Factors associated with medicine use among children aged under 12 years—a population survey in Finland

Hämeen‐Anttila, Katri; Lindell-Osuagwu, Leena; Sepponen, Kati; Vainio, Kirsti; Halonen, Pirjo; Ahonen, Riitta

doi:10.1002/pds.1887

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“…Two studies found no influence of parental socioeconomic status. 4,17 Our findings concur with recent research indicating that parents' own health and medicating behavior influence the self-medication of their children.…”

Section: Relation To Previous Studiessupporting

confidence: 82%

“…However, our results are in accordance with previous studies showing an association between maternal and child self-medication with OTC medications. 17,20,28 We did not detect any influence of socioeconomic factors, as suggested by earlier studies, perhaps due to our limited study population. In 2003, Tobi et al 15 found a high parental education level to be associated with increased child OTC drug use.…”

Section: Relation To Previous Studiessupporting

confidence: 54%

“…Previousmedicationstudieshaveapplied shortreportperiodsof2daysor1week. 1,17 Our report period of 3 months and 1 year could lead to imprecise replies. However, this period was chosen to identify a longterm use of analgesics rather than the specific use during a few randomly selected days.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Previous OTC medication studies have applied 1-question outcomes. 6,17 Our limited sample size may result in associations between maternal health and child self-medication to remain undetected. Our population also meant we could not investigate the influence of paternal health.…”

Section: Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Association of Maternal Self-Medication and Over-the-Counter Analgesics for Children

et al. 2014

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OBJECTIVE: Self-medication with over-the-counter (OTC) analgesics, such as paracetamol (PCM), among children and adolescents is increasing and constitutes an important public health issue internationally. Reasons for this development are unclear; parental influence is suggested. Our objective was to examine whether self-medication with OTC analgesics among school-aged children is influenced by maternal self-reported health and medicine use, taking the child’s frequency of pain into account. METHODS: A quantitative cross-sectional survey was conducted on 131 children aged 6 to 11 years and their mothers in the framework of the Demonstration Of A Study To Coordinate And Perform Human Biomonitoring On A European Scale (DEMOCOPHES) European project. Participants were selected from 1 urban and 1 rural area of Denmark, and equally distributed in age and gender. Data were collected through structured interviews with all children and self-report questionnaires for mothers regarding health, pain, and medicine use. RESULTS: After adjusting for several sociodemographic and health parameters, maternal use of OTC analgesics was significantly associated with self-medication with OTC analgesics, particularly PCM, in our population of schoolchildren, even when the child’s pain was adjusted for (odds ratio 3.00, P = .008). A clear association between child pain and OTC analgesic use was not found. Additionally, maternal health (self-rated health, chronic pain, chronic disease, daily medicine intake) did not significantly influence child use of OTC analgesics. CONCLUSIONS: Maternal self-medication with OTC analgesics is associated with self-medication of OTC analgesics, predominantly PCM, among school-aged children, perhaps more than the child’s pain. Maternal health seems of less importance. Information to parents about pain self-management is important to promote appropriate PCM use among schoolchildren.

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Section: Relation To Previous Studiessupporting

confidence: 82%

Section: Relation To Previous Studiessupporting

confidence: 54%

Section: Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Students' perspectives on medicines and their use, was similar to that seen in previous studies in Finland [26,27,30]. Fourth graders' perspectives included the view that as well as the benefits, medication always includes risks such as the side effects.…”

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confidence: 53%

An Internet-Based Medicine Education Intervention: Fourth Graders’ Perspectives

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Abstract:Health education, which also includes medicine education, promotes social sustainability in society. Through the context of Internet-based intervention, this study reports on fourth graders' (N = 51, aged 10-11 years) perspectives on medicines, their use with common diseases and medicine-related information sources. The study was qualitative by nature. Data was collected in spring 2010, by audio recording students' group discussions during the study process and group interviews. After intervention, students were well aware of the proper use of medicines and how to find information both on medicines and health issues. The main challenge was finding websites that provide reliable and confidential information. The results of this study raise awareness of a concrete pedagogical approach to health education. The pedagogical approach conducted in the intervention could, to some extent, be transferred to any school setting. This study underlies the promotion of Internet-based health literacy and criteria, for evaluating online health information in the primary school context.

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Commentaries on ‘Diclofenac for acute pain in children’

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Camu

Kokki

2011

Evid.‐Based Child Health

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These are commentaries on a Cochrane review, published in this issue of EBCH, first published as: Standing JF, Savage I, Pritchard D, Waddington M. Diclofenac for acute pain in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD005538. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005538.pub2. Further information for this is available in this issue of EBCH in the accompanying article. Copyright © 2011 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. The Cochrane Collaboration

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Factors associated with medicine use among children aged under 12 years—a population survey in Finland

Cited by 28 publications

References 20 publications

Association of Maternal Self-Medication and Over-the-Counter Analgesics for Children

Association of Maternal Self-Medication and Over-the-Counter Analgesics for Children

An Internet-Based Medicine Education Intervention: Fourth Graders’ Perspectives

Commentaries on ‘Diclofenac for acute pain in children’

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