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Prevalence and Correlates of Self-Medication Practices for Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19: A Systematic Review
It has been suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in self-medication practices across the world. Yet, there is no up-to-date synthesized evidence on the prevalence of self-medication that is attributable to the pandemic. This study aimed to conduct a systematic literature review on...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9220378/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35740214 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11060808 |
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author | Ayosanmi, Oluwasola Stephen Alli, Babatunde Yusuf Akingbule, Oluwatosin Adetolani Alaga, Adeyemi Hakeem Perepelkin, Jason Marjorie, Delbaere Sansgiry, Sujit S. Taylor, Jeffrey |
author_facet | Ayosanmi, Oluwasola Stephen Alli, Babatunde Yusuf Akingbule, Oluwatosin Adetolani Alaga, Adeyemi Hakeem Perepelkin, Jason Marjorie, Delbaere Sansgiry, Sujit S. Taylor, Jeffrey |
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description | It has been suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in self-medication practices across the world. Yet, there is no up-to-date synthesized evidence on the prevalence of self-medication that is attributable to the pandemic. This study aimed to conduct a systematic literature review on the prevalence and correlates of self-medication for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 globally. The review was registered with the PROSPERO database. Searches were conducted following PRISMA guidelines, and relevant articles published between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2022 were included. Pooled prevalence rate was conducted using the Meta package in R. A total of 14 studies from 14 countries, which represented 15,154 participants, were included. The prevalence of COVID-19-related self-medication ranged from 3.4–96%. The pooled prevalence of self-medication for this purpose was 44.9% (95% CI: 23.8%, 68.1%). Medications reported by studies for self-medication were antibiotics (79%), vitamins (64%), antimalarials (50%), herbal and natural products (50%), analgesics and antipyretics (43%), minerals and supplements (43%), cold and allergy preparations (29%), corticosteroids (14%), and antivirals (7%). The prevalence of self-medication with antibiotics is concerning. More public health education about responsible self-medication amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and future pandemics is required to mitigate the rising threat of antimicrobial resistance. |
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spelling | pubmed-92203782022-06-24 Prevalence and Correlates of Self-Medication Practices for Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19: A Systematic Review Ayosanmi, Oluwasola Stephen Alli, Babatunde Yusuf Akingbule, Oluwatosin Adetolani Alaga, Adeyemi Hakeem Perepelkin, Jason Marjorie, Delbaere Sansgiry, Sujit S. Taylor, Jeffrey Antibiotics (Basel) Systematic Review It has been suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in self-medication practices across the world. Yet, there is no up-to-date synthesized evidence on the prevalence of self-medication that is attributable to the pandemic. This study aimed to conduct a systematic literature review on the prevalence and correlates of self-medication for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 globally. The review was registered with the PROSPERO database. Searches were conducted following PRISMA guidelines, and relevant articles published between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2022 were included. Pooled prevalence rate was conducted using the Meta package in R. A total of 14 studies from 14 countries, which represented 15,154 participants, were included. The prevalence of COVID-19-related self-medication ranged from 3.4–96%. The pooled prevalence of self-medication for this purpose was 44.9% (95% CI: 23.8%, 68.1%). Medications reported by studies for self-medication were antibiotics (79%), vitamins (64%), antimalarials (50%), herbal and natural products (50%), analgesics and antipyretics (43%), minerals and supplements (43%), cold and allergy preparations (29%), corticosteroids (14%), and antivirals (7%). The prevalence of self-medication with antibiotics is concerning. More public health education about responsible self-medication amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and future pandemics is required to mitigate the rising threat of antimicrobial resistance. MDPI 2022-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9220378/ /pubmed/35740214 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11060808 Text en © 2022 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 | Systematic Review Ayosanmi, Oluwasola Stephen Alli, Babatunde Yusuf Akingbule, Oluwatosin Adetolani Alaga, Adeyemi Hakeem Perepelkin, Jason Marjorie, Delbaere Sansgiry, Sujit S. Taylor, Jeffrey Prevalence and Correlates of Self-Medication Practices for Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19: A Systematic Review |
title | Prevalence and Correlates of Self-Medication Practices for Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19: A Systematic Review |
title_full | Prevalence and Correlates of Self-Medication Practices for Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19: A Systematic Review |
title_fullStr | Prevalence and Correlates of Self-Medication Practices for Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19: A Systematic Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence and Correlates of Self-Medication Practices for Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19: A Systematic Review |
title_short | Prevalence and Correlates of Self-Medication Practices for Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19: A Systematic Review |
title_sort | prevalence and correlates of self-medication practices for prevention and treatment of covid-19: a systematic review |
topic | Systematic Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9220378/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35740214 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11060808 |
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