Self-medication in Pregnancy and Associated Factors among Antenatal Patients of a Tertiary Facility in North-Eastern Nigeria

Yahkub Babatunde Mutalub; Monsurat Abdulwahab; Saidu Abubakar Kadas; Saleh Ahmed; Rehinatu Adejumo; Zainab Gambo Ibrahim; Hashiya Mohammed Gungura

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Published: 2024-04-19

Keywords:

Pregnancy, Self-medication, Bauchi, Determinants, Antenatal

Yahkub Babatunde Mutalub

Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medical Sciences, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi Nigeria; Department of Family Medicine, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi Nigeria;

Monsurat Abdulwahab

Department of Midwifery, College of Nursing Sciences, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi Nigeria

Saidu Abubakar Kadas

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medical Sciences, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi Nigeria;

Saleh Ahmed

Department of Midwifery, College of Nursing Sciences, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi Nigeria

Rehinatu Adejumo

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Federal University Dutse Jigawa State Nigeria;

Zainab Gambo Ibrahim

Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medical Sciences, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi Nigeria

Hashiya Mohammed Gungura

Department of Pharmaceutical Services Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi Nigeria

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Self-medication during pregnancy is common. Some drugs could cause severe adverse
effects that are sometimes life-threatening and harm pregnant mothers and fetuses. We
evaluated the prevalence of self-medication and associated factors among pregnant women
receiving care in a specialist hospital in Bauchi, North-eastern Nigeria.

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Vol. 35 No. 5 (2022): The African Journal of Health Sciences

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Self-medication in Pregnancy and Associated Factors among Antenatal Patients of a Tertiary Facility in North-Eastern Nigeria. (2024). African Journal of Health Sciences, 35(5), 639-650. https://ojs.ajhsjournal.or.ke/index.php/home/article/view/239

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