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Abstract:
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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. |