INDIVIDUAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO HOUSEHOLD STORAGE OF MEDICINES AMONG RESIDENTS OF KAPEKE VILLAGE IN KIBOGA DISTRICT. A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.
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https://doi.org/10.71020/jwhr.v2i2.19Keywords:
Individual factors, Household storage of medicines, Residents of Kapeke village in Kiboga districtAbstract
Background
Medicine refers to the practice concerned with maintaining health and preventing, alleviating, or curing disease. The study aims to assess the individual factors contributing to household medicine storage among residents of Kapeke village in Kiboga district.
Methodology
The study used a cross-sectional study design with a simple random technique as a sampling technique on a sample of 50 respondents. Data was collected using questionnaires with semi-structured and open-ended questions written in English; data was later analyzed manually and systematically by compiling it in the form of percentages, bar graphs, tables, and pie charts.
Results
More than half of the respondents (58%) were females by sex, whereas the minority (42%) were males by sex. The majority of the respondents (86%) reported that they keep the medicines after feeling better, (40%) pain killers were the common medicines stored at home, (50%) reported improved disease or symptom as the reason as to why they had unused medicines at home, (48%) reported family member’s safety as the main purpose of discarding unused medicines and common conditions that influenced participants to store unused medicines was malaria (38%).
Conclusion
The outstanding individual factors contributing to household storage of medicines were improved illness or symptoms.
Recommendations
MoH and NDA should review the medication utilization chain and offer community-based training on proper medication storage and disposal techniques, including intensively focusing on take-back programs to nearby health facilities and secure disposal of medical waste to reduce the hazard of toxicity and incidental exposure to the medication.
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