Scuri Stefania, Petrelli Fabio, Tanzi Elisabetta, Thi Thu Cúc Nguyễn, Grappasonni Iolanda
University of Camerino.
Acta Biomed. 2019 Jan 23;90(1):83-91. doi: 10.23750/abm.v90i1.7572.
In recent years, self-medication is an increasing public health issue, also among the European young people. Only 48% of people throughout the world use prescribed medications, while the remainder admits that they self-medicate with over the counter drugs or leftover prescribed drugs. Also, the risk of antibiotic resistance, throughout the world, has doubled, due to the recourse to these drugs when they are not called for, or to failure to follow their instructions for use.
A five-part questionnaire, translated into the national languages and validated, was given to Pharmacy students in Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic and Romania obtain anonymous information about their pharmaceutical drugs use.
Regarding the use of pharmaceutical drugs, students in Spain and Romania indicated the highest percentages of use. In Italy and Romania, the pharmacist is rarely consulted, while the advice of family members or friends is more frequently requested. In all four countries the problem of taking antibiotics without a medical prescription is significant, and 50% of Romanian students use antibiotics to treat the flu. Another important result is that, in Spain, 38.4% of the respondents admitted to using medicines with alcohol.
Considering that the drug information leaflet is not read by 50% of young people interviewed, it would be important for public health entities to instruct the population, especially younger age groups such as secondary school students, about the importance of reading this information carefully. The use of mass media in such a preventive medicine campaign could be effective.
近年来，自我药疗已成为一个日益严重的公共卫生问题，在欧洲年轻人中亦是如此。全世界仅有48%的人使用处方药，其余的人承认他们使用非处方药或剩余的处方药进行自我药疗。此外，由于在不必要时使用这些药物或未遵循其使用说明，全球抗生素耐药性风险已翻倍。
一份分为五个部分的问卷被翻译成各国语言并经过验证，分发给意大利、西班牙、捷克共和国和罗马尼亚的药学专业学生，以获取有关他们用药情况的匿名信息。
关于药品使用情况，西班牙和罗马尼亚的学生表示用药比例最高。在意大利和罗马尼亚，很少向药剂师咨询，而更常向家人或朋友寻求建议。在所有四个国家，无医生处方服用抗生素的问题都很严重，50%的罗马尼亚学生使用抗生素治疗流感。另一个重要结果是，在西班牙，38.4%的受访者承认使用含酒精的药品。
鉴于50%的受访年轻人不阅读药品说明书，公共卫生实体向民众，尤其是像中学生这样的年轻群体，宣传仔细阅读此信息的重要性非常重要。在这样的预防医学活动中利用大众媒体可能会有效果。
