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A Study to Assess the Prevalence of over the Counter Drugs Usage among Adults of Selected Village of Honavar, Uttar Kannada District

Kittur Treesa, Dsouza Verginia, Harish P. M.

Abstract


Non-prescription drugs are the drugs which are sold over the counter; which means they are
sold without a prescription from doctor. Over the counter drugs can carry risk, due to
possibility of life-threatening side effects, drug or food interaction or harm due to excessive
doses. The purpose of the study was to find out the level of usage of over the counter drugs
among adults, who belonged to the age group of above 20 years and were residing in the
selected villages of Honavar, Uttar Kannada District, Karnataka. By using descriptive
research approach, the data was collected with structured questionnaire related to counter
drug usage among 100 adults selected by purposive sampling technique. The result revealed
that 81% of samples were using over the counter drugs due to various reason; in that

maximum usage found in the adults whose age is between 30 to 49(46%) years. The chi-
square was computed to find the significant association between the usage of over the

counter drugs among adults and demographic variables. The significant association was
found with the age in year (χ2=7.15), religion (χ

2=25.78) and types of family (χ2=6.74) at
0.05 level. The study concluded that research needs to focus and assess the usage of over the
counter drugs among adults in improving the quality of life of people of the village.
Innovative approaches in this field have to be initiated in nursing.


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