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Characterization of pediatric medicines use in pre-scholar and primary school children
dc.contributor.author | Pinto, Isabel C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Nascimento, Luís | |
dc.contributor.author | Pereira, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Izidoro, Ana | |
dc.contributor.author | Patrocínio, Cátia | |
dc.contributor.author | Martins, Daniela | |
dc.contributor.author | Alves, Margarida | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-10T14:35:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-10-10T14:35:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Parents or other caregivers usually resort to the use of medication without prescription in their children, which can be considered as a facilitative process of drug intoxication. The child is not an adult in small size, which necessarily has implications for the use of drugs to ensure safety and effectiveness. Objectives: To examine the use of pediatric medicines and associated factors in children of pre-school and 1st cycle of basic education in the city of Bragança, in Northeast of Portugal. Methods: This cross-sectional, descriptive and correlational study, was based on a questionnaire applied to 371 parents or guardians of children of pre-school and 1st cycle of basic education in the city of Bragança, in the academic year 2014/2015. Statistical analysis was performed on the SPSS program, v. 20.0. It was used descriptive statistics, correlations were accessed using Spearman and qui-square tests, considering the significance level of 5%. Results: The results revealed that 86% of parents use drugs without prescription, of these 49% resort to this practice under the influence of ancient medical guidelines and 28% under the influence of information transmitted in the pharmacy. Mostly of parents (53%) resort to self-medication to relieve fever or treatment of influenza symptoms (14%) of their children. No statistically significant factors related to the use of nonprescription medication in children were found. Conclusions: Pediatric self-medication is a common practice, especially made based on old medical guidelines. Pediatric self-medication is a common practice, especially made based on old medical guidelines. Although no explanatory factors have been found for this pediatric self-medication. | pt_PT |
dc.description.sponsorship | The authors thank Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT, Portugal) and the infrastructure FEDER under the PT2020 program for financial support to CIMO (UID/AGR/00690/2013). | pt_PT |
dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | pt_PT |
dc.identifier.citation | Pinto, Isabel C.; Nascimento, Luís; Pereira, Ana; Izidoro, Ana; Patrocínio, Cátia; Martins, Daniela; Alves, Margarida (2018). Characterization of pediatric medicines use in pre-scholar and primary school children. In Proceedings of the 4th IPLeiria’s International Health Congress 2018 ou Journal: BMC Health Services Research 18, Sup 2: O155, p. 82-83 | pt_PT |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/s12913-018-3444-8 | pt_PT |
dc.identifier.issn | 1472-6963 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10198/18048 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
dc.publisher | BMC | pt_PT |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | pt_PT |
dc.title | Characterization of pediatric medicines use in pre-scholar and primary school children | pt_PT |
dc.type | conference object | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
oaire.awardURI | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876/UID%2FAGR%2F00690%2F2013/PT | |
oaire.citation.conferencePlace | Leiria, Portugal | pt_PT |
oaire.citation.endPage | 83 | pt_PT |
oaire.citation.issue | 18 | pt_PT |
oaire.citation.startPage | 82 | pt_PT |
oaire.citation.title | BMC Health Services Research | pt_PT |
oaire.citation.volume | Supplement 2 | pt_PT |
oaire.fundingStream | 5876 | |
person.familyName | Pinto | |
person.familyName | Nascimento | |
person.givenName | Isabel C. | |
person.givenName | Luís | |
person.identifier.ciencia-id | 851B-247F-C650 | |
person.identifier.ciencia-id | 9918-ED25-623E | |
person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0003-4745-6489 | |
person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-1302-2570 | |
project.funder.identifier | http://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 | |
project.funder.name | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | |
rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
rcaap.type | conferenceObject | pt_PT |
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