Consumption of pharmaceuticals by the adult female population of Cuba
Keywords:
epilepsy, Psychosocial adaptation to the epilepsy, Family operation, Family confrontation to the epilepsyAbstract
Introduction: the need of adopting gender approach in dealing with health problems means to precisely visualize the multiple ways in which the gender constructions bring about inequality situations that affect health.Objective: to characterize the prescription drug consumption in the adult female population of Cuba.
Methods: cross-sectional and descriptive research study conducted in 2007. The sample was made up of 554 females who took pharmaceuticals. For data collection, a questionnaire called "drug consumption" was designed and validated by a group of experts and a pilot study was carried out.
Results: over half of the surveyed women were consuming prescription drugs; the retired workers (79) consumed the most (88.8 %) whereas the students (17) were the ones consuming less pharmaceuticals. The highest percentage (66.4 %) comprising 368 patients mentioned that they always comply with the prescribed drug treatment as indicated.
Conclusions: the prescription drug consumption increases with age, low schooling and in retired women. The most consumed pharmaceutical groups at domestic level are the cardiovascular drugs, antinflammatories, analgesics, antipyretics and psychodrugs.
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2014-06-19
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García Milian AJ, Alonso Carbonell L, López Puig P. Consumption of pharmaceuticals by the adult female population of Cuba. Rev Cubana Salud Pública [Internet]. 2014 Jun. 19 [cited 2025 Mar. 14];39(3). Available from: https://revsaludpublica.sld.cu/index.php/spu/article/view/6
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