Institusion
Universitas Kusuma Husada Surakarta
Author
Sekar Meyna Ayuningtyas, Sekar
Subject
Datestamp
2023-09-14 16:44:29
Abstract :
Self-medication or self-medication is a treatment carried out by people who suffer from
minor ailments that do not have to go to the doctor and do not have to buy drugs with a
doctor's prescription. This study aims to analyze the relationship between knowledge and
attitude in the selection of drugs for self-medication in the Gondang community, Sragen.
The sample of this study consisted of people from Gondang District aged 18?75 years.
Data analysis used the Chi-square test. The participation rate of respondents was 95%,
namely 381 respondents. 48.56% of respondents had a moderate level of knowledge,
80.05% had a positive attitude towards the use of traditional medicines, and 70.34% of
respondents had the act of choosing traditional medicines for self-medication. Theresults
of the evaluation test using chi-square obtained a p value value of 0.001 < 0.05 which
means that there is a significant relationship with knowledge of traditional medicine
selection actions. As for the results of evaluation tests using chi-square knowledge of
modern drug selection actions, p values of 0.027 < 0.05 were obtained, which means
there is a significant relationship. The results of the evaluation test using chi-square
attitude towards traditional medicine selection actions obtained pvalues of 0.546 > 0.05 which means there is no significant relationship. While the results of evaluation tests
using chi-square attitudes towards modern drug selection actions obtained p value values
of 0.345 > 0.05 which means there is no significant relationship.
Keywords: Self-medication, education, traditional medicine, modern medicine, medicine
selection.