Prevalence and associated factors of self-medication with antibiotics among pediatric population in India: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

BMC Pediatr · 2025 · PMC12135438 · PMID 40468262

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Furthermore, when categorizing studies by source of participants (hospital-based versus community-based), we found a higher prevalence in community settings (29.0%; [95% CI: 19.8; 40.3], 8 studies, 1006/3714 children) than in hospital settings (13.6%; [95% CI: 6.4; 26.6], 9 studies, 566/4133 children), but this difference did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.0552) (Fig. 5 ).

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