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  • 标题:Prevalence and risk factors of inadequate medicine home storage: a community-based study
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  • 作者:Rand Randall Martins ; Andreza Duarte Farias ; Yonara Monique da Costa Oliveira
  • 期刊名称:Revista de Saúde Pública
  • 印刷版ISSN:0034-8910
  • 出版年度:2017
  • 卷号:51
  • 页码:1-8
  • 语种:Spanish
  • 出版社:Universidade de São Paulo
  • 其他摘要:OBJECTIVE: Assess the extent of inadequate home storage of medicines andidentify important risk factors. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey based on a probability sample in the community, conducted in 267 households in Cuité, State of Paraíba, Northeast Brazil, in 2014. Logistic regression was used to study the risk factors. RESULTS: The prevalence of households with inadequate storage was 76.0%. Problems with storage include direct exposure to sunlight in 10.9% of households, the presence of dust in 23.6%, and storage within reach of children in 76.0%. Medications no longer used are usually disposed of into the environment in 92.1% of households. Inadequate storage is more likely when home organization of medications is the responsibility of a male subject (OR = 1.729) or an older person (OR = 1.029), when out of date medicines are found (OR = 2.963), and in households with no children (OR = 2.088). CONCLUSIONS: Physicians and pharmacists should advise patients on how to adequately store medicines at home, especially when the person in charge of medications is a male or an older adult, and if there are no children in the household.
  • 其他关键词:Patient Medication Knowledge; Health Knowledge; Attitudes; Practice; Drug Utilization; Drug Storage; Patient Education as Topic; Drug Information Services.
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