OBJECTIVE To determine whether medication use patterns in community-dwelling elderly people vary with level of cognitive function-dementia, cognitive impairment (but not dementia) and intact cognition. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING A five-county area of central North Carolina, USA. PARTICIPANTS 520 members of the Duke Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elder...

Background & aim: Self-medication as a global challenge for mother and baby is a potential threat and it is common not only in developing countries but also in developed countries. Various factors affect drug use. This study aimed to determine the rate of practicing self-medication and its related factors in pregnant women. M...

OBJECTIVE To understand how underserved populations attend to prescription warning label (PWL) instructions, examine the importance of PWL instructions to participants and describe the challenges associated with interpreting the information on PWLs. METHODS Adults from an underserved population (racial and ethnic minorities, individuals with low income, older adults) who had a history of pres...

AIM To evaluate the content of household drug supplies and self-medication practice among medical and pharmacy students at Zagreb University in 2001, and to relate the findings to a previous survey in 1977. METHODS A cross-sectional anonymous questionnaire-based survey included 287 students who inventoried drug supplies in their family households and interviewed the household members on drug ...

BACKGROUND Danish general practitioners (GPs) answer all calls to the out-of-hours primary care service. About 60% of the calls are terminated on the telephone through provision of medical advice and prescription of medication. Nevertheless, little is known about the prescription patterns of telephone consultations, such as prescription frequency and indications for drug use. Our aim was to exa...

Aim: To determine the prevalence, attitude, and knowledge of self-medication general population for prevention coronavirus during COVID 19 pandemic. Place duration study: Major studies Punjab 2020. Methodology: A self-generated questionnaire was distributed online amongst excluding people using medication any other chronic medical disorder. The study included public including age group from 16-...

BACKGROUND It is not known whether general practitioners (GPs) prescribe analgesic medication according to intensity of pain or a hierarchical prescribing regimen. AIMS The aim of this study was to assess the association of strength of pain-relief medication prescribed by the GP with the strength of previous prescription and pain level. METHODS The PROG-RES study collected data on pain inte...