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European university students of pharmacy: survey on the use of pharmaceutical drugs

Background and aim: In recent years, self-medication is an increasing public health issue, also among the European young people. Only 48% of people throughout the world use prescribed medications, while the remainder admits that they self-medicate with over the counter drugs or leftover prescribed d...

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Autores principales: Stefania, Scuri, Fabio, Petrelli, Elisabetta, Tanzi, Thi, Thu Cúc Nguyễn, Iolanda, Grappasonni
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mattioli 1885 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6502160/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30889159
http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v90i1.7572
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author Stefania, Scuri
Fabio, Petrelli
Elisabetta, Tanzi
Thi, Thu Cúc Nguyễn
Iolanda, Grappasonni
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Fabio, Petrelli
Elisabetta, Tanzi
Thi, Thu Cúc Nguyễn
Iolanda, Grappasonni
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description Background and aim: In recent years, self-medication is an increasing public health issue, also among the European young people. Only 48% of people throughout the world use prescribed medications, while the remainder admits that they self-medicate with over the counter drugs or leftover prescribed drugs. Also, the risk of antibiotic resistance, throughout the world, has doubled, due to the recourse to these drugs when they are not called for, or to failure to follow their instructions for use. Methods: A five-part questionnaire, translated into the national languages and validated, was given to Pharmacy students in Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic and Romania obtain anonymous information about their pharmaceutical drugs use. Results: Regarding the use of pharmaceutical drugs, students in Spain and Romania indicated the highest percentages of use. In Italy and Romania, the pharmacist is rarely consulted, while the advice of family members or friends is more frequently requested. In all four countries the problem of taking antibiotics without a medical prescription is significant, and 50% of Romanian students use antibiotics to treat the flu. Another important result is that, in Spain, 38.4% of the respondents admitted to using medicines with alcohol. Conclusions: Considering that the drug information leaflet is not read by 50% of young people interviewed, it would be important for public health entities to instruct the population, especially younger age groups such as secondary school students, about the importance of reading this information carefully. The use of mass media in such a preventive medicine campaign could be effective. (www.actabiomedica.it)
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spelling pubmed-65021602019-05-08 European university students of pharmacy: survey on the use of pharmaceutical drugs Stefania, Scuri Fabio, Petrelli Elisabetta, Tanzi Thi, Thu Cúc Nguyễn Iolanda, Grappasonni Acta Biomed Original Article Background and aim: In recent years, self-medication is an increasing public health issue, also among the European young people. Only 48% of people throughout the world use prescribed medications, while the remainder admits that they self-medicate with over the counter drugs or leftover prescribed drugs. Also, the risk of antibiotic resistance, throughout the world, has doubled, due to the recourse to these drugs when they are not called for, or to failure to follow their instructions for use. Methods: A five-part questionnaire, translated into the national languages and validated, was given to Pharmacy students in Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic and Romania obtain anonymous information about their pharmaceutical drugs use. Results: Regarding the use of pharmaceutical drugs, students in Spain and Romania indicated the highest percentages of use. In Italy and Romania, the pharmacist is rarely consulted, while the advice of family members or friends is more frequently requested. In all four countries the problem of taking antibiotics without a medical prescription is significant, and 50% of Romanian students use antibiotics to treat the flu. Another important result is that, in Spain, 38.4% of the respondents admitted to using medicines with alcohol. Conclusions: Considering that the drug information leaflet is not read by 50% of young people interviewed, it would be important for public health entities to instruct the population, especially younger age groups such as secondary school students, about the importance of reading this information carefully. The use of mass media in such a preventive medicine campaign could be effective. (www.actabiomedica.it) Mattioli 1885 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6502160/ /pubmed/30889159 http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v90i1.7572 Text en Copyright: © 2019 ACTA BIO MEDICA SOCIETY OF MEDICINE AND NATURAL SCIENCES OF PARMA http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Stefania, Scuri
Fabio, Petrelli
Elisabetta, Tanzi
Thi, Thu Cúc Nguyễn
Iolanda, Grappasonni
European university students of pharmacy: survey on the use of pharmaceutical drugs
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title_short European university students of pharmacy: survey on the use of pharmaceutical drugs
title_sort european university students of pharmacy: survey on the use of pharmaceutical drugs
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6502160/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30889159
http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v90i1.7572
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