sci doi: 10.1007/s11096-007-9135-x – volume: 16 start-page: 403 issue: 4 year: 1995 ident: pone.0232322.ref006 article-title: Self-medication during pregnancy publication-title: World Health Forum – volume: 25 start-page: 636 issue: 7 year: 2014 ident: pone.0232322.ref002 article-title: Prevalence and pattern of self-medication practices in rural area of Barabanki publication-title: Indian Journal of Clinical Practice – volume: 3 start-page: 17 year: 2002 ident: pone.0232322.ref034 article-title: Self-medication and non-doctor prescription practices in Pokhara valley, Western Nepal: a questionnaire-based study publication-title: BMC Fam Pract doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-3-17 – volume: 22 start-page: 107 issue: 2 year: 2014 ident: pone.0232322.ref016 article-title: Students' attitude toward use of over the counter medicines during exams in Saudi Arabia publication-title: Saudi Pharm J doi: 10.1016/j.jsps.2013.02.004 – volume: 5 start-page: 32 issue: 1 year: 2014 ident: pone.0232322.ref036 article-title: Prevalence of self-medication practices and its associated factors in Urban Puducherry, India publication-title: Perspectives in Clinical Research doi: 10.4103/2229-3485.124569 – volume: 10 start-page: 522 issue: 5 year: 2017 ident: pone.0232322.ref038 article-title: Over-the-counter antibiotics in Saudi Arabia, an urgent call for policy makers publication-title: Journal of Infection and Public Health doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2016.09.016 – volume: 9 start-page: e97464 issue: 5 year: 2014 ident: pone.0232322.ref033 article-title: Self-medication practices in Mekelle, Ethiopia publication-title: PloS one doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097464 – volume: 5 start-page: 149 issue: 4 year: 2014 ident: pone.0232322.ref011 article-title: Perception of self-medication among university students in Saudi Arabia publication-title: Archives of Pharmacy Practice doi: 10.4103/2045-080X.142049 – ident: pone.0232322.ref021 – volume: 3 start-page: 249 issue: 3 year: 2014 ident: pone.0232322.ref031 article-title: Evaluation of self-medication practices in acute diseases among university students in Oman publication-title: Journal of Acute Disease doi: 10.1016/S2221-6189(14)60056-1 – volume: 8 start-page: 3 issue: 1 year: 2018 ident: pone.0232322.ref028 article-title: Assessment of Nature, Reasons, and Consequences of Self-medication Practice among General Population of Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE publication-title: Int J Appl Basic Med Res doi: 10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_46_17 – volume: 15 start-page: 68 issue: 1 year: 2018 ident: pone.0232322.ref029 article-title: Self-Medication Practice and Associated Factors among Residents in Wuhan, China publication-title: International journal of environmental research and public health doi: 10.3390/ijerph15010068 – volume: 25 start-page: 79 year: 2010 ident: pone.0232322.ref030 article-title: In-home drug storage and self-medication with antimicrobial drugs in Basrah, Iraq publication-title: OMJ doi: 10.5001/omj.2010.25 – volume: 6 start-page: 428 year: 2015 ident: pone.0232322.ref032 article-title: Self-Medication Practice among Pharmacists in UAE publication-title: Pharmacology & Pharmacy doi: 10.4236/pp.2015.69044 |
