Analgesic use among the Brazilian population: Results from the National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines (PNAUM).

Autor: da Silva Dal Pizzol T; Department of Production and Control of Medicines, School of Pharmacy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.; Graduate Program in Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil., Turmina Fontanella A; Graduate Program in Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil., Cardoso Ferreira MB; Department of Pharmacology, Institute for Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil., Bertoldi AD; Graduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL), Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil., Boff Borges R; Graduate Program in Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil., Serrate Mengue S; Graduate Program in Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2019 Mar 21; Vol. 14 (3), pp. e0214329. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Mar 21 (Print Publication: 2019).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214329
Abstrakt: Purpose: To estimate the prevalence of use of analgesics in Brazil; and to characterize this use, according to sociodemographic and health-related characteristics.
Methods: A cross-sectional population-based study (National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines, PNAUM) was conducted between September 2013 and February 2014. A total of 41,433 people of all ages in Brazilian urban households were interviewed. Occasional use (within the last 15 days) and continuous use of non-opioid analgesics, opioid analgesics and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs were investigated, regardless of whether this use occurred through prescription or self-medication. The main outcome was the use of at least one analgesic.
Results: The majority of the individuals were female (52.8%), aged between 20 and 59 years (57.2%), with 1 to 8 years of schooling (45.6%). The overall prevalence of analgesic use was 22.8% [95% CI: 21.4-24.2]. The use of analgesics was significantly higher among women, adults and elderly (20 years or more), highly educated individuals and respondents who referred: diagnosis of one or more chronic diseases, using three or more medications, possession of health insurance and with one or more emergency care admittances or hospitalizations within the last year. Non-opioid analgesics were the agents most used (18.5% of the sample), followed by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (6.9%) and opioid analgesics (0.5%). The most commonly used drugs were metamizole (37.8% of all analgesics), paracetamol (25.3%) and diclofenac (10.7%). These drugs were used mainly to manage occasional health conditions, particularly pain.
Conclusion: One in five Brazilians used some analgesic, especially non-opioid analgesics, to manage acute health problems such as painful conditions.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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