[Common health disorders: self-care and self-medication].

Abstract:

SETTING:Community level. "Santa María de Benquerencia" Health District, Toledo. PARTICIPANTS:People over 15, chosen by random sampling from the municipal census, who stated that they had suffered some health disorder over the previous fortnight. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS:212 surveys were accepted as valid (average age 42.75, 51.89% male and 48.11% female). 73% had suffered one of the disorders included in the survey during the previous fortnight. The commonest response was self-medication (39.84%), especially when dealing with pain and Pyrosis. Pyrazolones and Salicylates were the most commonly used drugs. The instructions were only read in 48.64% of cases. No measure was adopted in 34.56% of the disorders. The doctor was only consulted in 6.86% of cases. Both these responses were more common in men and young people. Non-pharmacological self-care was adopted in 30.07% of cases. This was generally of a dietetic or physical nature and was commoner in women and elderly people. CONCLUSIONS:Self-care, whether pharmacological or not, is the most common response to the perception of some symptom. These practices (especially self-medication because of its possible attendant problems) should be directed and used as one tool more in health care.

journal_name

Aten Primaria

journal_title

Atencion primaria

authors

Tejedor N,Zafra E,Sánchez del Viso Y,López Muñoz A,Vidal C,López de Castro F

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Has Abstract

pub_date

1995-06-15 00:00:00

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13-8

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1

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0212-6567

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1578-1275

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16

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