Automedicação em oftalmologia

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dc.contributor.authorDe Espíndola, Rodrigo França [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorSchellini, Silvana Artioli [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorPadovani, Carlos Roberto [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionCondomínio Portal de Itu
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T11:23:31Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T11:23:31Z
dc.date.issued2008-04-01
dc.description.abstractPurpose: To analyze the conditions, consequences and risks of self-medication in patients attended in ophthalmology emergency room at Hospital das Clínicas de Botucatu (UNESP). Methods: Sixty patients who had used any form of self-medication were studied according: age, sex, professional activity, mainly complain, visual acuity (best-corrected vision), who administrated the self-medication (friends/parents, pharmacy clerk, advertisement, or the person himself), sort of medication or product used (eyedrops/ointments/contact lenses), cost (R$), time expenditure to medical attention, ocular complications, risk of visual loss and final diagnose. Results: The majority of patients with self-medication were male (72%). The mean age was 40,9 years (7-77 years). Patients usually used eyedrops that they had at home and delayed 3 days to the first medical evaluation. The most frequently kind of topical eyedrop used was vasoconstrictor (17%). However, many patients even knew what kind of medication they had dropped in their eyes (21%). The great majority of the patients (68%) were exposed to the risk of visual loss. According to our results, self-medication may cause visual complications in 12% of patients, in which, 42% was related to the contact lenses fit without ophthalmologic assistance. Conclusion: The majory of the patients used medication that they had in home. The topical vasoconstrictor was the most frequently used drug, however, they did not know which medication were dropping in their eyes (21%).en
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Oftalmologia, Otorrinolaringologia e Cabeça e Pescoço Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Bioestatística Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Botucatu (SP)
dc.description.affiliationCondomínio Portal de Itu, Alameda dos Jerivás, 166, CEP: 13301-635. Itu / SP
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartamento de Oftalmologia, Otorrinolaringologia e Cabeça e Pescoço Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartamento de Bioestatística Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Botucatu (SP)
dc.format.extent162-167
dc.identifierhttp://www.revistas.usp.br/rmrp/article/view/262
dc.identifier.citationMedicina, v. 41, n. 2, p. 162-167, 2008.
dc.identifier.file2-s2.0-55249103139.pdf
dc.identifier.issn0076-6046
dc.identifier.lattes9420249100835492
dc.identifier.lattes8727897080522289
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-55249103139
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/70384
dc.language.isopor
dc.relation.ispartofMedicina
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,125
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectBlindness
dc.subjectOphthalmic solution
dc.subjectPrevention
dc.subjectSelf medication
dc.subjecteye drops
dc.subjectvasoconstrictor agent
dc.subjectadolescent
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectaged
dc.subjectblindness
dc.subjectcontact lens
dc.subjectcontrolled study
dc.subjectcost
dc.subjecteye disease
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectmajor clinical study
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectointment
dc.subjectophthalmology
dc.subjectrisk factor
dc.subjectschool child
dc.subjectself medication
dc.subjectvisual impairment
dc.titleAutomedicação em oftalmologiapt
dc.title.alternativeSelf-medication in ophthalmologyen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://www.revistas.usp.br/rmrp/about/editorialPolicies#openAccessPolicy
unesp.author.lattes9420249100835492
unesp.author.lattes8727897080522289[3]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-7719-9682[3]
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Biociências, Botucatupt
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Medicina, Botucatupt

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