Psychotropic medicine use without current or prior medical advice, storage at home and association with perceived stress in a primary health care setting in Greece.
| Autor: | Volkos P; 4th Local Health Team-Academic Unit of Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Electronic address: volkospan@hotmail.com., Kritsotakis EI; Division of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece., Symvoulakis EK; Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Semergen [Semergen] 2024 Apr; Vol. 50 (3), pp. 102150. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 07. |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.semerg.2023.102150 |
| Abstrakt: | Objective: Psychotropic medicines use alters according to socio-economic factors and perceived stress. The study aimed to assess the prevalence of use of psychotropic medicines and supplements (PMS) without medical advice, including storage at home, and its relationship with socio-demographic characteristics and perceived stress in primary care patients. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional sample of adult attendees in an urban primary care unit in Crete, Greece, were surveyed during regularly scheduled appointments during a three-week period in October 2020. A questionnaire was distributed to investigate PMS use during the last 12 months. The validated Greek version of Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-14) was adopted to measure perceived stress. Results: Of 263 respondents (mean age 46.3±14.5 years; 66.5% females), 101 (38.4%; 95%CI 33.1-43.7%) recalled having psychotropic medicines stored at home cabinets and 72 (27.4%; 95%CI 22.4-32.3%) reported using PMS without medical advice in the last 12 months. Conclusions: This study revealed a high prevalence of PMS use without medical advice, including storage at home. People>59 years of age, experiencing irregular sleep and scoring high in PSS, displayed increased prevalence of storing PMS at home or using them without medical advice. The findings could potentially inform primary care providers to focus on patients most likely to be users of PMS without medical advice. (Copyright © 2023 Sociedad Española de Médicos de Atención Primaria (SEMERGEN). Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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