Automedicación en estudiantes de medicina de la Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales U.D.C.A en el segundo semestre de 2017

The present investigation is of the descriptive type – Cross-sectional, about the phenomenon of self-medication in medical students at Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales (UDCA), from I to V semester, it sets out to know the causes and behaviors by which the students decide to turn to su...

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Autores:
Bravo Bravo, Katherine Julieth
Espinel Martínez, Davy Esteban
Pardo Arias, Paula Andrea
Robles Duarte, Jessica Andrea
Tipo de recurso:
Trabajo de grado de pregrado
Fecha de publicación:
2017
Institución:
Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales U.D.C.A
Repositorio:
Repositorio Institucional UDCA
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.udca.edu.co:11158/830
Acceso en línea:
https://repository.udca.edu.co/handle/11158/830
Palabra clave:
Automedicación
Medicamentos
Estudiantes universitarios
Automedicación -- Investigaciones
Estudiantes universitarios -- Salud e higiéne
Medicamentos -- Efectos fisiológicos
Medicina
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Summary:The present investigation is of the descriptive type – Cross-sectional, about the phenomenon of self-medication in medical students at Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales (UDCA), from I to V semester, it sets out to know the causes and behaviors by which the students decide to turn to such practice, considering that self-medication is one of the biggest problems that Colombia’s public healthcare system is facing. And that it’s also risen concern within the health authorities because of the side effects that a certain group of medication might cause. Similar studies to this investigation have demonstrated that self-medication is a phenomenon that spreads day by day amongst the population, and that students are a demographic exposed to this practice. On the study conducted by Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales on medical students, it was discovered that 73% of the population self-medicates and, although 79% of students claim that they are aware of the risks of self-medicating, 45% turn to it because the symptoms don’t seem too serious and 37% say that they had managed those symptoms before.