Investigation of University Students' Behavior in Using Medicine Leaflets

Medicine leaflets are documents that are mostly provided in printed form in medicine boxes. They provide necessary information to the patient about prescription or non-prescription medicines and these documents are currently accessible partially on the internet. Since the increasing importance of rational medicine use, the habit of using medicine leaflets, that provide information about the contents of medicines, the way they are used, the information and instructions to be noticed etc. for the patient / patient's relatives, have been investigated on a young target group. In this study which were conducted for this purpose, the attitude of university students about how and when to take information about a certain drug was evaluated. A questionnaire form was designed to collect data, and first, second and third year undergraduate students were asked to answer 20 questions. Statistical analysis was carried out on the basis of the answers given by ninety participants