Arriarán Cisneros Aristides, Becerra Bravo Melissa, Ruiz Ramirez Eliberto
Carrera de Estomatología, Universidad Científica del Sur. Lima, Perú.
Programa de Maestría en Farmacología. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú.
Rev Cient Odontol (Lima). 2022 Mar 30;10(1):e097. doi: 10.21142/2523-2754-1001-2022-097. eCollection 2022 Jan-Mar.
The self-medication is the use of drugs without health professionals' prescription that many times, instead of helping, aggravate the patient's health. Dental pain is the main reason for performing this act in the area of odontology. It is important to know if patients self-medicate in order to develop strategies to reduce the misuse of drugs and avoid this practice.
Establish the frequency and characterization of self-medication in patients who visit to the three private dental clinics between the months of march to July in the year 2021.
Cross-sectional observational study with a sample of 450 patients from three dental clinics in the city of Lima. The assessment tool was a 13-question quiz about the main characteristics of self-medication.
The 85,8% of patients use drugs without medical prescription. 41.5% of the patients self-medicated did it with old prescriptions made by the dentist. The age group that more self-medicated was 26-35 years old with 35.5%. The most frequent type of disease was dental pain with 45.6%, The degree of instruction with the highest percentage was complete university superior with 32.9%.
The frequency of self-medication of the patients who visited the three dental centers is considerably high.
自我药疗是指在没有医疗专业人员处方的情况下使用药物，很多时候这非但无助于患者健康，反而会使其病情加重。牙痛是口腔医学领域中进行自我药疗的主要原因。了解患者是否进行自我药疗对于制定减少药物滥用的策略并避免这种行为很重要。
确定2021年3月至7月期间前往三家私立牙科诊所就诊的患者自我药疗的频率及其特征。
对利马市三家牙科诊所的450名患者进行横断面观察研究。评估工具是一份关于自我药疗主要特征的13个问题的问卷。
85.8%的患者在没有医生处方的情况下使用药物。41.5%进行自我药疗的患者使用的是牙医开具的旧处方。自我药疗频率最高的年龄组是26 - 35岁，占35.5%。最常见的疾病类型是牙痛，占45.6%。接受指导程度比例最高的是大学本科及以上学历，占32.9%。
前往这三家牙科中心就诊的患者自我药疗的频率相当高。