| SSID | ssj0053866 |
| Score | 2.4444957 |
| Snippet | To determine the factors motivating the consumers towards self-medication, the intended indications and the consumers' perceptions about complications that may... Objectives To determine the factors motivating the consumers towards self-medication, the intended indications and the consumers' perceptions about... Objectives To determine the factors motivating the consumers towards self-medication, the intended indications and the consumers’ perceptions about... OBJECTIVES:To determine the factors motivating the consumers towards self-medication, the intended indications and the consumers' perceptions about... Objectives To determine the factors motivating the consumers towards self-medication, the intended indications and the consumers’ perceptions about... |
| SourceID | plos doaj pubmedcentral proquest gale pubmed crossref |
| SourceType | Open Website Open Access Repository Aggregation Database Index Database Enrichment Source |
| StartPage | e0232322 |
| SubjectTerms | Age Antibiotics Arabic language Biology and Life Sciences College graduates Complications Consumer behavior Consumer preferences Consumer research Consumers Cough Data collection Diseases Drug self-administration Drugs Drugstores Education Fever Gender Graduates Hail Headache Health care Health facilities Income Medical personnel Medicine and Health Sciences People and places Pharmacy Pharyngitis Pharynx Physical Sciences Questionnaires Regression analysis Research and Analysis Methods Self care (Health) Self-medication Sore throat Studies Time |
| SummonAdditionalLinks | – databaseName: DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals dbid: DOA link: http://cvtisr.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwrV3da9RAEF_k8MEXsX41etVVhCo0bbL52n2sxVJBqlgtfVt2s7s1cOSOJmf_fWc2e6GRQn2Qg3u4mTuS-dqZy8xvCHmnhalMpZIYqCzOlctiDXk7lCo4BZmmQntIofMv1ekpv7gQ326s-sKesAEeeBDcQcJdBmmBNs7x3PrJSVHDOcagADeF8XPkkPVsiqkhBoMXl2UYlMuq9CDoZX-1bO0-nFLwYpODyOP1j1F5tlosu9tSzr87J28cRcePyMOQQ9LD4dq3yD3bPiZbwUs7-j5ASX94QuqjMGHZ7VJ1jXNfENj2qOqxQcBYqlpDVVCQNTQs36G976XtaGcXLvZP373-aNPSE9Us9uiZWpsGLkDpRj0lP48__Tg6icNahbguBetjAUVvxmumITfkRiRKJalluCWTFVaVkDEZZguXKg5vVlfMMJ7YzFkmSl5qkT0jsxYEuU1oYREvjtclYzrXUO0qIGsmLORFznIRkWwjY1kHzHFcfbGQ_kFaBbXHIDKJmpFBMxGJx2-tBsyNO_g_ovpGXkTM9h-AHclgR_IuO4rIa1S-HMZPR7-Xh3BvULaJMo3IW8-BqBkttuVcqnXXyc9fz_-B6ez7hGk3MLkliKNWYRQC7gnRuCac8wkn-H49IW-jqW6k0kmWYb2bFij6-cZ8bye_Gcn4o9hq19rl2vOUEPghjY_I88HaR8mCuHPEK4pINfGDieinlLb55UHLIQdCxIIX_0NXL8kDhn97JHnM-JzM-qu13SH3699901298pHgD-uYYSg priority: 102 providerName: Directory of Open Access Journals – databaseName: Public Library of Science (PLoS) Journals Open Access dbid: FPL link: http://cvtisr.