Family self-medication and antibiotics abuse for children and juveniles in a Chinese city
To identify the determinants of self-medication and antibiotics abuse by parents treating their children aged between 2 and 18 over the previous year, an investigation was conducted in Hefei City, China in April, 1995. A total of 1596 students from a kindergarten, a primary school and a high school were included in the study, and 1459 completed questionnaires were collected (the response rate: 91.4%). The results showed the rate of parental self-medication for their children in the sample was 59.4%. It increased with children's age; about 51% of children had received parental self-medication on six or more occasions during the 1-year period and 32.8% on four to five occasions; there were associations between parental self-prescribers and sources of medicine and severity of disease. The rate of antibiotics abuse was 35.7%. Logistic regression analysis showed that there were significant associations between self-medication and payment of the mother's medical fees by employers, severity of diseases as well as the mother's educational level.
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2000
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Authors: | Bi, Peng ; Tong, Shilu ; Parton, Kevin A. |
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Social Science & Medicine. - Elsevier, ISSN 0277-9536. - Vol. 50.2000, 10, p. 1445-1450
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | Self-medication Antibiotics abuse Survey Logistic regression China |
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