Self-medication with antibiotics in family practice in patients and parents

Abstract

Samomedikacija antibioticima podrazumijeva uzimanje antibiotika bez recepta. Bez obzira na opasnost, ova praksa još se može vidjeti širom svijeta. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je utvrditi stupanj samomedikacije među pacijentima obiteljske medicine i roditeljima djece dovedene pedijatru. Istraživanje je obuhvatilo pedijatrijske ambulante i ambulante obiteljske medicine Doma zdravlja u Mostaru u travnju 2016.godine. Korištena je anonimna anketa. Prema rezultatima, 7% roditelja odgovorilo je kako su nekad samoinicijativno dali svom djetetu antibiotik, dok je 25% pacijenata obiteljske medicine samoinicijativno uzimalo antibiotik. Kao razlog uzimanja antibiotika, većina je navela kako im je antibiotik pomogao prošli put kad su osjećali iste tegobe (roditelji 93,1% i pacijenti 58,3%). Omjer izgleda za samoordiniranje antibiotika kod roditelja 4,8 puta je veći u odnosu na pacijente. Žene su sklonije samoordiniranju antibiotika. Pacijenti imaju veću sklonost samoordiniranju od roditelja. Ispitanici s OŠ imaju manji rizik za samoordiniranje od ispitanika s VSS. Ispitanici s manjim primanjima (300-499 KM) imaju manji rizik za samordiniranje antibiotika u odnosu na ispitanike s primanjima višim od 900 KM.Self-medication with antibiotics includes taking antibiotics without a prescription. Despite concerns, this practice is still seen worldwide. The aim of this study was to determine whether self-medication with antibiotics was possible in family practice patients and parents. A validated self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data. The data were collected during April 2016. This cross-sectional survey was conducted in the Primary Care Centre, among patients and parents off the underage patients. Total 7% of parents and 25% of patients responded that they bought an antibiotic without a prescription. The most common reasons for buying medications without a prescription were that the antibiotic helped them the last time when they had similar symptoms. The parents had higher odds to take antibiotics without an prescription. Also women had higher odds to take antibiotics without a prescription. Respondents with lower educational status had lower risk for self-medication than the respondents with higher educational status. Respondents with lower family income were at lower risk for self-medication than the respondents with higher income