Self-Care and Self-Medication

Wilkinson, Ian; Darby, David N.; Mant, Andrea

doi:10.1097/00005650-198710000-00005

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“…For this purpose, we resort to the Andersen's Behavioral Model of Health Services Use, which describes the factors that may influence the use of health services according to individual and contextual levels and three categories of factors, namely, predisposing, enabling and need factors. This conceptual framework has been used to support different empirical studies, including those focusing on buying and taking OTC drugs and self-medication [11][12][13][14][15][16][17].…”

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Consumption of Non-Prescribed Drugs in Portugal During the Pandemic in 2021

Tavares¹,

Ferreira²,

Raposo³

et al. 2023

Int J Public Health

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Objectives: Portugal liberalised the over-the-counter drugs market in 2005 and provides universal healthcare coverage in a mainly Beveridge-type health system. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced healthcare to change how services were delivered, especially increasing remote consultations in primary care. This analysis aims to find the drivers for taking non-prescribed drugs during the pandemic in Portugal. Specifically, it seeks to understand the role of taking prescribed drugs and attending remote medical appointments in the self-medication decision.Methods: In this observational study, we used data collected during the pandemic in Centre Region of Portugal and estimated logistic regression for the whole sample and stratified by sex.Results: The main findings show that people taking prescribed medications and attending a remote consultation are more likely to take non-prescribed drugs. Also, reporting unmet healthcare needs seems to motivate people to choose self-medication.Conclusion: Policy implications are pointed out concerning the health risks raised from self-medication, the role of the pharmacist advising non-prescribed drugs, and the related health risks arising from unmet healthcare needs.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Consumption of Non-Prescribed Drugs in Portugal During the Pandemic in 2021

Tavares¹,

Ferreira²,

Raposo³

et al. 2023

Int J Public Health

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Common illnesses and self-care

Green

1990

J Community Health

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Self-care has become a topic of widespread interest in recent years. However, few studies of the content and methods of self-care are available to inform health education program design. The present study identified common illnesses that were reported by 258 western university students and how those illnesses were typically cared for. Illness reporting differed significantly by gender, marital status, and perceived health status. Illness treatment differed only for perceived health status. Results suggest that treatment of an illness once self-diagnosed does not differ across groups but that labeling of illnesses does. The suggestion is made that educational programs may need to place greater emphasis on appropriate diagnosis of illness.

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