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Knowledge of self-medication practices is meagre, necessitating this study.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Aim<\/jats:title>\n The aim of this study is to ascertain the self-medication behaviour of dermatophytosis patients, identify the factors predicting it, and elucidate the patterns of self-medication followed by dermatophytosis patients.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n This study was conducted by recruiting patients with dermatophytosis as cases and patients with other dermatoses as controls. Self-medication frequency, clinicodemographic details, and patterns of self-medication were entered into a predesigned proforma.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n A total of 171 patients and 207 controls were recruited in the study. The total proportion of patients who self-medicated among all recruited patients was 21.7% (95% CI: 0.1764,0.2619). There was a significant difference in the proportion of those who self-medicate between dermatophytosis patients (36.8%) and other dermatological problems (9.2%), with more self-medication happening among those with dermatophytosis (P< 0.001). Topical antifungal cream was the most common medicine used for self-medication. There was no significant difference in the proportion of those who self-medicated and those who did not, in all four classes of diagnosis, i.e., na\u00efve dermatophytosis, chronic dermatophytosis, chronic and recurrent dermatophytosis, and chronic and relapsed dermatophytosis<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Limitations<\/jats:title>\n There could be recall bias in the answers of the participants. There was no follow-up to assess outcomes of self-medication.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n The proportion of dermatophytosis patients who self-medicate is lower than in previous studies from other parts of India. 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