Prevalence and Predictors of Self-Medication with Antibiotics in Al Wazarat Health Center, Riyadh City, KSA

Table 3

Comparing the study findings of current study with similar studies.

Paper title	Study sitting	Study design	Sample size	Study duration	Prevalence of self-medicated antibiotics	Most common self-prescribed antibiotics
“Prevalence and Predictors of Self-Medication with Antibiotics in Al Wazarat Health Center, Riyadh City, KSA”	Al Wazarat Health Center, Riyadh, KSA	Cross-sectional study	757	February 2014 and November 2014	78.7%	Amoxicillin (22.3%), Ciprofloxacin (11.9%), and Metronidazole (10.6%)
“Self-Medication with Antibiotics in Rural Population in Greece: A Cross-Sectional Study” [29]	Southern Greece	Cross-sectional study	11139	Between November 2009 and January 2010	76.2%	Amoxicillin (18.3%), Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (15.4%), and cefaclor (9.7%)
“Perceptions and Practices of Self-Medication among Medical Students in Coastal South India” [30]	South India	Cross-sectional study	440	March-April, 2011	78.6%	Antibiotics
“Self-Medication with Antibiotics for the Treatment of Menstrual Symptoms in Southwest Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Study” [31]	Southwest Nigeria	Cross-sectional study	706	February 2008	24%	Ampicillin, tetracycline, Ciprofloxacin, and Metronidazole
“Prevalence of Self-Medication Practices and Its Associated Factors in Urban Puducherry, India” [32]	Puducherry, India	Cross-sectional study	352	December 2012-January 2013	11.9%
“Self-Medication with Antibiotics in the Ambulatory Care Setting within the Euro-Mediterranean Region; Results from the ARMed Project” [33]	Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Tunisia, and Turkey	Cross-sectional study	2109	December 2007	19.1% in Cyprus, 37% in Lebanon, and 77% in Jordan	Antibiotics
“Patterns and Predictors of Self-Medication in Northern Uganda” [34]	Northern Uganda	Cross-sectional	884	November to December 2012	75.7%	Coartem (27.3%), amoxicillin (21.7%), Metronidazole (12.3%), and cotrimoxazole (11.6%)