Knowledge and Behavior in Rational Drug Use Among College Students in Zunyi City

Chengchen Yin; Xing He; Kaili Shen; Xingrui Mu; Fushan Tang

doi:10.2147/RMHP.S347822

Knowledge and Behavior in Rational Drug Use Among College Students in Zunyi City

Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2022 Jan 29:15:121-131. doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S347822. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Chengchen Yin^{1

2

3}, Xing He^{1

2

3}, Kaili Shen^{1

2

3}, Xingrui Mu^{1

2

3}, Fushan Tang^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Basic Pharmacology of Guizhou Province and School of Pharmacy, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, 563006, People's Republic of China.
² Key Laboratory of Basic Pharmacology of Ministry of Education and Joint International Research Laboratory of Ethnomedicine of Ministry of Education, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, 563006, People's Republic of China.
³ Key Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacy in Zunyi City, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, 563006, People's Republic of China.

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the current status of knowledge and behavior about rational drug use in college students in different colleges and universities in a city in southwest China, providing reference for students' education of rational drug use in colleges and universities.

Methods: A questionnaire survey on knowledge and behavior in rational drug use was carried out on the students recruited by occasional sampling method in 6 colleges and universities in Zunyi, China. Statistical analyses on demographic information and answers to questionnaire questions were carried out with SPSS 18.0.

Results: A total of 865 valid questionnaires were recovered from 923 questionnaires sent out. Some knowledge and behaviors of the students on drug use were irrational. There was statistically significant difference in some specific questions of the knowledge in rational drug use between medical and non-medical students (P<0.05); the average score of rational drug use behavior of medical students was lower than that of non-medical students (P<0.05); the average score of the rational drug use behavior of female students was lower than that of male (P<0.05); the students' major types had significantly different influence on their behavior in rational drug use (P<0.05). The school-carried pharmacy education can effectively improve students' rational medication; the majority of college students believed that it is necessary to popularize the knowledge of rational drug use on campus; and students' favorite way to acquire knowledge about rational drug use was to attend related lectures or elective courses.

Conclusion: The knowledge and behavior of rational drug use among college students need to be improved. Professional medical education may exert a positive impact on rational drug use among college students. Thus, it is necessary to popularize the knowledge of rational drug use among college students, especially in non-medical colleges and universities.

Keywords: behavior; college students; knowledge; rational drug use; ten mistakes in public medication.