Self-medication in adult Latin American immigrants in Seville

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Autor(a) principal: González-López,José Rafael
Data de Publicação: 2012
Outros Autores: Rodríguez-Gázquez,María de los Ángeles, Lomas-Campos,María de las Mercedes
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Acta Paulista de Enfermagem (Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-21002012000900012
Resumo: OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of non-prescription pharmaceutical use in the Latin American immigrant population. METHOD: A descriptive, cross-sectional study of a representative sample of 190 immigrants. We used a questionnaire based on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). RESULTS: In the past six months, 77.4% of the sample self-medicated. The prevalence of consumption of antiinflammatory and non-prescription analgesics was the highest, followed by antibiotics. A statistical difference was observed in non-prescription use of antibiotics by gender. CONCLUSION: The consumption of pharmaceuticals without a medical prescription in the Latin American immigrants in the city of Seville is high.
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spelling Self-medication in adult Latin American immigrants in SevilleEmigration and immigrationPrevalenceDrug UtilizationSelf medicationLatin AmericaOBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of non-prescription pharmaceutical use in the Latin American immigrant population. METHOD: A descriptive, cross-sectional study of a representative sample of 190 immigrants. We used a questionnaire based on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). RESULTS: In the past six months, 77.4% of the sample self-medicated. The prevalence of consumption of antiinflammatory and non-prescription analgesics was the highest, followed by antibiotics. A statistical difference was observed in non-prescription use of antibiotics by gender. CONCLUSION: The consumption of pharmaceuticals without a medical prescription in the Latin American immigrants in the city of Seville is high.Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo2012-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-21002012000900012Acta Paulista de Enfermagem v.25 n.spe2 2012reponame:Acta Paulista de Enfermagem (Online)instname:Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)instacron:USP10.1590/S0103-21002012000900012info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessGonzález-López,José RafaelRodríguez-Gázquez,María de los ÁngelesLomas-Campos,María de las Mercedeseng2013-03-04T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0103-21002012000900012Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/apePUBhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpape@unifesp.br||schirmer.janine@unifesp.br1982-01940103-2100opendoar:2013-03-04T00:00Acta Paulista de Enfermagem (Online) - Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Self-medication in adult Latin American immigrants in Seville
title Self-medication in adult Latin American immigrants in Seville
spellingShingle Self-medication in adult Latin American immigrants in Seville
González-López,José Rafael
Emigration and immigration
Prevalence
Drug Utilization
Self medication
Latin America
title_short Self-medication in adult Latin American immigrants in Seville
title_full Self-medication in adult Latin American immigrants in Seville
title_fullStr Self-medication in adult Latin American immigrants in Seville
title_full_unstemmed Self-medication in adult Latin American immigrants in Seville
title_sort Self-medication in adult Latin American immigrants in Seville
author González-López,José Rafael
author_facet González-López,José Rafael
Rodríguez-Gázquez,María de los Ángeles
Lomas-Campos,María de las Mercedes
author_role author
author2 Rodríguez-Gázquez,María de los Ángeles
Lomas-Campos,María de las Mercedes
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv González-López,José Rafael
Rodríguez-Gázquez,María de los Ángeles
Lomas-Campos,María de las Mercedes
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Emigration and immigration
Prevalence
Drug Utilization
Self medication
Latin America
topic Emigration and immigration
Prevalence
Drug Utilization
Self medication
Latin America
description OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of non-prescription pharmaceutical use in the Latin American immigrant population. METHOD: A descriptive, cross-sectional study of a representative sample of 190 immigrants. We used a questionnaire based on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). RESULTS: In the past six months, 77.4% of the sample self-medicated. The prevalence of consumption of antiinflammatory and non-prescription analgesics was the highest, followed by antibiotics. A statistical difference was observed in non-prescription use of antibiotics by gender. CONCLUSION: The consumption of pharmaceuticals without a medical prescription in the Latin American immigrants in the city of Seville is high.
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