Domingues Paulo Henrique Faria, Galvão Taís Freire, Andrade Keitty Regina Cordeiro de, Araújo Paula Caetano, Silva Marcus Tolentino, Pereira Maurício Gomes
Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Medicina, Brasília-DF, Brasil.
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Campinas-SP, Brasil.
Epidemiol Serv Saude. 2017 Apr-Jun;26(2):319-330. doi: 10.5123/S1679-49742017000200009.
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.
评估巴西联邦区成年人自我药疗的患病率，并调查其相关因素。
这是一项基于人群的横断面研究，通过概率抽样选取成年人；自我药疗患病率来自那些报告在过去七天内使用过任何药物的人；应用具有稳健方差的泊松回归模型来调整患病率比值。
共访谈了1820人，其中646人至少服用过一种药物；自我药疗患病率为14.9%（95%置信区间：12.6%；17.5%）；校正分析显示，50至65岁人群（患病率比值=0.26；95%置信区间：0.15；0.47）和患有慢性病的人群（患病率比值=0.38；95%置信区间：0.28；0.51）与自我药疗呈负相关；日常生活活动有困难的成年人（患病率比值=2.25；95%置信区间：1.43；3.53）自我药疗的情况更多。
自我药疗与年轻人以及日常生活活动有问题的人有关。
