ATTITUDE TO THE PROCESS OF SELF-MEDICATION OF APPLICANTS OF HIGHER MEDICAL EDUCATION AT PRE- AND POSTGRADUATE STAGE (ACCORDING TO RESULTS OF THE SOCIOLOGICAL SURVEY)

Authors

  • N. I. Zaremba Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University
  • A. B. Zimenkovsky Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11603/2312-0967.2018.3.9323

Keywords:

sociological survey, self-medication, applicants of higher medical education at the pre- and postgraduate stage, medicines, polypragmasia.

Abstract

The aim of the work. Preventing the negative consequences of self-treatment on the basis of its study and analysis of behavior in this regard by the applicants of higher medical education and cadets-medics.

Materials and Methods. The research was conducted according to the results of a sociological survey of 400 (p<0.05) applicants of education at the pre- and postgraduate stage at theDanyloHalytskyLvivNationalMedicalUniversity. The primary scientific material obtained through questionnaires was analyzed using statistical, methodological and logical methods taking into account the principles of systemacity. In the statistical analysis of the obtained data, the calculation of relative variables and their errors was made. The following methods were used: system analysis, statistical, sociological, comparison.

Results and Discussion. According to the results of a sociological survey, it was found that the vast majority of applicants of higher medical education at the pre- and postgraduate stage independently prescribed treatment to themselves. The reasons to buy medicines due to acute and chronic diseases were often the prescription of a doctor and the personal experience of the interviewees. A third of those questioned arbitrarily increased the dose of the drugs. Every 2nd respondent admitted that he replaced the prescribed medicines for cheaper analogues. Every 2nd respondent believed that the oral hormonal contraceptives and antibiotics should be sold without the prescription.

Conclusions. The results of the conducted sociological research, which were obtained and analyzed, confirmed that the vast majority of questionnaires (91.50±1.39 %) stated that they treated themselves. According to their self-assessment, 64.5 % of them did not achieve the therapeutic effect of medicines. Most respondents (64.00±2.40 %) acknowledged that they usually took more than 1 drug at a time. The most respondents read the instruction for the medical use of the medicines before taking the drug. In our opinion, the obtained results should become the basis for a comprehensive model of the program of prevention of negative consequences of self-medication, especially among young people.

Author Biographies

N. I. Zaremba, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University

assistant professor of the Department of Social Medicine, Economics and Health Care Organization of Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University

A. B. Zimenkovsky, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University

MD (Medical Doctor), PhD (Doctor of Philosofy), DMedSc (Doctor of Medical Science), Professor, Honoured worker of science and technology of Ukraine, Head of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmacotherapy and Medical Standardization of Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University

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Published

2018-09-11

How to Cite

Zaremba, N. I., & Zimenkovsky, A. B. (2018). ATTITUDE TO THE PROCESS OF SELF-MEDICATION OF APPLICANTS OF HIGHER MEDICAL EDUCATION AT PRE- AND POSTGRADUATE STAGE (ACCORDING TO RESULTS OF THE SOCIOLOGICAL SURVEY). Pharmaceutical Review Farmacevtičnij časopis, (3), 94–99. https://doi.org/10.11603/2312-0967.2018.3.9323

Issue

No. 3 (2018)

Section

Pharmaceutical education

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