2017, Number 3
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Rev CONAMED 2017; 22 (3)
Self-medication in undergraduate nursing students
Ávila BA, Bardales PA, Mutul CE, Sánchez SA, Sandoval JL, Jiménez BMV, Márquez GH
Language: Spanish
References: 13
Page: 120-124
PDF size: 214.67 Kb.
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Self-medication is a common practice
in the university health area students, whose to be
consider with knowledge for treat their symptoms
without adequate health care leading to health consequences.
Objectives: To determine the frequency
of self-medication in students of nursing degree,
to know its possible causes, type and source of
drug production and their relation to age and level
of education.
Material and Methods:: Cross-sectional study; A questionnaire
on students open nursing school in all
grades, to identify, often self-medication, types of
drugs, root cause certificate of self-medication and
sociodemographic data was applied. Fisher test was
applied to identify the relationship between age
and the degree of self-medication studies, a value
of p ‹0.05 was considered significant.
Results: The condition that caused the greatest selfmedication
was headache (25.7%) and the main reason
for this practice was the lack of time to go to the
doctor's office (51.4%). Students of higher grades
and older students self-medicate more frequently.
Conclusion: Self-medication is a common practice
among nursing students.
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