Self-Medication for Toothache and its Associated Factors in Children and Adolescents
Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr
; 19(1): 4348, 01 Fevereiro 2019. tab
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in En
| LILACS, BBO
| ID: biblio-998004
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
To evaluate self-medication for toothache and its associated factors in children and adolescents. Material andMethods:
A cross-sectional study was carried out with 252 children/adolescents aged 6-16 years. A questionnaire was applied with questions related to demographic and socioeconomic characteristics; experience of, and self-medication for, toothache; as well as aspects related to the condition. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses (Pearson's Chi-square test and Fisher's exact test) were performed, with a 5% significance level.Results:
The prevalence of toothache was 41.7%. In 96 cases analyzed, there was prevalence of 69.8% of self-medication for toothache. There were no statistically significant associations between self-medication for toothache and variables related to the children/adolescents (gender and age), their parents or guardians (age and schooling), socioeconomic characteristics (family income and number of people in the household) and aspects related to toothache (fever, crying and school absenteeism) (p>0.05). The most commonly used drug was paracetamol (60.7%), whose choice was based to its previous use by the study population for conditions not related to toothache (47.8%).Conclusion:
There was a high prevalence of self-medication for toothache in the study population. No independent variable was associated with self-medication practice.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
BBO
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LILACS
Main subject:
Drug Prescriptions
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Self Medication
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Toothache
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Child
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Adolescent
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Absenteeism
Type of study:
Evaluation_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Brasil
Language:
En
Journal:
Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr
Journal subject:
ODONTOLOGIA
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article
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