Use of Medications and Its Relationship With the First Kit: Case of Parents From an Educational Institution in Ica, Peru

Abstract

The use of medications without adequate control threatens the health and quality of life of the population; Also, it is necessary to have a safe place to store medications and properly dispose of any remaining medications. The objective of the research work was to determine the relationship between the use of medications and the family medicine cabinet and to compare the correlation between the use of the medication according to the dimensions: administration of the medication, therapeutic objective of the medication, safety of the medication and conservation of the medication with the management of the family medicine cabinet. The sample is made up of 291 parents from an Educational Institution in the province of Ica in the year 2023. The level of research is descriptive-correlational, the design is nonexperimental, cross-sectional and to carry out this study, the survey technique, likewise the questionnaire instrument was used. The questionnaire applied to parents consists of 20 items that were administered to them at a single time. It has been shown that the correlation coefficient between the variables use of medications and the family medicine cabinet is r Pearson=0.602 at a significance level of 0.05; and that there is a significant relationship regarding the study variables. This highlights the need to promote health education and acquisition of knowledge about the use of medications and conservation of the family medicine cabinet and periodic reviews of these to reduce the possible adverse effects of medications.