The Reasons for Self-Medication from the Perspective of Iranian Nursing Students: A Qualitative Study

Table 1

Categories and subcategories related to the nursing students’ perspectives about the reasons for self-medication.

Categories	Subcategories
Individual factors	Having medication information
	Having previous experience
	Easy access to medicine
	Not having enough time
	Access to medical staff
	Not taking the disease seriously
Economic factors	Cost of a doctor’s visit
	Cost of paraclinical services
	Travel cost
Physician-related factors	Crowded doctors’ offices
	Inadequate respect for patient privacy
	Doctors’ low-quality visit
Cultural factors	Acceptance of self-medication in society
Media impact	Pharmaceutical advertising
	Information explosion