Risk factors of self-medication with antibiotics for acute pharyngitis
Background: Self-medicating with antibiotics is prevalent in low- and middle-income nations. This research sought to assess the perspectives on antibiotic usage and self-medication in case of acute pharyngitis, as well as the factors linked to self-medication among patients of a family doctor's...
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| author | Mikołaj Porzak Michał Dacka Mateusz Sobczyk Alicja Sodolska Daria Żuraw Kacper Jasiński Paulina Oleksa Robert Porzak Magdalena Kubicka-Dębiec |
| author_facet | Mikołaj Porzak Michał Dacka Mateusz Sobczyk Alicja Sodolska Daria Żuraw Kacper Jasiński Paulina Oleksa Robert Porzak Magdalena Kubicka-Dębiec |
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| description | Background: Self-medicating with antibiotics is prevalent in low- and middle-income nations. This research sought to assess the perspectives on antibiotic usage and self-medication in case of acute pharyngitis, as well as the factors linked to self-medication among patients of a family doctor's clinic in Lublin, Poland.
Methods: A original, fully anonymous survey was conducted among patients of a family doctor's clinic in Lublin. The descriptive statistics of answers in questionnaires and Automatic Linear Modeling Regression (LINEAR) was applied to point out the most significant predictors of the antibiotics misuse.
Results: A response number of 262 participants was obtained. About 15,6% (41/262) respondents had self-medicated during the last year due to acute pharyngitis symptoms. We have identified the following important risk factors of anti-health behaviours connected with self-medication: frequent occurrence of symptoms of acute pharyngitis, frequent receiving antibiotics on prescription, frequent diagnosing a bacterial cause of sore throat, higher sensitivity to pain and lower education level. Surprisingly our research shows that women present lower sensitivity to pain than men in case of pain connected with acute pharyngitis.
Conclusion: There is a need for greater attention paid to the education of the patients presenting the aforementioned risk factors. Education should focus on the risks to the patients connected with antimicrobial resistance.
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| spelling | doaj.art-2cd70aa6f5dc4ed6b3facbd5d84347fb2024-02-18T11:52:57ZengKazimierz Wielki UniversityJournal of Education, Health and Sport2391-83062024-02-016010.12775/JEHS.2024.60.004Risk factors of self-medication with antibiotics for acute pharyngitisMikołaj Porzak0Michał Dacka1Mateusz Sobczyk2Alicja Sodolska3Daria Żuraw4Kacper Jasiński5Paulina Oleksa6Robert Porzak7Magdalena Kubicka-Dębiec8Wojewódzki Szpital Specjalistyczny im. Stefana Kardynała Wyszyńskiego w Lublinie1’st Military Clinical Hospital in Lublin, al. Racławickie 23,20-049 Lublin, Poland,Stefan Kardynał Wyszyński Regional Specialist Hospital in Lublin, 100 Aleja Kraśnicka, 20-718 Lublin, Poland,Lubimed- Fmily Medical Center in Lublin, Jacka Woronieckiego 11, 20-492, Lublin, Poland,Central Clinical Hospital, University Clinical Center of Warsaw Medical University, ul. Banacha 1A, 02-097, Warsaw, Poland,Stefan Kardynał Wyszyński Regional Specialist Hospital in Lublin, 100 Aleja Kraśnicka, 20-718 Lublin, Poland,Independent Public Clinical Hospital No. 4 in Lublin, ul. Doktora Kazimierza Jaczewskiego 8, 20-954, Lublin, Poland.WSEI University in Lublin, Human FacultyIndependent Public Clinical Hospital No. 4 in Lublin, ul. Doktora Kazimierza Jaczewskiego 8, 20-954, Lublin, Poland.Background: Self-medicating with antibiotics is prevalent in low- and middle-income nations. This research sought to assess the perspectives on antibiotic usage and self-medication in case of acute pharyngitis, as well as the factors linked to self-medication among patients of a family doctor's clinic in Lublin, Poland. Methods: A original, fully anonymous survey was conducted among patients of a family doctor's clinic in Lublin. The descriptive statistics of answers in questionnaires and Automatic Linear Modeling Regression (LINEAR) was applied to point out the most significant predictors of the antibiotics misuse. Results: A response number of 262 participants was obtained. About 15,6% (41/262) respondents had self-medicated during the last year due to acute pharyngitis symptoms. We have identified the following important risk factors of anti-health behaviours connected with self-medication: frequent occurrence of symptoms of acute pharyngitis, frequent receiving antibiotics on prescription, frequent diagnosing a bacterial cause of sore throat, higher sensitivity to pain and lower education level. Surprisingly our research shows that women present lower sensitivity to pain than men in case of pain connected with acute pharyngitis. Conclusion: There is a need for greater attention paid to the education of the patients presenting the aforementioned risk factors. Education should focus on the risks to the patients connected with antimicrobial resistance. https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/48175AntibioticsAntibiotic resistanceAntibiotic self-medicationSelf-medicationRisk factorsRisky behaviours |
| spellingShingle | Mikołaj Porzak Michał Dacka Mateusz Sobczyk Alicja Sodolska Daria Żuraw Kacper Jasiński Paulina Oleksa Robert Porzak Magdalena Kubicka-Dębiec Risk factors of self-medication with antibiotics for acute pharyngitis Journal of Education, Health and Sport Antibiotics Antibiotic resistance Antibiotic self-medication Self-medication Risk factors Risky behaviours |
| title | Risk factors of self-medication with antibiotics for acute pharyngitis |
| title_full | Risk factors of self-medication with antibiotics for acute pharyngitis |
| title_fullStr | Risk factors of self-medication with antibiotics for acute pharyngitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Risk factors of self-medication with antibiotics for acute pharyngitis |
| title_short | Risk factors of self-medication with antibiotics for acute pharyngitis |
| title_sort | risk factors of self medication with antibiotics for acute pharyngitis |
| topic | Antibiotics Antibiotic resistance Antibiotic self-medication Self-medication Risk factors Risky behaviours |
| url | https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/48175 |
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