TY - JOUR AU - Suryaningsih, Ni Putu Aryati AU - Reganata, Gde Palguna AU - Sutema, Ida Ayu Manik Partha AU - Putri, Dhiancinantyan Windydaca Brata PY - 2021/07/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Rationality in self-medication of vitamin c during the covid-19 pandemic in denpasar city: Rasionalitas dalam swamedikasi vitamin c pada masa pandemi covid - 19 di kota denpasar JF - Bali Medika Jurnal JA - BMJ VL - 8 IS - 2 SE - DO - 10.36376/bmj.v8i2.187 UR - https://balimedikajurnal.com/index.php/bmj/article/view/187 SP - 180-190 AB - <p><strong><em>Background </em></strong><em>The pandemic we can call </em><em>Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) has a significant impact in all sectors of human life.Indonesia reported its first cases of COVID-19 on March 2,2020 totalin two cases (WHO, 2020). World Health Organization (WHO) recommends to consumption healthy foods and increase immunity with more vitamin that during the pandemic COVID-19.Vitamin C is an alternative to boost the immune system. Increasing consumption of vitamin C needs to be seen by the rationality of using self-medicated vitamin C during the COVID-19 pandemic. Inappropriate or excessive use of vitamins can result in damage to organs such as the kidneys. <strong>The purpose</strong> of this study was to describe the rationality of Samedication vitamin C during the pandemic COVID-19 in the Denpasar City. <strong>Methods: </strong>The design of this study is descriptive using a descriptive design that uses non-probability sampling t. The instrument used is a questionnaire. The sample population is 100 respondents in the community in Denpasar. <strong>Results: </strong>The results of the study show the rationality of using swamedication vitamin C during the pandemic COVID- 19 in Denpasar amounting to 84.73% rational and irrationally of 15.27%, the rationality were measured from the right indication of  the drug, the right way of administration. medication, proper dosage, proper storage and side effect alert. </em></p> ER -