[Self-medication in children by parents: a real risk? A cross-sectional descriptive study]. / Automédication des enfants par les parents: un vrai risque? Enquête descriptive transversale.
Rev Prat
; 60(6 Suppl): 27-34, 2010 Jun 20.
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em Fr
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| ID: mdl-20623918
ABSTRACT
Self-medication is a common practice in France. What is parent's behaviour towards their children? Trying to draw an inventory of this practice, we carried out a survey of self-medication of children under 12 years of age by their parents. The main objective was to assess the frequency of self-medication and the secondary purposes were to describe habits, dangerous behaviours and common mistakes. The results speak for themselves 96% of parents self-medicate their children, very early, between 6 and 24 months, mostly for mild pathologies; 39% believe they are taking a risk doing it; most frequently used medecines are paracetamol and ibubrofene; 55% of them make a mistake when self-medicating their children (21% combine two brands of paracetamol or two anti-inflammatories, 10% swap pipettes...). Mistakes revealed by this study could be the bases of an education program for parents displayed by GPs and health care workers.
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Assunto principal:
Pais
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Automedicação
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Fr
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Rev Prat
Ano de publicação:
2010
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Article