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwlV3NbtQwELbQwoEL0PLTwAIGIQFSUxIncexjqVgVqSoVhaq3yI6dEmmVXTVZuPIavB5PwozjDaRqBWilHHYmWeezPZ5Zz3wm5IWWJje5ikKQsjBVVRJq8NshVMEqyDiW2lEKnRzkh4fi9FQe_Q4UL-zgJ3n8xmO6s1w0dgdWGPiAyb3OEs4xhWt2dLC2vDB3OfflcVfdOVp-HEv_YIsny_mivczRvJgv-ccCNLv9v02_Q255V5Pu9mNjg1yzzSae0uwzOjbJhp_YLX3l2adf3yV2zxdltj-__6DqGxaLgTXcpqrDrAJjqWoMVb5XraH-xB7auQTclrZ2XoVuy979DK0buq_q-TY9VitTQ3OUrtU98nn27tPefujPYghLLlkXSoiUE1EyDQ6lMDJSKootw6M1WWYVBzfLMJtVsRJwsTpnhonIJpVlkguuZXKfTBqAYYvQzCLJnCg5YzrVECIrEGsmLThTlRUyIMm6i4rSE5XjeRnzwu2-5RCw9AAWiGvhcQ1IONy17Ik6_qL_Fnt_0EWabfcFdGDhZ20RiSoBn1SbqhKpdWW7sgQnikU5N5nJA_IUx07R16wOxqLYhXeDWE_yOCDPnQZSbTSYy3OmVm1bvP9w8g9Kxx9HSi-9UrUAOErl6yfgnZDCa6Q5HWmCwShH4i0c6WtU2oIlGCTHGUI_XY_-y8XPBjE-FPPzGrtYOR0OqwX4_gF50E-WAVmAO0WSo4Dko2k0gn4saeovjukcHCekOXh4dYsfkZsM_wGJ0pCJKZl05yv7mNwov3Z1e_7EmYdfHPVj7Q priority: 102 providerName: Public Library of Science |
| Title | Consumers’ awareness, attitude and associated factors towards self-medication in Hail, Saudi Arabia |
| URI | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32343748 https://www.proquest.com/docview/2395601589 https://www.proquest.com/docview/2396307575 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PMC7188286 https://doaj.org/article/08f3085bdff84e579649c0812076d5d7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232322 |
| Volume | 15 |
| WOSCitedRecordID | wos000536661300052&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcvtisr.summon.serialssolutions.com%2F%23%21%2Fsearch%3Fho%3Df%26include.ft.matches%3Dt%26l%3Dnull%26q%3D |
| hasFullText | 1 |
| inHoldings | 1 |
| isFullTextHit | |
| isPrint | |
| journalDatabaseRights | – providerCode: PRVAON databaseName: DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals customDbUrl: eissn: 1932-6203 dateEnd: 99991231 omitProxy: false ssIdentifier: ssj0053866 issn: 1932-6203 databaseCode: DOA dateStart: 20060101 isFulltext: true titleUrlDefault: https://www.doaj.org/ providerName: Directory of Open Access Journals – providerCode: PRVHPJ databaseName: ROAD: Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources customDbUrl: eissn: 1932-6203 dateEnd: 99991231 omitProxy: false ssIdentifier: ssj0053866 issn: 1932-6203 databaseCode: M~E dateStart: 20060101 isFulltext: true titleUrlDefault: https://road.issn.org providerName: ISSN International Centre – providerCode: PRVPQU databaseName: Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database customDbUrl: eissn: 1932-6203 dateEnd: 99991231 omitProxy: false ssIdentifier: ssj0053866 issn: 1932-6203 databaseCode: P5Z dateStart: 20061201 isFulltext: true titleUrlDefault: https://search.proquest.com/hightechjournals providerName: ProQuest – providerCode: PRVPQU databaseName: Agriculture Science Database customDbUrl: eissn: 1932-6203 dateEnd: 99991231 omitProxy: false ssIdentifier: ssj0053866 issn: 1932-6203 databaseCode: M0K dateStart: 20061201 isFulltext: true titleUrlDefault: https://search.proquest.com/agriculturejournals providerName: ProQuest – providerCode: PRVPQU databaseName: Biological Science Database customDbUrl: eissn: 1932-6203 dateEnd: 99991231 omitProxy: false ssIdentifier: ssj0053866 issn: 1932-6203 databaseCode: M7P dateStart: 20061201 isFulltext: true titleUrlDefault: http://search.proquest.com/biologicalscijournals providerName: ProQuest – providerCode: PRVPQU databaseName: Engineering Database customDbUrl: eissn: 1932-6203 dateEnd: 99991231 omitProxy: false ssIdentifier: ssj0053866 issn: 1932-6203 databaseCode: M7S dateStart: 20061201 isFulltext: true titleUrlDefault: http://search.proquest.com providerName: ProQuest – providerCode: