Prevalence and predictors of over-the-counter medication use among adolescents in the United Arab Emirates

Barakat-Haddad, Caroline; Siddiqua, Ayesha

doi:10.26719/2017.23.11.744

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“…2 A study carried out among school students by Barakat-Haddad & Siddiqua, (2018) reported that self-medication consumption with OTC drugs has increased rapidly in UAE. 3 Analgesics like nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and peripheral analgesics are frequently purchased by adolescent's students in UAE as it is available at a lower cost as compared to prescription drugs. 3 The high cost of general practitioner (GP) consultation, specialist and routine health check-ups and prescriptions acts as an incentive for the individuals to use OTC drugs reflecting the high prevalence of OTC drug abuse among students in UAE.…”

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“…3 Analgesics like nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and peripheral analgesics are frequently purchased by adolescent's students in UAE as it is available at a lower cost as compared to prescription drugs. 3 The high cost of general practitioner (GP) consultation, specialist and routine health check-ups and prescriptions acts as an incentive for the individuals to use OTC drugs reflecting the high prevalence of OTC drug abuse among students in UAE. 3 A recent study conducted by Jairoun et al, (2020) shed light on the fact that sport nutrition supplements are being used by gym users in Dubai, as they believed that these supplements have positive effects on their body in terms of performance, exercise, and dietary supplements make them healthier.…”

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“…3 The high cost of general practitioner (GP) consultation, specialist and routine health check-ups and prescriptions acts as an incentive for the individuals to use OTC drugs reflecting the high prevalence of OTC drug abuse among students in UAE. 3 A recent study conducted by Jairoun et al, (2020) shed light on the fact that sport nutrition supplements are being used by gym users in Dubai, as they believed that these supplements have positive effects on their body in terms of performance, exercise, and dietary supplements make them healthier. 4 The health or dietary supplements that are added as ingredients in the sports supplements are not substantiated with medical or nutritional value on the label that may cause potential side effects and contraindications.…”

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An exploration of individual knowledge and behavior for utilizing OTC drugs and dietary supplements for health enhancement: An empirical analysis from Dubai

Kittisopee¹,

Thin²,

Nakpun³

et al. 2022

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Background: Self-medication and acquisition of over-the-counter (OTC) drugs are emerging community health issues. Besides being a cheap alternative for treating common illnesses, the behavior entails serious ramifications, such as medication wastage, increasing pathogen resistance, and adverse drug reactions. So, the purpose of the present study was to explore and understand the consumption of commonly used OTC drugs and dietary supplements in Dubai and also assess individuals' self-care behaviors related to OTC and dietary supplements. Methodology: A cross-sectional study design was adopted in the present study and 200 participants were included in this study. Data was entered and analyzed through SPSS version 22. While the chi-square test was conducted to find out significance among variables. Findings: Results from the current study showed that more than a quarter of the participants (31%) were male and 69% of them were females. The prevalence of OTC drugs and dietary supplements was higher (98%) among the individuals living in Dubai. The majority of participants (80%) used analgesics as OTC drugs. Results also revealed that 35.5% of participants used vitamins on a daily basis, 11% used them on weekly basis, and 5.5% used them on monthly basis. While 79.5% of participants obtained their OTC drugs and dietary supplements from community pharmacies. Conclusion:This study provides significant findings regarding an individual's knowledge and behavior for utilizing OTC drugs and dietary supplements. The result has drawn from the present study can help the policymakers, and stakeholders to promulgate and effectiveness of policies and program implementation within the country. Lastly future studies with larger samples are required for the generalizability of the study results.

