Automedicación en estudiantes de Enfermería

Norma Beatriz Ríos; Celeste Macarena Arteaga; Yureny González Arias; Aylen Ayelen Martínez; Melina Hitomi Nogawa; Ayelen Macarena Quinteros; Carlos Jesús Canova Barrios

doi:10.56294/ri202471

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Published: 2024-01-03

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56294/ri202471

Self-medication in nursing students

Abstract

Objective: To determine the prevalence and factors associated with the practice of self-medication among undergraduate nursing students at a private institution in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Methodology: Descriptive, quantitative, and cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 99 nursing students who were administered a self-medication instrument.

Results: A total of 99 students aged between 25 and 35 years were interviewed. Most of them were female (82.83%) and in their first year of study (29.29%). The prevalence of self-medication was 100%. Television and social networks were the main sources of information about medicines; the symptoms that motivated self-medication were pain and cold, and consequently the most used medicines were analgesics (82.83%) and anti-influenza medicines (78.79%). When asked where they obtained the medicines, 79.80% obtained them from pharmacies and 48.48% from relatives.

Conclusions: The prevalence of self-medication was high and was mainly related to the availability of economic resources to access medicines and the possibility of buying them at the pharmacy without a prescription. It is necessary to implement activities to guarantee the responsible use of medicines among nursing students.

Keywords:

Self Medication,

Nursing Students,

Self Care,

Drug Utilization,

How to Cite

Ríos NB, Arteaga CM, González Arias Y, Martínez AA, Nogawa MH, Quinteros AM, Canova Barrios CJ. Self-medication in nursing students. Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation / Rehabilitacion Interdisciplinaria [Internet]. 2024 Jan. 3 [cited 2024 Jul. 27];4:71. Available from: https://ri.saludcyt.ar/index.php/ri/article/view/71

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