| Autor: |
de Aquino DS; Departamento de Farmácia, Faculdades Integradas da Vitória de Santo Antão, Recife, PE, 50610-000. aquino.daniela@hotmail.com, de Barros JA, da Silva MD |
| Jazyk: |
portugalština |
| Zdroj: |
Ciencia & saude coletiva [Cien Saude Colet] 2010 Aug; Vol. 15 (5), pp. 2533-8. |
| DOI: |
10.1590/s1413-81232010000500027 |
| Abstrakt: |
As self-medication is a worldwide problem of public health, this article had as objective to evaluate the behavior of the future health professionals with regard to the drug utilization, particularly, to the self-medication practice. 223 academic students from a public university in Recife City were interviewed, selected by proportional share in each course. A questionnaire on the drug utilization was applied, 15 days before the interview. From the 223 students, 65.5% reported drug use in the last 15 days. 42.3% used drugs through the physician's prescription and 57.7% through the self-medication. The most used drugs were the analgesics (24.0%) and vitamins (18.9%) and the main reason was pain (30.5%). The drug utilization among academic students in Recife City is high but it is inside the parameter according to others analysis. However we have expected a low and more rationalized utilization. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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