Abouzar  Keshavarzi, Mohammad  Ali Morowatisharifabad, Seyed  Mojtaba Sohrevardi, Mohsen  Askairshahi, AlirezaVahidi  Mehrjerdi, Touraj  Ahmadi Jouybari, Mohammad  Mahboubi, 
    Cognitive Factors Related in Self-Medication among College Students Based on Prototype/Willingness Model,
    International Journal of Tropical Medicine,
    Volume 11,Issue 5,
    2016,
    Pages 143-148,
    ISSN 1816-3319,
    ijtmed.2016.143.148,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ijtmed.2016.143.148)
    Abstract: Self-medication may result in several consequences such as pathogenicity or even mortality. The present study aimed to prediction cognitive factors related in self-medication among college students based on prototype/willingness model. It was crosses sectional study investigating 237 students of Department of Health Education, School of Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran during 2015. A structured questionnaire was applied for collecting data and data were analyzed by SPSS Version 21 using chi-square, t-test, bivariate correlations and regression at 95% significant level. The mean age of respondents was 21.9 years [SD: 2.41], ranged from 18-30 years. Almost 45.1% of the participants had self-medication. There was a significant correlation between health insurance and self-medication (p = 0.004). In addition, it was a significant correlation between smoking and self-medication (p = 0.003). However, there was no significant difference between self-medication and gender, school of study, educational level, marital status and living in dormitory. Attitude, subjective norms and prototype variables were statistically significant for predicting self-medication which they were accounted for 41% of the variation in self-medication behavior intention and 15% of the variation in behavior willingness to self-medication. The findings showed that the attitude, subjective norms and intention were more powerful predictors of self-medication. It seems essential to consider these factors to planning interventions to get better results.
    Keywords: Self-medication;prototype/willingness model;students;pewerful;Iran