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T1 Self-Medication of Drugs in Nursing Students from Castile and Leon (Spain)
A1 Galán Andrés, Maria Isabel
A1 Guijo Blanco, Valeriana
A1 Casado Verdejo, Inés
A1 Iglesias Guerra, José Antonio
A1 Fernández García, Daniel
A2 Enfermeria
K1 Medicina. Salud
K1 Education
K1 Nursing students
K1 Self-prescription
K1 Automedicación
K1 Estudiantes de enfermería
K1 Castilla y León
K1 Castile and Leon (Spain)
K1 Drugs
K1 Drogas
K1 Medicamentos
K1 Medication
K1 3212 Salud Publica
AB To determine the prevalence of self-medication in nursing students and their relatedfactors, a transversal, descriptive study was performed on a sample of 378 nursing students. Atotal of 73.8% of the sample declared having used off-prescription drugs during the last month(2.84;2.26–3.58). A total of 28.9% said they did this because they are familiar with the health problemand its pharmacological solution and 25% deemed that it was a mild health problem. Drugs mostcommonly used off-prescription were analgesics in 88.91% (3.63;2.74–4.80) of occasions. They weremainly recommended by the students’ family (1.31;1.03–1.65) on 58.12% of the cases. Students keepanalgesics they take off-prescription in their home first aid kit (4.47;3.28–6.08; p < 0.001). Unlike otherstudies, 53.2% obtained off-prescription drugs from the home first aid kit (1.13;0.89–1.43; p < 0.001).In addition, they gave advice and recommend drugs they have taken to other people with similarsymptoms (1.97;1.59–2.44). A total of 85.72% kept excess drugs after a treatment (6.00;4.50–7.99).Self-medication is related to the storage of unused medicines and giving advice on the use of drugs toother people, among other things. Self-medication of drugs among nursing students is high. Thus, itappears necessary to review the training on rational the use of drugs and responsible self-medicationin the discipline’s curriculum.Keywords: education; nursing students; prevalence; related factors; responsible self-medication;self-prescription
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LK http://hdl.handle.net/10612/13183
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