Medicine Consumption Pattern in Various Households: A Survey

Abstract

The survey was conducted on current scenario of medicine consumption pattern in various households. A total of 29 questions was there in the survey which started with some basic questions like age, gender, occupation etc. The motive of the survey was to have an insight of the basic information related to medicine consumption pattern. The topic and questions was basically chosen to understand the trend because consumption of medicine is very common in every households nowadays. Some of the question were related to the meaning of prescription, OTC drugs, difference between online and offline pharmacy. The survey also covered what families preferred more between online and offline pharmacy to buy medicine, which age group and gender is consuming more medicines, average amount of money spend by the families. The survey was circulated as a Google Form and link was also circulated via social media. A total 217 response was recorded and it covered diverse population with different backgrounds such as student, employed, businessman/businesswoman, housewife etc. After completion of the survey each and every question were analyzed and after analysis we came to a conclusion about the current scenario on general topics.