MOTIVOS QUE LEVAM À AUTOMEDICAÇÃO DE ACADÊMICOS DO CURSO DE ENFERMAGEM

Abstract

This research presents as theme the reasons that lead to the self-medication of students in the nursing course. Such an approach is justified on the assumption that indiscriminate use of drugs occurs frequently in Brazil and is a disadvantage to the health of the individual, such as the large number of hospital admissions due to adverse reactions resulting from self-medication. As hypotheses, there is the ease of buying drugs for various purposes, indications made by third parties and the high number of commercial advertisements. As a problem, the self-medication itself, the adverse effects caused by it and the ease of purchase are presented, which often lead to harm to the health of those who self-medicate. Therefore, the adjectives of this research consist of highlighting the reasons that the nursing students take to self-medication, as well as whether the students are aware of the damages caused by self-medication and also what drugs are used by the sample more frequently. In order to carry out this field research, with a qualitative and hypothetical-deductive approach, an individual questionnaire was used in the 2nd, 4th and 8th periods of the Nursing course of the University Center of the South of Minas, in August of 2013, counting with a sample of 43 students in which it can be concluded that 4.65% of the academics did not know to answer what is self-medication. On the other hand, 95.35% answered affirmatively. When asked what reasons would lead them to self-medication, different answers were obtained, such as the question of convenience, indication by third parties, rapid resolution of the health problem, among others. As to whether self-medication can cause health damage, 4.65% of the sample did not answer the question; 90.69% answered that yes and representing a sample of 4.65% answered that self-medication does not cause damage to health, among the adverse effects were exposed several, among them undesirable side effects, reactions, drug interactions, drug dependence, resistance and inefficacy , poisoning, sedation, allergic reaction, among others. The drugs most frequently mentioned for self-medication were nando, paracetamol, cimegripe, nimesulide, neosaldine, buscofen, aerolin, dramin, stomazil, meticolin, polaramini, azithromycin, omeprazole, cough syrups, antihypertensive.