Tejedor N, Zafra E, Sánchez del Viso Y, López Muñoz A, Vidal C, López de Castro F
Centro de Salud Santa María de Benquerencia, Unidad Docente de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria, Toledo.
Aten Primaria. 1995 Jun 15;16(1):13-8.
Community level. "Santa María de Benquerencia" Health District, Toledo.
People over 15, chosen by random sampling from the municipal census, who stated that they had suffered some health disorder over the previous fortnight.
212 surveys were accepted as valid (average age 42.75, 51.89% male and 48.11% female). 73% had suffered one of the disorders included in the survey during the previous fortnight. The commonest response was self-medication (39.84%), especially when dealing with pain and Pyrosis. Pyrazolones and Salicylates were the most commonly used drugs. The instructions were only read in 48.64% of cases. No measure was adopted in 34.56% of the disorders. The doctor was only consulted in 6.86% of cases. Both these responses were more common in men and young people. Non-pharmacological self-care was adopted in 30.07% of cases. This was generally of a dietetic or physical nature and was commoner in women and elderly people.
Self-care, whether pharmacological or not, is the most common response to the perception of some symptom. These practices (especially self-medication because of its possible attendant problems) should be directed and used as one tool more in health care.
社区层面。托莱多市“圣玛丽亚·德本克伦西亚”卫生区。
15岁以上人群，从市政人口普查中随机抽样选取，他们表示在过去两周内患有某种健康问题。
212份调查问卷被视为有效（平均年龄42.75岁，男性占51.89%，女性占48.11%）。73%的人在过去两周内患有调查中包含的疾病之一。最常见的应对方式是自我用药（39.84%），尤其是在处理疼痛和胃灼热时。吡唑啉酮和水杨酸盐是最常用的药物。仅48.64%的病例会阅读用药说明。34.56%的疾病未采取任何措施。仅6.86%的病例会咨询医生。这两种应对方式在男性和年轻人中更为常见。30.07%的病例采取了非药物自我护理。这通常是饮食或身体方面的，在女性和老年人中更为常见。
自我护理，无论是否为药物治疗，都是对某些症状感知最常见的应对方式。这些做法（尤其是自我用药，因其可能带来的相关问题）应得到指导，并更多地用作医疗保健中的一种工具。