PRVPQU databaseName: Environmental Science Database customDbUrl: eissn: 1932-6203 dateEnd: 99991231 omitProxy: false ssIdentifier: ssj0053866 issn: 1932-6203 databaseCode: PATMY dateStart: 20061201 isFulltext: true titleUrlDefault: http://search.proquest.com/environmentalscience providerName: ProQuest – providerCode: PRVPQU databaseName: Health & Medical Collection customDbUrl: eissn: 1932-6203 dateEnd: 99991231 omitProxy: false ssIdentifier: ssj0053866 issn: 1932-6203 databaseCode: 7X7 dateStart: 20061201 isFulltext: true titleUrlDefault: https://search.proquest.com/healthcomplete providerName: ProQuest – providerCode: PRVPQU databaseName: Materials Science Database customDbUrl: eissn: 1932-6203 dateEnd: 99991231 omitProxy: false ssIdentifier: ssj0053866 issn: 1932-6203 databaseCode: KB. dateStart: 20061201 isFulltext: true titleUrlDefault: http://search.proquest.com/materialsscijournals providerName: ProQuest – providerCode: PRVPQU databaseName: Nursing & Allied Health Database customDbUrl: eissn: 1932-6203 dateEnd: 99991231 omitProxy: false ssIdentifier: ssj0053866 issn: 1932-6203 databaseCode: 7RV dateStart: 20061201 isFulltext: true titleUrlDefault: https://search.proquest.com/nahs providerName: ProQuest – providerCode: PRVPQU databaseName: ProQuest Central customDbUrl: eissn: 1932-6203 dateEnd: 99991231 omitProxy: false ssIdentifier: ssj0053866 issn: 1932-6203 databaseCode: BENPR dateStart: 20061201 isFulltext: true titleUrlDefault: https://www.proquest.com/central providerName: ProQuest – providerCode: PRVPQU databaseName: ProQuest Publicly Available Content customDbUrl: eissn: 1932-6203 dateEnd: 99991231 omitProxy: false ssIdentifier: ssj0053866 issn: 1932-6203 databaseCode: PIMPY dateStart: 20061201 isFulltext: true titleUrlDefault: http://search.proquest.com/publiccontent providerName: ProQuest – providerCode: PRVPQU databaseName: Public Health Database customDbUrl: eissn: 1932-6203 dateEnd: 99991231 omitProxy: false ssIdentifier: ssj0053866 issn: 1932-6203 databaseCode: 8C1 dateStart: 20061201 isFulltext: true titleUrlDefault: https://search.proquest.com/publichealth providerName: ProQuest – providerCode: PRVATS databaseName: Public Library of Science (PLoS) Journals Open Access customDbUrl: eissn: 1932-6203 dateEnd: 99991231 omitProxy: false ssIdentifier: ssj0053866 issn: 1932-6203 databaseCode: FPL dateStart: 20060101 isFulltext: true titleUrlDefault: http://www.plos.org/publications/ providerName: Public Library of Science |
| link | http://cvtisr.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwpV1fb9MwELdYxwMvwMafFUYxCAmQli5xmsR-Qmu1atO2ErVQdbxETuyMSlVamhZe-Rp8PT4Jd65bCJoACVW6h96ljf-d7-y73xHyIhUqUpF0HeAypyVz30nBbgdXBbMgPU-kBlJoeB71enw0ErE9cCttWOVaJxpFraYZnpEfMh8teS_g4s3sk4NVo_B21ZbQ2CLbiJKACzMOPqw1MazlMLTpcn7kHdrRac6mhW7CXgUfVtmODGr_RjfXZpNpeZ3h-Xv85C8bUvfO_zblLrltTVF6tJo7O-SGLnaxirON-NglO3bhl_SVRad-fY_ojk3aLL9__UblF0wmA215QOUCow6UprJQVNpR14raij50YQJ0S1rqSe6YK33zN3Rc0BM5nhzQgVyqMbyOTMfyPnnfPX7XOXFsrQYnCwVbOAI8aZ9nLAWDkyvhSul6mmHpTRZoGYIZppgOck9yIDqNmGLc1X6umQh5mAr_AakVMC57hAYaQeh4FjKWtlJwoSWwUyY0GFu55qJO_PWQJZkFMsd6GpPE3M5F4NCsOjDBgU7sQNeJs3lqtgLy-It8G2fDRhZhuM0X0_lVYld14vLcB5s1VXnOW9qk9YoMjCzmRqEKVFQnT3EuJauc1o0ySY6gbeALitCrk-dGAqE4Coz1uZLLskxO3w7_QWjQrwi9tEL5FLojkza_AtqEEF8Vyf2KJCiUrMLew5m_7pUy-Tlf4cn1jL6e_WzDxh_F-L1CT5dGJoTdBHyDOnm4WjybnoXubiEIUp1ElWVV6foqpxh_NEjoYFghDMKjP7_WY3KL4SmJ23IY3ye1xXypn5Cb2efFuJw3yFbUHyIdRYZyoLzjNch2-7gX9xvmlAZoNz4HetZuAr1wz5BGsaGDhlE78ER8ehFf_gAoFoJj |
