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End-of-life management strategies of pharmaceuticals in Portuguese households
The end of life of pharmaceutical products through environmentally unsafe routes is a growing concern in our society. However, the studies reported so far, apart from being limited in number, do not reflect the current management practices for the end-of-life management of pharmaceuticals. Published...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9773154/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35894451 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734242X221105416 |
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author | Veiga, Anabela Sousa, Ana Catarina Sousa, Cláudia Oliveira, Manuel Neto, Belmira |
author_facet | Veiga, Anabela Sousa, Ana Catarina Sousa, Cláudia Oliveira, Manuel Neto, Belmira |
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description | The end of life of pharmaceutical products through environmentally unsafe routes is a growing concern in our society. However, the studies reported so far, apart from being limited in number, do not reflect the current management practices for the end-of-life management of pharmaceuticals. Published work lacks an in-depth analysis in focusing on the pharmaceutical waste in households. The present work focused on (1) performing a state-of-the art overview to compare worldwide studies and the results and (2) implementing a comprehensive survey in Portugal (n = 454 respondents). The results showed that the delivery to pharmacies was used by the majority of the respondents (72%), indicating a good awareness of pharmaceutical waste management issues, when compared to the reviewed studies. Statistically significant variables for the destination of end-of-use pharmaceuticals include gender, age and distance from the residence to the pharmacy (p < 0.05). Most participants believe that educating the population on existing structures of medication and packaging management is of the utmost importance to improve the national managing system. This is the first study conducted in Portugal; it includes statistical analysis of the data and reflects on the practices that should be adopted to reduce incorrect pharmaceutical waste disposal. These findings call upon the strategies to strengthen the pharmaceutical waste management programme. |
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spelling | pubmed-97731542022-12-23 End-of-life management strategies of pharmaceuticals in Portuguese households Veiga, Anabela Sousa, Ana Catarina Sousa, Cláudia Oliveira, Manuel Neto, Belmira Waste Manag Res Original Articles The end of life of pharmaceutical products through environmentally unsafe routes is a growing concern in our society. However, the studies reported so far, apart from being limited in number, do not reflect the current management practices for the end-of-life management of pharmaceuticals. Published work lacks an in-depth analysis in focusing on the pharmaceutical waste in households. The present work focused on (1) performing a state-of-the art overview to compare worldwide studies and the results and (2) implementing a comprehensive survey in Portugal (n = 454 respondents). The results showed that the delivery to pharmacies was used by the majority of the respondents (72%), indicating a good awareness of pharmaceutical waste management issues, when compared to the reviewed studies. Statistically significant variables for the destination of end-of-use pharmaceuticals include gender, age and distance from the residence to the pharmacy (p < 0.05). Most participants believe that educating the population on existing structures of medication and packaging management is of the utmost importance to improve the national managing system. This is the first study conducted in Portugal; it includes statistical analysis of the data and reflects on the practices that should be adopted to reduce incorrect pharmaceutical waste disposal. These findings call upon the strategies to strengthen the pharmaceutical waste management programme. SAGE Publications 2022-07-27 2023-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9773154/ /pubmed/35894451 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734242X221105416 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Original Articles Veiga, Anabela Sousa, Ana Catarina Sousa, Cláudia Oliveira, Manuel Neto, Belmira End-of-life management strategies of pharmaceuticals in Portuguese households |
title | End-of-life management strategies of pharmaceuticals in Portuguese households |
title_full | End-of-life management strategies of pharmaceuticals in Portuguese households |
title_fullStr | End-of-life management strategies of pharmaceuticals in Portuguese households |
title_full_unstemmed | End-of-life management strategies of pharmaceuticals in Portuguese households |
title_short | End-of-life management strategies of pharmaceuticals in Portuguese households |
title_sort | end-of-life management strategies of pharmaceuticals in portuguese households |
topic | Original Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9773154/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35894451 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734242X221105416 |
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