MSc. Doctoral Student, Postgraduate Program on Pharmaceutical Sciences (CiPharma), School of Pharmacy, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP), Ouro Preto (MG), Brazil.
Undergraduate Biology Student, Institute of Exact and Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP), Ouro Preto (MG), Brazil.
Sao Paulo Med J. 2022 Mar-Apr;140(2):250-260. doi: 10.1590/1516-3180.2021.0367.R1.23072021.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, universities have had to adopt remote education, a strategy that caused sudden changes of routine for everyone involved in academia.
To assess the profile of medicine use by the employees of a Brazilian public university during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cross-sectional study at a Brazilian public university.
Employees were invited to answer an online self-administered questionnaire, containing questions on sociodemographic features, medicine use, mental health and lifestyle habits during the COVID-19 pandemic. The outcome variable was the use of medicines stratified according to occupation. Descriptive, bivariate and multivariate (Poisson regression) statistical analyses were performed.
A total of 372 employees participated in the study and use of medicine was reported by 53.2%. Among professors, suicide attempts (prevalence ratio [PR], 1.81; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.20-2.74), physical activity (PR, 1.53; 95% CI, 1.11-2.11) and poor self-rated health (PR, 1.29; 95% CI, 1.01-1.66); and among technicians, decreased workload during the COVID-19 pandemic (PR, 1.41; 95% CI, 1.00-1.99), excess body weight (PR, 1.39; 95% CI, 1.02-1.88) and poor self-rated health (PR, 1.48; 95% CI, 1.14-1.92) were positively associated with use of medicines. In addition, among technicians, engaging in physical activity (PR, 0.60; 95% CI, 0.46-0.78) was a protective factor against medicine use.
The profile of medicine use among these employees was similar to that of the Brazilian population. However, some associated factors may have been influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, thus highlighting the need to examine this topic in a longitudinal study.
在 COVID-19 大流行期间，各大学不得不采取远程教育策略，这一策略使所有参与学术活动的人都突然改变了日常生活习惯。
评估巴西一所公立大学员工在 COVID-19 大流行期间的药物使用情况。
巴西一所公立大学的横断面研究。
邀请员工回答在线自我管理问卷，问卷内容包括社会人口统计学特征、药物使用、心理健康和大流行期间的生活方式习惯。因变量为按职业分层的药物使用情况。进行描述性、双变量和多变量（泊松回归）统计分析。
共有 372 名员工参加了研究，有 53.2%的员工报告使用了药物。在教授中，自杀企图（患病率比 [PR]，1.81；95%置信区间 [CI]，1.20-2.74）、身体活动（PR，1.53；95%CI，1.11-2.11）和自我报告健康状况不佳（PR，1.29；95%CI，1.01-1.66）；在技术人员中，COVID-19 大流行期间工作量减少（PR，1.41；95%CI，1.00-1.99）、超重（PR，1.39；95%CI，1.02-1.88）和自我报告健康状况不佳（PR，1.48；95%CI，1.14-1.92）与药物使用呈正相关。此外，在技术人员中，进行身体活动（PR，0.60；95%CI，0.46-0.78）是药物使用的保护因素。
这些员工的药物使用情况与巴西人群相似。然而，一些相关因素可能受到 COVID-19 大流行的影响，因此需要在纵向研究中检查这一主题。
