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cord-257003-749zpxuy	Onchonga, David	Assessing the Prevalence of Self-Medication among Healthcare Workers before and during the 2019 SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Pandemic in Kenya	2020-08-14		.txt	text/plain	3317	178	47	The respondents' gender, level of education, age, marital status, level of participation in physical activity, and drug reaction events, were significantly associated with self-medication before and during the outbreak (P < 0.05). The objectives of the study included: (a) to evaluate the prevalence of self-medication reported by healthcare workers before and during the outbreak, (b) to identify the common conditions for self-medication before and during the outbreak (c) to investigate the sociodemographic characteristics and health patterns associated with self-medication among different cadres of healthcare workers before and during the outbreak. The results showed statistically significant differences between self-medication and gender, physical activity, adverse drug reaction, work shift, marital status, level of education, and cadre. The study did not find any significant association between self-medication and adverse drug reaction before the outbreak of COVID-19. This study was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic to investigate the prevalence of selfmedication and associated factors among healthcare workers in Kenya before and during outbreak.	./cache/cord-257003-749zpxuy.txt	./txt/cord-257003-749zpxuy.txt