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Self-Medication during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil: Findings and Implications to Promote the Rational Use of Medicines
Self-medication is identified by the consumption of medications without a prescription or guidance from a qualified prescribing professional. This study estimated the prevalence, profile, and associated factors with self-medication during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. A cross-sectional study was...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10298043/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37372730 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20126143 |
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author | Bazoni, Patrícia Silva Faria, Ronaldo José Cordeiro, Francisca Janiclecia Rezende Timóteo, Élida da Silva da Silva, Alciellen Mendes Horsth, Ana Luisa Meira, Eduardo Frizzera dos Santos, Jéssica Barreto Ribeiro da Silva, Michael Ruberson Ribeiro |
author_facet | Bazoni, Patrícia Silva Faria, Ronaldo José Cordeiro, Francisca Janiclecia Rezende Timóteo, Élida da Silva da Silva, Alciellen Mendes Horsth, Ana Luisa Meira, Eduardo Frizzera dos Santos, Jéssica Barreto Ribeiro da Silva, Michael Ruberson Ribeiro |
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description | Self-medication is identified by the consumption of medications without a prescription or guidance from a qualified prescribing professional. This study estimated the prevalence, profile, and associated factors with self-medication during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. A cross-sectional study was conducted through a household survey in the Alegre city, from November to December 2021. Descriptive analysis was performed for the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the interviewees. Poisson regression with robust variance was used to identify the association of sociodemographic and clinical variables with self-medication. A total of 654 people were interviewed, of whom 69.4% were self-medicating. The younger age group (PR = 1.13; 95% CI = 1.01–1.26), female gender (PR = 1.19; 95% CI = 1.04–1.37), consumption of alcoholic beverages (PR = 1.13; 95% CI = 1.01–1.25), and problems with adherence to pharmacological treatment (PR = 1.15; 95% CI = 1.04–1.28) were associated with self-medication, while the occurrence of polypharmacy (PR = 0.80; 95% CI = 0.68–0.95) was a protective factor for self-medication. Self-medication was directly related to over-the-counter drugs, with analgesics dipyrone and paracetamol being the most commonly used. Self-medication consumption of prescription drugs, including those under special control, was identified to a lesser extent. |
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spelling | pubmed-102980432023-06-28 Self-Medication during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil: Findings and Implications to Promote the Rational Use of Medicines Bazoni, Patrícia Silva Faria, Ronaldo José Cordeiro, Francisca Janiclecia Rezende Timóteo, Élida da Silva da Silva, Alciellen Mendes Horsth, Ana Luisa Meira, Eduardo Frizzera dos Santos, Jéssica Barreto Ribeiro da Silva, Michael Ruberson Ribeiro Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Self-medication is identified by the consumption of medications without a prescription or guidance from a qualified prescribing professional. This study estimated the prevalence, profile, and associated factors with self-medication during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. A cross-sectional study was conducted through a household survey in the Alegre city, from November to December 2021. Descriptive analysis was performed for the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the interviewees. Poisson regression with robust variance was used to identify the association of sociodemographic and clinical variables with self-medication. A total of 654 people were interviewed, of whom 69.4% were self-medicating. The younger age group (PR = 1.13; 95% CI = 1.01–1.26), female gender (PR = 1.19; 95% CI = 1.04–1.37), consumption of alcoholic beverages (PR = 1.13; 95% CI = 1.01–1.25), and problems with adherence to pharmacological treatment (PR = 1.15; 95% CI = 1.04–1.28) were associated with self-medication, while the occurrence of polypharmacy (PR = 0.80; 95% CI = 0.68–0.95) was a protective factor for self-medication. Self-medication was directly related to over-the-counter drugs, with analgesics dipyrone and paracetamol being the most commonly used. Self-medication consumption of prescription drugs, including those under special control, was identified to a lesser extent. MDPI 2023-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10298043/ /pubmed/37372730 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20126143 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Bazoni, Patrícia Silva Faria, Ronaldo José Cordeiro, Francisca Janiclecia Rezende Timóteo, Élida da Silva da Silva, Alciellen Mendes Horsth, Ana Luisa Meira, Eduardo Frizzera dos Santos, Jéssica Barreto Ribeiro da Silva, Michael Ruberson Ribeiro Self-Medication during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil: Findings and Implications to Promote the Rational Use of Medicines |
title | Self-Medication during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil: Findings and Implications to Promote the Rational Use of Medicines |
title_full | Self-Medication during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil: Findings and Implications to Promote the Rational Use of Medicines |
title_fullStr | Self-Medication during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil: Findings and Implications to Promote the Rational Use of Medicines |
title_full_unstemmed | Self-Medication during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil: Findings and Implications to Promote the Rational Use of Medicines |
title_short | Self-Medication during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil: Findings and Implications to Promote the Rational Use of Medicines |
title_sort | self-medication during the covid-19 pandemic in brazil: findings and implications to promote the rational use of medicines |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10298043/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37372730 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20126143 |
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