中文摘要：

目的了解湖北省武汉市城区居民患病后采取自我药物治疗的原因。方法采取分层随机抽样方法,由调查员对抽取的居民进行现场问卷调查。结果居民患病后采取自我药物治疗的前3位原因依次是病情较轻（36.7%）、以前患过类似疾病（29.6%）和节约费用（16.9%）。不同年龄居民因病情较轻和节约费用而采取自我药物治疗的差异有统计学意义（P〈0.01）;不同收入水平和受教育程度居民为节约费用而采取自我药物治疗的差异有统计学意义（P〈0.01）。结论居民主要是对轻微的常见疾病进行自我药物治疗。低收入水平居民、低受教育程度居民、中老年居民更多的是为了节约费用而采取自我药物治疗。

英文摘要：

Objective To study the cause of self-medication of Wuhan citizens. Methods Questionnaire inquiry was conducted among the citizens by group sampling method. Results The first three causes of self-medication were the illness being slight（36.7 % ）, having the similar illness before（29.6 % ） and for saving money（ 16.9 % ）. The difference was of statistic significance on the causes of the illness being slight and for saving money in different ages. The difference was also of statistic significance on the cause of saving money in different incomes and different education levels. Conclusion The dwellers did self-medication for ailment and common illness. The dwellers with low income, low education or middel-elder ages did self-medication much more for saving money.