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Characterization of pediatric medicines use in pre-scholar and primary school children

dc.contributor.authorPinto, Isabel C.
dc.contributor.authorNascimento, Luís
dc.contributor.authorPereira, A.
dc.contributor.authorIzidoro, Ana
dc.contributor.authorPatrocínio, Cátia
dc.contributor.authorMartins, Daniela
dc.contributor.authorAlves, Margarida
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-10T14:35:05Z
dc.date.available2018-10-10T14:35:05Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractBackground: 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.sponsorshipThe 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
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dc.identifier.citationPinto, 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. 82-83pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12913-018-3444-8pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1472-6963
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/18048
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherBMCpt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.titleCharacterization of pediatric medicines use in pre-scholar and primary school childrenpt_PT
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceLeiria, Portugalpt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage83pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue18pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage82pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleBMC Health Services Researchpt_PT
oaire.citation.volumeSupplement 2pt_PT
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