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 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.

• 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
• Rights: closedAccess
• License: Derechos Reservados - Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales