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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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Autores principales: 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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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/).
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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
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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
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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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