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Abstract
Self-medication is the use of drugs to treat self-diagnosed disorders ,symptoms, or the intermittent or continued use of a prescribed drug for recurrent disease orsymptoms.Impulsive drug use can lead to drug toxicity and drug interactions. It is a common practice in developed countries to self-medicate without having to pay for health care or obtaining a prescription from a licensed medical practitioner .. The aim was to assess factors affecting self-medication administration among children caregivers in rural areas at Bani-Suef Governorate.Design :Descriptive research was used . Setting :The study was conducted at two villages and their manors selected randomly in Beni-Suef governorate that was Baha in Beni-Suef governorate and Elnwera in Ihansia city where lack of medical access.Tools; were used included:I: A-Demographic data of the caregivers’ ,B- Demographic data of the child’ II: Most common self-medication drugs as antibiotics,antipyretics,sedatives,antiemitics and anti histaminics and III: Factors affecting self-medication that include child disease factors,economic factors,behavioral factors and other factors ..Results: The most common self-medication is antipyretic drugs (90.7%) followed by antibiotics and anti-cough as a self-medication drugs ( 70.1%,69.9%) respectively, on the other hand antidiarrheal, antiemetic and sedative were the lest (15.2%, 11.7% ,2.1%) respectively. Regarding factors related to child disease, having sudden symptoms , and repeated every short time were representing the most prevailing domains, 87.7%, 72.5% respectively,also 63.7% and 62.1% had previous symptoms in previous diagnosed disease. Regarding economic factors, 97.6% of caregiver refered self- medication the increased price of physician examination followed by 55.7% due to not enough incomerespectively.Conclusion: The major factor affecting on self-medication administration related to childdisease is sudden symptoms,also, most of caregivers aligned the increased cost of physician and low income to self medication use.Recommendations: Increase public awareness about the risks of using self-medications without prescription, Educating the public on the types of illnesses that can be self-diagnosed and self-treated and the types of drugs to be used for self-medication as safe and reducing the cost of treatment, ensuring more services such as providing universal medical coverage to all populations .