Análise da automedicação em estudantes dos cursos da área de saúde da UFCG - CES - Campus Cuité.

Abstract

Self-medication has become, over the years, a serious public health problem, due to the ease of information about a particular drug or the ease in obtaining it. With this practice it is possible to cause a series of risks to society, involving university students because it is a part of the society most susceptible to this type of act. There is a link between self-knowledge of health status and self-medication as a practice chosen among university students, since this group has knowledge about pharmacological effects. The self-medication detected in this group is more evolved the greater the academic training. It is of great value, to ascertain the influence of the university training area in this practice. The objective of this study was to evaluate the practice of self - medication among the students of the health courses (Nursing, Pharmacy and Nutrition), Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG) - Campus de Cuité - PB. A descriptive and cross - sectional qualitative / quantitative field survey was conducted. The research instrument used to evaluate the risk behavior for the development of the research was the self-fulfilling questionnaire. The questionnaires were numbered and then transposed to a digital platform using the features of the Microsoft Access version 2010 program. For the validation of the typing the Epi Info program version 6.02 was used. After typing, the database was transferred to the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 13.0 for statistical analysis of the data. The results showed that the majority of university students were female, aged between 18 and 25 years old, brown. It was observed that the classes of drugs most used were analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-influenza, vitamin supplement, anxiolytics, contraceptives. It was pointed out that most of the students interviewed take medicines on their own account and by influence of parents and everyone feels safe when using the practice of self-medication. It was concluded that this study contributes to a new look, considering the multiple factors that are involved in self-medication among university students. The pharmacist has a fundamental role for proper orientation to and the correct use of medications.