| Autor: |
Elsy, Miní, Rocio, Varas, Yuliana, Vicuña, María, Lévano, Luis, Rojas, Julio, Medina, Joece, Butron, Renzo, Aranda, Ericson L, Gutierrez |
| Rok vydání: |
2012 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Revista peruana de medicina experimental y salud publica. 29(2) |
| ISSN: |
1726-4642 |
| Popis: |
We aim to determine the prevalence of self prescribing behaviour during pregnancy and its characteristics. For this purpose, we designed a cross sectional study and interviewed 400 pregnant women who had their prenatal care at Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal, Lima. We found that 10.5% of the patients (42 patients) had a self prescribing behavior during pregnancy, 64.5% think that self prescribing behavior can produce congenital malformations. The medications used were classified as type A and B according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Paracetamol was used more frequently (47.6%) followed by amoxicillin (16.7%). All the women who self-prescribed have had this behavior before pregnancy. According to these results, we conclude there is a low prevalence of self-prescribing behavior during pregnancy compared to the international literature. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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