Sex-Differences on self-medication in Spain

作者：Carrasco Garrido Pilar^*; Hernandez Barrera Valentin; Lopez de Andres Ana; Jimenez Trujillo Isabel; Jimenez Garcia Rodrigo

来源：Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 2010, 19(12): 1293-1299.

DOI：10.1002/pds.2034

• self medication
• gender perspective
• health survey

Purpose This study mainly aimed at describing the factors associated with self-medicated consumption of drugs in Spain from a gender perspective.
Methods Descriptive, cross-sectional study covering the Spanish adult population, using data drawn from the 2006 and 2007 Spanish National Health Survey (SNHS). A total of 20 738 subjects were analyzed. The independent variables were sociodemographic, lifestyle, and health-related, and the dependent variable was self-medicated drug use. Using logistic multivariate regression models we have estimated the independent effect of each of these variables on the self-medicated consumption. Two models were generated, one for female and one for male.
Results The 20.17% of all Spaniards indulge in self-medication. The prevalence of self-medication was 16.93% (2715) for women and 14.46% (1469) for men (p<0.05). The variables that were independently and significantly associated with a greater probability of self-medicated consumption in women were: lower age; consumption of alcohol; smoking habit. Among men, self-medication is associated with nationality (immigrants were more likely to self-medicate), income, and alcohol consumption.
Conclusions The prevalence of self-medicated drug use is higher in women than men.

• 出版日期2010-12