HUBUNGAN TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN DENGAN SIKAP PENGGUNAAN OBAT ANALGESIK PADA SWAMEDIKASI NYERI DI DESA GRINTING

Abstract

Self-medication is a patient’s effort to treat health problems experienced by drug products without a doctor’s prescription. Self-medication can be done by anyone regardless of sociodemographic status. The class of drugs that are often used self-medication are analgesic, namely drugs that selectively reduce pain that act on the central nervous system without significantly changing consciousness. The formulation of the problem in this study is whether there is a relationship between the level of knowledge and the attitude of using analgesic drugs in pain self-medication in Grinting Village. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the level of knowledge and the attitude of using analesic drugs in selfmedication of pain in Grinting Village. This research method uses quantitative descriptive research, the sampling technique uses random sampling technique using research questionnaire sheets obtained from 109 people in Grinting Village. The results of the research analysis using the chi square test found that there was a relationship (p value .002) between the level of knowledge and the attitude of using analgesic drugs in Grinting Village. The conclusion of the research that was conducted conluded that there was a relationship between the level of using analgesic drugs in pain self-medication in Grinting Village.