Produção Nacional
Prevalence and associated factors of self-medication in adults living in the Federal District, Brazil: a cross-sectional, population-based study.
2017; MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE; Volume: 26; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
2237-9622
AutoresPaulo Henrique Faria Domingues, Taís Freire Galvão, Keitty Regina Cordeiro de Andrade, Paula Caetano Araújo, Marcus Tolentino Silva, Maurício Gomes Pereira,
Tópico(s)Public Health in Brazil
ResumoObjective to assess the prevalence of self-medication and to investigate its associated factors in adults living in the Federal District, Brazil. Methods this is a cross-sectional population-based study conducted with adults selected through probabilistic sampling; self-medication prevalence was obtained from those who reported having used any medicine in the previous seven days; Poisson regression model with robust variance was applied to adjust the prevalence ratios. Results 1,820 individuals were interviewed, of which 646 had taken at least one medicine; self-medication prevalence was of 14.9% (95%CI: 12.6%;17.5%); the adjusted analysis showed negative association in people aged 50 to 65 years (PR=0.26; 95%CI: 0.15;0.47) and with chronic diseases (PR=0.38; 95%CI: 0.28;0.51); adults with difficulties in performing daily activities (PR=2.25; 95%CI: 1.43;3.53) practiced more self-medication. Conclusion self-medication was associated to young adults and those with problems in performing daily activities.
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