de Aquino Daniela Silva, de Barros José Augusto Cabral, da Silva Maria Dolores Paes
Departamento de Farmácia, Faculdades Integradas da Vitória de Santo Antão, Recife, PE, 50610-000.
Cien Saude Colet. 2010 Aug;15(5):2533-8. doi: 10.1590/s1413-81232010000500027.
As self-medication is a worldwide problem of public health, this article had as objective to evaluate the behavior of the future health professionals with regard to the drug utilization, particularly, to the self-medication practice. 223 academic students from a public university in Recife City were interviewed, selected by proportional share in each course. A questionnaire on the drug utilization was applied, 15 days before the interview. From the 223 students, 65.5% reported drug use in the last 15 days. 42.3% used drugs through the physician's prescription and 57.7% through the self-medication. The most used drugs were the analgesics (24.0%) and vitamins (18.9%) and the main reason was pain (30.5%). The drug utilization among academic students in Recife City is high but it is inside the parameter according to others analysis. However we have expected a low and more rationalized utilization.
由于自我药疗是一个全球性的公共卫生问题，本文旨在评估未来卫生专业人员在药物使用方面的行为，特别是自我药疗行为。对累西腓市一所公立大学的223名在校学生进行了访谈，按各课程的比例进行选取。在访谈前15天，发放了一份关于药物使用的问卷。在223名学生中，65.5%报告在过去15天内使用过药物。42.3%通过医生处方用药，57.7%通过自我药疗用药。使用最多的药物是镇痛药（24.0%）和维生素（18.9%），主要原因是疼痛（30.5%）。累西腓市在校学生的药物使用情况较高，但根据其他分析，仍在参数范围内。然而，我们原本预期会有较低且更合理的药物使用情况。
