FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI PEMILIHAN OBAT ATAU OBAT TRADISIONAL DALAM UPAYA PENGOBATAN SENDIRI DI PEDESAAN

Abstract

Self-medication might potentially be an efficient self-help means for the community before getting the opportunity to reach the Primary health center. Information about the determinants of self-medication is needed to enhance community participation in self-medication.

The cross sectional study has been carried out among a rural community in two villages of Subdistrict Tanjung Bintang, in the Southern part of Lampung province. The sample population consists of housewives, who had ever taken drug or traditional medicines within the last month prior to the interview. Respondents (320 housewives) were choosen by multistage random sampling based on the number of household, RT and RW. The variables are knowledge, attitude, distance, purpose (curative/preventive), reference, and drugs usage or traditional medicines. Data were analized by Chi-square test and Logistic regression analysis.

The results of the study are as follows : Modern drugs are used more frequently than traditional medicines. Most of the respondents obtained information about drugs from advertisement in television and radio program, and about traditional medicines from their neighbours. Most of the respondents know about brandname of drug to relieve headache, fever and cough, and traditional medicines to relieve diarrhoea and muscle pain. The determinants of self medication are purpose (curative/ preventive), attitude and distance.