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An exploration of individual knowledge and behavior for utilizing OTC drugs and dietary supplements for health enhancement: An empirical analysis from Dubai

Kittisopee¹,

Thin²,

Nakpun³

et al. 2022

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“…Medication use, including the consumption of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medications, is a common routine for disease management of patients across ages and countries [ 1 ]. For example, around 70% of adults in North America take at least one prescription medication daily [ 2 ], and 40–95% of adults used OTCs in the Arab world, Germany, and Africa [ 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ]. Inappropriate use of OTC medications, even if these products are claimed to be safe for self-medication, might cause serious consequences to patients’ health [ 7 , 8 ].…”

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Conceptualization, Development and Psychometric Evaluations of a New Medication-Related Health Literacy Instrument: The Chinese Medication Literacy Measurement

Lin

Chang

et al. 2020

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There is a need for valid and reliable instruments to focus on medication aspects of health literacy and help healthcare professionals address patients’ barriers to medication use. This cross-sectional study describes the conceptualization, development, and psychometric properties of the first Chinese Medication Literacy Measurement (ChMLM) to assess the level of health literacy on medication use. The 17-item ChMLM (ChMLM-17) and its short form, 13-item ChMLM (ChMLM-13), consist of four sections (vocabulary, over-the-counter labels, prescription labels, and advertisements) to cover six domains of medication-related health literacy. Multistage stratified quota sampling was attempted to recruit a representative sample in Taiwan. Receiver operating characteristic curves were used to identify the cut-off point for differentiating high and low medication literacy. Psychometric analyses were performed (n = 1410) to assess the reliability and validity separately on all samples and sociodemographic subgroups. The 17- and 13-item versions both had high construct validity among all patients and patients with low medication literacy. The developed ChMLM-17 and ChMLM-13 is expected to help healthcare providers and researchers to accurately measure medication-related health literacy and improve medication use in the real-world practice.

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“…8,9 In a United Arab Emirates (UAE) study, 51% of the participants from the general public indicated that they usually used OTC medicines without medical consultation. 10 The literature has shown that analgesics are the most common medications associated with OTC misuse and cough medicines with OTC abuse. 3,11 Community pharmacists are reachable health professionals and can play a crucial role in preventing adverse events related to the use of OTC medicines.…”

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Virtual pharmacist interventions on abuse of over-the-counter medications during COVID-19 versus traditional pharmacist interventions

Mazrouei¹,

Ibrahim²,

Meslamani³

et al. 2021

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

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Objective This study aimed to investigate frequency, nature, and clinical significance of pharmacist interventions on Over-the-Counter (OTC)medicines with abuse potential across community pharmacies with and without virtual care. Materials and Methods In this prospective observational study, a trained research team observed the dispensary team of 12 community pharmacies in the UAE, of which 6 were operating virtual pharmacy care. A standardized data collection form was used to include information about dispensing of OTC medicines and pharmacist interventions on those with abuse/misuse potential. Clinical significance of interventions was evaluated by a multidisciplinary committee. Results The Frequency of pharmacist interventions on OTC medicines with abuse potential across pharmacies with and without virtual services was 83.2% versus 91.0%. While the Frequency of pharmacist interventions on OTC medicines with misuse potential across pharmacies with and without virtual services was 79.8% versus 41.2%. The proportions of significant interventions across pharmacies with and without virtual services were 19.7% versus 10.5%. Cough medicines were dispensed significantly more across pharmacies with virtual care (25.6% vs 9.7%, p=0.04). Asking the patient to seek the advice of addiction specialist (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 4.11; p=0.001) versus refusing to sell the drug were more likely to be associated with pharmacies with virtual services versus pharmacies operating traditional pharmacy services. Discussion The use of information technology tools in pharmacy settings enabled the pharmacists to intervene on OTC medicines with misuse potential, but limited their ability to detect potential OTC abusing due to absence of physical contact with the patients. Conclusion Virtual pharmaceutical care is a potential approach to reduce OTC medicines abusing/misusing, but needs some improvements regarding detection of these cases. The UAE is the first country in the region to implement and regulate virtual pharmacy practice.

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Prevalence and predictors of over-the-counter medication use among adolescents in the United Arab Emirates

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An exploration of individual knowledge and behavior for utilizing OTC drugs and dietary supplements for health enhancement: An empirical analysis from Dubai

An exploration of individual knowledge and behavior for utilizing OTC drugs and dietary supplements for health enhancement: An empirical analysis from Dubai

Conceptualization, Development and Psychometric Evaluations of a New Medication-Related Health Literacy Instrument: The Chinese Medication Literacy Measurement

Virtual pharmacist interventions on abuse of over-the-counter medications during COVID-19 versus traditional pharmacist interventions

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