RESUMENObjetivo. La automedicación es una práctica común en diferentes sociedades que puede tener importantes implicaciones sanitarias. Esta práctica ha sido poco estudiada hasta ahora en población universitaria española. Nuestro objetivo es cuantificar esta actividad y estudiar los factores asociados a la misma. Material y método. Se diseñó y facilitó un cuestionario para su autocumplimentación a una muestra de población universitaria. Se evaluó el impacto de tres variables principales sobre la automedicación: sexo, estudios sanitarios y hábitos de información sobre medicamentos. Se emplearon en el análisis los test de Chi Cuadrado, junto a técnicas de regresión logística. Resultados. La práctica de automedicación fue confirmada en el 90,8% de los 501 individuos que contestaron correctamente la encuesta. Esta práctica fue significativamente más frecuente en mujeres. El grupo de medicamentos más frecuentemente consumido fueron los analgésicos/antiinflamatorios (consumidos por el 73% de los automedicadores). Las mujeres consumieron significativamente más anticatarrales (OR = 1,70), mientras que los hombres consumieron más antibióticos (OR = 1,88). Los individuos con hábitos de información sobre medicamentos presentaron un menor consumo de antibióticos (OR = 2,15). Conclusiones. La práctica de la automedicación es elevada en población universitaria valenciana y mayor de la reportada anteriormente en nuestro país. El sexo y los hábitos de información están asociados a la automedicación en determinados grupos de medicamentos. Palabras clave. Automedicación, Estudiantes, Universidad. ABSTRACTStudy on self-medication in the Spanish university population Aims. Self-medication is a common behaviour that can have serious effects on health. This practice has been little studied in Spanish university population. Our aim is to assess the importance of this behaviour and to study its associated factors. Material and methods. A self-completed questionnaire was designed and administered to a sample of Spanish university students. The impact of sex, type of studies and drug information habits was assessed. Chi-square and logistic regression models were undertaken. Results. Self-medication was confirmed in 90.8% of the 501 individuals that correctly answered the questionnaire. This practice was significantly more common among women. The analgesic/anti-inflammatory group of drugs was the most frequently consumed (73% of self-medicators). Women significantly consumed more anticatarrhals (OR=1.70), whereas antibiotics were more consumed by men (OR=1.88). Furthermore, individuals with good drug information habits had less antibiotic consumption (OR=2.15). Conclusions. Self-medication is a very common habit in Valencian university population, and is the highest reported to date in our country. Sex and drug information habits are associated with self-medication in some groups of drugs. Key words. Self Medication, Students, University. INTRODUCCIÓNLa automedicación puede ser definida de forma genérica como la administración por decisió...
ObjectiveExplore potential changes in the characteristics of patients requesting smoking cessation treatment at an outpatient setting in Spain before and after Law 42/2010 was enacted.DesignThis is a cross-sectional study with convenience sampling. The information was obtained from the medical records of patients receiving smoking cessation treatment from January 2008 to December 2014.SettingHospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia.Participants423 patients who sought smoking cessation treatment 36 months before or 48 months after the enactment of the law.ResultsAfter the enactment of a comprehensive smoke-free law in Spain, the patients seeking smoking cessation treatment were older (p=0.003), had lower values of exhaled CO (p<0.0001), lower number of previous attempts to quit (p=0.027) and more history of medical problems related to smoking (p=0.002).ConclusionOur findings support the idea that society–nation level interventions could have an impact at the individual level, reflected by the change of patients’ characteristics. It seems that the Law 42/2010 mobilised certain group of patients to seek treatment.
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