Self-medication in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: A cross-sectional study in northern Peru.
Germs
; 12(1): 46-53, 2022 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1939517
ABSTRACT
Introduction:
This study aimed to identify factors associated with self-medication in patients with COVID-19.Methods:
A cross-sectional study was conducted using medical records of patients with COVID-19 who self-medicated before admission to a hospital in Piura, Peru. Prevalence ratios and 95% confidence intervals were estimated using generalized linear models with Poisson distribution family, log link function, and robust variance.Results:
Out of 301 patients, 165 (54.8%) self-medicated before hospital admission, being more frequent self-medication with ivermectin (85.5%) and azithromycin (71.5%). The frequency of self-medication in those aged between 30-59 years was 2.53-fold higher than in those between 18-29 years. Male patients, dyslipidemia, smoking, and hepatic steatosis were associated with self-medication. Clinical characteristics associated with self-medication were fever, cough, headache, anosmia, dysgeusia, nausea/vomiting, and gastroesophageal reflux.Conclusions:
A high frequency of self-medication before hospital admission was observed in Peruvian patients with COVID-19, mainly of drugs without proven efficacy.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Peru
Language:
English
Journal:
Germs
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Germs.2022.1305
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