comparison of self treatment between teacher and clinical nurses in tehran

this research is a cross-sectional study conducted to aim of comparison of self treatment between teacher and clinical nurse in tehran. in this study 100 teacher and 100 clinical nurses participate. for data gathering use of a questionnaire including tow part: one section about overall participants characteristics and another section including question about self treatment. the results show that high percent of tow group use of analgesic, antibiotics and vitamins without physician recommendation. the factors such as age, marital status, children number and work experience history were not show statistical significancy for self treatment applying.