title: The Prevalence and Affecting Factors on Self-Medication Among Students of Kermanshah University of Medical Science in 2014.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Self-medication is an increasingly growing health problem, which has many adverse effects on human and the cost used in the production of medications.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The current study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of self-medication among student of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in 2014.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a descriptive-cross-sectional study, 364 students of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences were recruited through stratified random sampling method. Data collection was done by researcher-made questionnaire, entered to SPSS22 software and analysed by descriptive and inferential statistics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 364 students, prevalence of self-medication was 123 (33.7%) the mean age was 21.63±1.92, among them 64.2% took the medication from the pharmacy and 34.95% have faced complications of self-medication. The main cause of self-medication among students were the history of a disease of taking medication (44.71%), deemed no importance of the disease (34.95%), and easy accessibility of the medication (20.32%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With regard to the high prevalence of self-medication among the students, it is suggested to provide educational programs on the adverse effects of self-medication, and appropriate measures to control and prevent easy access to the medications.
authors.affiliation: PhD Student of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences , Kermanshah, Iran .
authors.forename: Sayed Mojtaba
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ahmadi
authors.affiliation: Student of Public Health, The Student Research Committee, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences , Kermanshah, Iran .
authors.forename: Khadije
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jamshidi
authors.affiliation: Assistance Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Kermanshah University of medical sciences , Kermanshah, Iran .
authors.forename: Khirollah
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sadeghi
authors.affiliation: PhD Student of Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran .
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdi
authors.affiliation: Student, Department of Clinical Psychology, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences , Kermanshah, Iran .
authors.forename: Mansour Pashaie
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Vahid
keywords: Complications; Drug resistance; Prescription drug overuse