Prevalence, knowledge, attitudes, and practices concerning self-medication with over-the-counter drugs among university students in Jordan: A cross-sectional study

Abdallah Y. Naser

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0339915

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Prevalence, knowledge, attitudes, and practices concerning self-medication with over-the-counter drugs among university students in Jordan: A cross-sectional study

Abdallah Y. Naser

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: abdallah.naser@iu.edu.jo

Affiliation Department of Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Isra University, Amman, Jordan

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8440-7446

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Prevalence, knowledge, attitudes, and practices concerning self-medication with over-the-counter drugs among university students in Jordan: A cross-sectional study

Abdallah Y. Naser

Published: January 28, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0339915

About the Authors

Abdallah Y. Naser

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: abdallah.naser@iu.edu.jo

Affiliation Department of Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Isra University, Amman, Jordan

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8440-7446

Competing Interests

The author have declared that no competing interests exist.

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