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- Title
Analysis of drug consumption without medical prescription by academic at a university of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul.
- Authors
de Souza Estevez Garcia, Maria Carolina; Grespan Estodutto da Silva, Lilliam May
- Abstract
Self-medication has become a common practice in the daily life of the Brazilian population, causing its prevalence to increase. Thus, given the issue of drug consumption on its own, the present study aims to analyze the influence of the training area of university students in self-medication practice, with students from the Dom Bosco Catholic University (UCDB) in Mato Grosso do Sul as a research source. The study was of the analytical type using the questionnaire self-applied technique on the profile of the interviewees regarding the practice of self-medication and other questions related to health management. We interviewed 143 university students from different areas of education, 75 of them from health courses. Through the results obtained, we observed the need to promote strategies that encourage awareness and rational consumption of medicines.
- Subjects
MATO Grosso do Sul (Brazil); DRUG utilization; MEDICAL prescriptions; SELF medication; BRAZILIANS; COLLEGE students
- Publication
Multitemas, 2022, Vol 27, Issue 66, p197
- ISSN
1414-512X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.20435/multi.v27i66.3524