Abstract

NOGUEIRA-CASTILLO, Mayra Adriana; OREJUELA-RAMIREZ, Francisco José; ANDAMAYO-FLORES, Diana  and  CASTILLO-ANDAMAYO, Diana. Factors associated with self-medication in patients who come to the Dentistry Services of Peru Hospitals. Rev. Estomatol. Herediana [online]. 2018, vol.28, n.2, pp.72-77. ISSN 1019-4355.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.20453/reh.v28i2.3322.

Objective: To determine the frequency and factors associated with self-medication in patients who come to the Dentistry Services of the Hospitals of Piura, Cajamarca and Iquitos in 2015. Material and methods: Observational, transversal and analytical design. The population was conformed by all the patients that are attended in the Dentistry Services of the Hospitals of Piura, Cajamarca and Iquitos with a sample size of 130 patients respectively. Results: Patients older than 18 years, where 100% of patients self-medicate for factors such as age range from 18 to 25 years in Cajamarca and 36 to 50 years in Piura and Iquitos. Regarding the level of education, the secondary level was found with a higher percentage (Piura 40%, Cajamarca 34.62% and Iquitos 47.69%); also, regarding the person who recommended the medication was the Pharmacist (Piura 34.62% and Cajamarca 45.38%); in the same way, the type of ailment was dental pain (Piura 53.85%. Conclusions: The people surveyed in the three hospitals of Piura, Cajamarca and Iquitos self-medicated and the factors associated with self-medication were: age, level of education, type of ailment, reason for self-medication, place of acquisition of the medication and type of medication.

Keywords : Frequency; factors; self-medication; patients; dental services.

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