Self-Medication for Toothache and its Associated Factors in Children and Adolescents
Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr
; 19(1): 4348, 01 Fevereiro 2019. tab
Article
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| LILACS, BBO
| ID: biblio-998004
Biblioteca responsável:
BR1264.1
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.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
BBO
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LILACS
Assunto principal:
Prescrições de Medicamentos
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Automedicação
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Odontalgia
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Criança
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Adolescente
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Absenteísmo
Tipo de estudo:
Evaluation_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr
Assunto da revista:
ODONTOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Brasil