Evolution of drug consumption in a sample of French workers since 1986: the ‘Drugs and Work’ study
| Autor: | M. Niezborala, O. Boeuf-Cazou, Jean-Louis Montastruc, Maryse Lapeyre-Mestre |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Male Drug Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Multivariate analysis Epidemiology Cross-sectional study media_common.quotation_subject Population Sample (statistics) Health Promotion Drug Utilization Review Surveys and Questionnaires Environmental health Humans Medicine Pharmacology (medical) Occupations Practice Patterns Physicians' Medical prescription education media_common education.field_of_study business.industry Urban Health Middle Aged Drug Utilization Cross-Sectional Studies Practice Guidelines as Topic Drug consumption Female France Guideline Adherence business |
| Zdroj: | Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 18:335-343 |
| ISSN: | 1099-1557 1053-8569 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/pds.1713 |
| Popis: | Purpose France is known to have a relatively high prescription rate for medicines. Few studies have investigated drug use among a healthy worker population. The aim of this study was to describe the changing patterns of drug use in French workers since 1986 and to evaluate the impact of programs developed to reduce drug consumption. Method A cross-sectional survey has been performed every 10 years since 1986 among workers from the Toulouse metropolitan area (Southwestern, France) using an anonymous questionnaire given to workers during their compulsory annual medical visit. Results of the 2006 survey (2213 workers) were compared to those obtained in 1986 and 1996. A multivariate analysis was performed to investigate factors associated to the modification of drug use with time. Results During the last ten years, prevalence of overall drug consumption decreased (40.7% in 2006 vs. 46.7% in 1996, p |
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