ArticleTherapeutic advances in drug safety2022
Self-medication and the 'infodemic' during mandatory preventive isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Analysis of the Use of Over-the-Counter Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Observational
- Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Towards Responsible Self-Medication Among Pharmacy Students: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey in Uganda.Drug, healthcare and patient safety · 2025Article
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- Patterns of self-medication and intention to seek pharmacist guidance among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in Macao: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Factors associated with the use of medicines and self-medication during the COVID-19 pandemic in 12 Latin American countries.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Cannabis And College Students: Self-Perceived Mental Health Prior to, During, and After the Pandemic.Cannabis (Albuquerque, N.M.) · 2024Article
- Mapping automatic social media information disorder. The role of bots and AI in spreading misleading information in society.PloS one · 2024Article
- Patient-centric decision-making in supplements intake and disclosure in clinical practice: a novel SIDP-12 tool to prevent drug-supplement interaction.Therapeutic advances in drug safety · 2024Article
- A report of Kabul internet users on self-medication with over-the-counter medicines.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Enhancing self-medication practices in the era of infodemic: the role of pharmacovigilance.Therapeutic advances in drug safety · 2023Article
- Antibiotic Self-Medication Patterns and Associated Factors in the Context of COVID-19, Medellín, Colombia: A Survey Based Cross Sectional Study.Patient preference and adherence · 2023Article
- Prevalence and Correlates of Self-Medication Practices for Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19: A Systematic Review.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
aimQuarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic altered the supply and demand of health services. This, together with the 'infodemic' and generalized panic, could alter the patterns of self-medication in the population. The objective was to characterize the patterns of self-medication in four cities of Colombia during mandatory preventive isolation in 2020.
methodsThis was a cross-sectional study done in four Colombian cities during mandatory national preventive isolation between June and September 2020. A sample of 397 adults who responded to an online survey, based on the Instrument for Systematic Data Collection for Self-medication (
resultsThe 397 people surveyed had a median age of 31.0 years, and 58.2% were women. The prevalence of self-medication during lockdown was 34.3% (
conclusionMore than one-third of the participants reported self-medication during COVID-19 lockdown, mainly with analgesic-type nervous system medications. People who reported self-medication to prevent COVID-19 often got their information from social networks, the Internet, and WhatsApp. PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY:
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