GAMBARAN PENGGUNAAN MEDIA SOSIAL UNTUK PENELUSURAN INFORMASI TENTANG OBAT DI KALANGAN MAHASISWA S1 FARMASI UNIVERSITAS ISLAM INDONESIA

Abstract

Social media users has increased as the internet grows, social media can be used to search for drugs information. S1 and Diploma students are ranked two in internet users (79.23%). The research aims to know the general description of the intensity, purpose then main social media used and to know the overview of the use of social media in search of information related to description, pharmacology, toxicology and The use of drug therapy among students S1 pharmacy. The type of research is survey research using S1 Pharmacy students of Islamic University of Indonesia as respondents. Data collection using a questionnaire containing 12 questions about the general overview of social media use and the description of drug information search on social media. Data analysis is done in a descriptive. Target respondents were 492 students (86,78%), with response rate 427 responden. From 427 respondents, 214 respondents (50.1%) were Age ≤ 20 years and as many as 357 respondents (83.6%) were Female. Nearly half of the respondents used social media more than ten hours (52.2%) with frequency of checking every hour. A total of 427 students (100%) Use social media to search for information. The main social media used to search drugs information was YouTube as much as (54.1%) With the search for drugs related information descriptions (cases or related events in the form of abuse, misuse, poisoning, and drug allergies) as much (93%).