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Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Factors Influencing Self-Medication in Children.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence and causes of self-medication for oral health problems: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC oral health · 2024Pooled it
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- Classification status of drugs generally used for self-medication in children: a targeted review of regulatory documents.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2026Review
- Social determinants of self-medication practice by caregivers among pediatrics population in Pakistan: a logistic regression analysis of a prospective cross-sectional study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- Parents' information needs and perceptions of chatbots regarding self medicating their children.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Status and influencing factors of OTC medicine use for self-medication in cold and cough: a cross-sectional survey in Japan.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Self-medication of adults and children in Poland - results from outpatient health care physicians online questionnaire.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
- Self-Medication of Children by Parents during a Febrile Episode.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2023Article
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
To evaluate the prevalence, influencing factors, and behavior rules of self-medication in children. Articles on self-medication in children from various electronic databases (PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, the WHO website (https://www.who.int/), ABI, CNKI, and Wanfang), were searched to August 2022. The single-group meta-analyses of the prevalence, influencing factors, and behavior rules of self-medication in children were performed using Revman 5.3 and Stata 16.0. The overall pooled prevalence of self-medication in children was 57% (95% CI: 0.39-0.75,
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