Title |
Prevalência e fatores associados à automedicação em adultos no Distrito Federal: estudo transversal de base populacional
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Published in |
Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde, March 2017
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DOI | 10.5123/s1679-49742017000200009 |
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Authors |
Paulo Henrique Faria Domingues, Taís Freire Galvão, Keitty Regina Cordeiro de Andrade, Paula Caetano Araújo, Marcus Tolentino Silva, Maurício Gomes Pereira, Paulo Henrique Faria Domingues, Taís Freire Galvão, Keitty Regina Cordeiro de Andrade, Paula Caetano Araújo, Marcus Tolentino Silva, Maurício Gomes Pereira |
Abstract |
to assess the prevalence of self-medication and to investigate its associated factors in adults living in the Federal District, Brazil. 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. 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. self-medication was associated to young adults and those with problems in performing daily activities. |
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