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PERFIL DA AUTOMEDICAÇÃO DOS ALUNOS DE UMA ESCOLA TÉCNICA DO SUL DE MINAS GERAIS Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5892/ruvrd.v11i2.420431
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Rios, Matheus Ferreira Souza, Walnéia Aparecida De Siqueira, Vanessa Martins De Souza Podestá, Márcia Helena Miranda Cardoso Melo, Gabriel Generoso Peixoto De Zuba, Alexandre Guimarães Machado, João Cláudio Freitas Soares Ferreira, Eric Batista |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | Self-medication is characterized by the initiative of an individual using one or more drugs without medical prescription, either willingly or by the influence of others in order to treat disease or relieve symptoms. Thus, the present study aimed to assess the prevalence of self-medication among students of a technical course in the area of Health. This is a descriptive, transversal and quantitative conducted with 98 students in Boa Esperança, Minas Gerais. It was used as an instrument a semi-structured survey, containing variables related to self-medication. Data were analyzed by Fisher's exact test and Mann-Whitney test at 5% significance. Regarding the results, it was found that 78.6% of students practice self-medication, this practice being carried out by most students of the Pharmacy Course (85.5%). The most used drugs were analgesics (54.1%) and cold medicine (52%). Among the enabler agents of self-medication, parents were the primarily responsible (42.5%). With regard to the use of medicinal teas, the students of Nursing (58.1%) made greater use of the practice than the pharmacy students (43.6%, p = 0.2218), with parents or family members (37.8%) primarily responsible for the nomination. In conclusion, self-medication is a reality among technical health students. Therefore, we must raise awareness that self-medication is a practice difficult to control, however there are ways to minimize it. Thus, the media and other means of communication should present themselves as allies in popular awareness that drugs are not innocuous substances and can produce undesirable effects leading to serious poisoning. Key-words: Self-medication, medicines, prevalence, students. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.5892/ruvrd.v11i2.1154 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://periodicos.unincor.br/index.php/revistaunincor/article/download/1154/pdf_74 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.5892/ruvrd.v11i2.1154 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
