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However, irrational household storage of medicines is a universal public health problem, causing significant harm to health and the healthcare system.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Objective:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>This study aimed to assess home drug use and storage practices among the residents of Bahir Dar. Town, Ethiopia.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Method:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>A cross-sectional household study was conducted in three sub-cities of the town of Bahir Dar from July to October 2022. Multistage stratified sampling was used to select the households included in the study. Data on the prevalence of home drug storage, storage place, and self-medication practice, among others, were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science version 20.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>More than half (57.9%) of the respondents stored medicines at home, mostly in drawers (35%). In this study, the widespread use of self-medication (44.6%) and drug-sharing practices (25%) were observed. Most of the leftover medicines (67.3%) were disposed of in the trash. Education status (AOR=3.8, 95% CI: 1.6\u20139.1), occupation (AOR=2.9, 95% CI: 1.2\u20137.2), income (AOR=1.73, 95% CI: 1.01\u20133.0), and the presence of chronic disease (AOR=3.2, 95% CI: 1.7\u20135.9) showed a significant association with home drug storage.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Many study participants stored medications at home and bought them from pharmacies without consulting physicians. Disposing of medications into waste and practice of medication sharing were found to be high in the current study, suggesting that there is a lack of home drug utilization and storage practices by the general public.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1097\/ms9.0000000000001663","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,3]],"date-time":"2024-01-03T02:00:44Z","timestamp":1704247244000},"page":"773-781","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Home drug utilization, storage practice and associated factors among people living in Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia"],"prefix":"10.1097","volume":"86","author":[{"given":"Chernet","family":"Tafere","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Pharmaceutics Unit and Research Team"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Desalegn G.","family":"Demsie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pharmaceutics Unit and 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