| linkProvider | ProQuest |
| linkToHtml | http://cvtisr.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMw1V3NbtNAEF5VAQkuQMtPDYUuCASV6tZeJ_buAaFSqFI1BERLlZtZe9fFUmSHOKHixmvwEjwUT8LMZm0wqoBLDyhSDplxYk_m1575hpCHiVCRiqTnApW5XZkFbgJ5O5QqOAXp-yIxkELHg2g45KOReLNEvtWzMNhWWftE46hVmeI98m0WYCbv97h4Nvno4tYofLpar9BYqMWB_nwKJVv1dP8F_L-PGNt7ebTbd-1WATcNBZu5Amq-gKcsgdSIK-FJ6fma4ZJI1tMyhIRBMd3LfMnhTScRU4x7Osg0EyEPEwRfApd_Afx4hC1k0agp8MB3hKEdzwsif9tqw9akLPQWxEZ4sVb4M1sCmljQmYzL6qxE9_d-zV8C4N7V_01018gVm2rTnYVtLJMlXazglmrb0bJClq1jq-gTi769cZ3oXTuUWn3_8pXKUxyWg2iwSeUMuyqUprJQVFqt1orajUV0ZhqQK1rpceaalgXzMzQvaF_m4016KOcqh9ORSS5vkHfncuk3SacAPVgltKcRZI-nIWNJNwkCLoGcMKEhmcw0Fw4JahWJUwvUjvtCxrF5-hhBwbYQYIyKFVvFcojbHDVZAJX8hf85al_DizDj5oNyehJbrxV7PAsgJ09UlvGuNmPLIoUkknlRqHoqcsg66m68mNltnGW8A9cGta4IfYc8MBwINVJgL9OJnFdVvP_6-B-YDt-2mB5bpqwEcaTSzo_ANSGEWYtzrcUJDjNtkVfR0mqpVPFP-4Ajaws6m3y_IeOXYn9iocu54QkhWkLt45BbC2NtJAvi7iLIk0Oilhm3RN-mFPkHg_QOiSPCPNz-82mtk0v9o1eDeLA_PLhDLjO8I-R1XcbXSGc2neu75GL6aZZX03vGXVHy_ryN_AdNDNCH |
| linkToPdf | http://cvtisr.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMw1V3NbtNAEF5VASEuQMtPDYUuCARIdWOvY3t9QKi0VI1ahYhCVXExa--6WIrsECdU3HgNXoXH4UmYWa8NRhVw6QFFyiEzTuzJ_Noz3xDyMIlkKEPh2EBl9kBknp1A3g6lCk5Bum6UaEiho4NwNOLHx9F4iXxrZmGwrbLxidpRyzLFe-R95mEm7_o86memLWK8s_t8-tHGDVL4pLVZp1GryL76fArlW_VsuAP_9SPGdl--2d6zzYYBOw0iNrcjqP88nrIE0iQuI0cIx1UMF0YyX4kAkgfJlJ-5gsObSkImGXeUlykWBTxIEIgJ3P-FEGpMLPzG_rsmCoAfCQIzqueFbt9oxua0LNQmxEl4sU4o1BsD2rjQm07K6qyk9_fezV-C4e7V_1mM18gVk4LTrdpmlsmSKlZwe7XpdFkhy8bhVfSJQeV-ep2obTOsWn3_8pWKUxyigyixQcUcuy2koqKQVBhtV5KaTUZ0rhuTK1qpSWbrVgb9MzQv6J7IJxv0UCxkDqcjklzcIG_P5dJvkl4BOrFKqK8QfI-nAWPJIPE8LoCcsEhBkpkpHlnEa9QlTg2AO-4RmcT6qWQIhVwtwBiVLDZKZhG7PWpaA5j8hf8FamLLi_Dj-oNydhIbbxY7PPMgV09klvGB0uPMUQrJJXPCQPoytMg66nFcz_K2TjTegmuDGjgKXIs80BwIQVKgFp6IRVXFw1dH_8B0-LrD9NgwZSWIIxVmrgSuCaHNOpxrHU5wpGmHvIpW10ilin_aChzZWNPZ5PstGb8U-xYLVS40TwBRFGoii9yqDbeVLIh7gOBPFgk7Jt0RfZdS5B80AjwklAj_cPvPp7VOLoFtxwfD0f4dcpnhjSJnYDO-Rnrz2ULdJRfTT_O8mt3TnouS9-dt4z8A4PzZeg |
| openUrl | ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%2Fenc%3AUTF-8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsummon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Consumers%E2%80%99+awareness%2C+attitude+and+associated+factors+towards+self-medication+in+Hail%2C+Saudi+Arabia&rft.jtitle=PloS+one&rft.au=Ansari%2C+Mukhtar&rft.au=Alanazi%2C+Abdulrahman&rft.au=Moin%2C+Afrasim&rft.date=2020-04-28&rft.pub=Public+Library+of+Science&rft.eissn=1932-6203&rft.volume=15&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=e0232322&rft_id=info:doi/10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0232322&rft.externalDBID=HAS_PDF_LINK |
| thumbnail_l | http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/lc.gif&issn=1932-6203&client=summon |
| thumbnail_m | http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/mc.gif&issn=1932-6203&client=summon |
| thumbnail_s | http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/sc.gif&issn=1932-6203&client=summon |