Systematic review of self-medication in students of medical and biological sciences careers

IF 1.2 Q4 PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY
Patricia Azócar, Marisela Valdés-González, Bárbara B. Garrido-Suárez, Maria S. Fernández-Alfonso, Gabino Garrido
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Context: Self-medication is a self-care practice. It is a frequent and widespread habit in all societies and does not distinguish between sex and age. Therefore, students are not exempt from using this practice. Aims: To carry out a systematic review of scientific articles published between 2010 and 2020 on self-medication in university students of careers related to medical and biological sciences with PRISMA guidelines. Methods: A standardized search was performed in four databases with the following terms: Automedicación (in Spanish), Self-medication, Automedication, University Student, and Students. For the selection of studies, the Rayyan® tool was used. The most relevant information on self-medication of university students was collected. Results: Fourteen articles were included and evaluated as high, medium, and low quality with the AXIS tool. The results of the study reflected a high self-medication in university students of careers related to medical and biological sciences, with a higher prevalence of self-medication in women than in men. The more knowledge these students have, the greater their self-medication and, thus, they always maintain this practice, being the most indicated causes for it the problems in the respiratory tract, headaches, and gastrointestinal problems. The main reasons for these students to practice self-medication are the knowledge they have acquired in their curricula, due to past experiences with the same symptoms and minor illnesses. Pharmacies, through friends, relatives or neighbors and home medicine cabinets are the most common places for the acquisition of medications by these students, indicating that analgesics/anti-inflammatories, antibiotics, and antipyretics are the most used medications among them. Conclusions: These students practice self-medication because they consider they have sufficient knowledge about diseases and their treatments, which gives them more confidence in making the decision to self-medicate. Subsequently, self-knowledge is a decisive reason for self-medication. Moreover, self-medication patterns regarding the use of drugs from various therapeutic categories vary among medical and biological sciences university students from different countries.
医学和生物科学专业学生自我药疗的系统综述
背景:自我药疗是一种自我保健实践。这是所有社会中普遍存在的习惯,不分性别和年龄。因此,学生们也不能免于使用这种做法。目的:对2010年至2020年间发表的关于医学和生物科学相关职业大学生自我药疗的科学文章进行系统综述。方法:在四个数据库中进行标准化检索,检索词为:Automedicación(西班牙语)、自我用药、自动化治疗、大学生和学生。为了选择研究,我们使用Rayyan®工具。收集大学生自我药疗的相关信息。结果:14篇文章被纳入,并使用AXIS工具评估为高、中、低质量。研究结果表明,从事医学和生物科学相关职业的大学生自我药疗的比例很高,其中女性自我药疗的比例高于男性。这些学生拥有的知识越多,他们的自我药疗就越多,因此,他们总是坚持这种做法,因为它是呼吸道问题,头痛和胃肠道问题的最明显原因。这些学生练习自我药疗的主要原因是他们在课程中获得的知识,因为他们过去有过同样的症状和小疾病的经历。这些学生最常通过朋友、亲戚或邻居和家庭药柜获取药物,其中使用最多的药物是镇痛/抗炎药、抗生素和退烧药。结论:这些学生进行自我药疗是因为他们认为自己对疾病和治疗有足够的了解,这使他们在做出自我药疗的决定时更有信心。因此,自我认识是自我用药的决定性原因。此外,来自不同国家的医学和生物科学专业的大学生在使用各种治疗类别药物方面的自我药疗模式各不相同。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacognosy Research (JPPRes) is an international, specialized and peer-reviewed open access journal, under the auspices of AVAGAX – Diseño, Publicidad y Servicios Informáticos, which publishes studies in the pharmaceutical and herbal fields concerned with the physical, botanical, chemical, biological, toxicological properties and clinical applications of molecular entities, active pharmaceutical ingredients, devices and delivery systems for drugs, vaccines and biologicals, including their design, manufacture, evaluation and marketing. This journal publishes research papers, reviews, commentaries and letters to the editor as well as special issues and review of pre-and post-graduate thesis from pharmacists or professionals involved in Pharmaceutical Sciences or Pharmacognosy.
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