Determinants of Self-medication of Children by Their Parents at Kisangani

Mande, B. G.; Tebandite, K; Marini, RD; Alworonga, O. J.

doi:10.9734/ajrimps/2018/41206

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“…Our results are consistent with those of other authors showing that the most frequently parentally administered medicines are analgesics, antitussives, and antidiarrheals [ 4 , 15 , 22 ]. Recent studies conducted in adults show that medications for the musculoskeletal and nervous systems rank at the top (NSAIDs and other analgesics despite the risk of gastrointestinal complications), followed by medications for digestive, respiratory, and cardiovascular symptoms [ 17 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 ].…”

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Patterns and Factors Associated with Self-Medication among the Pediatric Population in Romania

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Background and objectives: Self-medication is a global phenomenon in both developed and emerging countries. At present, data regarding the practice, patterns, and factors associated with self-medication in Romanian patient groups of various ages and health are relatively scarce. A pilot study that uses a questionnaire was conducted to observe the attitudes as well as the behaviors of a group of Romanian parents related to self-medication, specifically their beliefs and perceived risks of the administration of medicine to their children without medical advice, frequency of self-medications, symptoms, and types of medications most commonly used without medical advice. Materials and Methods: The questionnaire was sent via e-mail or WhatsApp link on a mobile phone using the existing data at the general practitioner’s office together with the protection of data form and the informed consent form; some participants completed the questionnaire when they came for a regular visit at the general practitioner’s office. Of 246 applied questionnaires, we had a rate of responses of 98%. Results: We found a high percentage (70%) of parents who self-medicate their children. The data reveals a significant relation between parents’ beliefs on self-medication and their tendency to administrate drugs to their children without medical advice. A significant relation was also found between the likelihood of parental self-medication for their children and the number of illnesses experienced by their children over the six-month period prior to the survey. Even when parents have a correct understanding of self-medication risks, these are not aligned with actual behavior; therefore, parents continue to administer drugs to their children without medical advice. Conclusions: Our study helps to describe the patterns of parents’ decisions about self-medicating their children and to identify parents who are more predisposed to administering self-medication to their children.

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Patterns and Factors Associated with Self-Medication among the Pediatric Population in Romania

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“…Mothers (73.3%) were generally the parents who accompanied the children in the current study. This possibility clearly shows that women are more likely to follow up than fathers on the health side of parents with their children regarding medical and dental appointments, and is similar to results of other studies [13][14][15][16][17][18].…”

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Evaluation of Parents' Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Self-Medication in the Dental Problems of Their Child During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Aksoy

Arslan

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Background: Self-medication means taking medicine without consultation with any doctor or dentist and an important health issue, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study aims to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of parents regarding self-medication in dental problems of their children during to COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Turkey. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was carried out in the pediatric dental clinic immediately after the COVID-19 lockdown ended. A total of 389 parents who agreed to participate in the study completed the questionnaire for three months. A structured questionnaire with 18 items was designed to collect information on the parents’ knowledge and attitudes regarding when, why, and how to use drugs and on their practices medicating children. Results: The majority of parents (n = 273; 70.2%) were practiced self-medication to their children's dental problems. Self-medication with a previous medication was usually preferred to their children by parents (n = 179; 62.2%). It was observed the analgesics practiced by parents (98%) were the most commonly used self-medication for their children's dental problems.Conclusion: New healthcare systems like tele-dentistry may be useful to overcome self-medication problems directed to children in unusual times that limit to reach healthcare providers such as pandemics.

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“…Up to 80% of deaths in children with severe respiratory infections may occur outside hospitals in lowincome countries [28]. It is possible that some children first receive self-medication by parents or guardians, first seeking care at a private pharmacy, traditional practitioner [29] or at any other nonappropriate health care provider before attending professional health care facilities [5,28,30]. This is supported by the fact that less than half (42%) of under-five children with suspected pneumonia in DR…”

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Pathogens in the upper respiratory tract of Congolese children with radiologically confirmed pneumonia

Birindwa¹,

Kasereka²,

Geravandi³

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Background Acute pneumonia remains a leading cause of death among children below 5 years of age in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), despite introduction of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) in 2013. Pathogens in the nasopharynx of hospitalised children with pneumonia have not been studied previously in DR Congo. Here we compare clinical characteristics, risk factors and nasopharyngeal occurrence of bacteria and viruses between children with severe and non-severe pneumonia Methods Between June 2015 and June 2017, 116 children aged from 2 to 59 months hospitalised due to radiologically confirmed pneumonia at Panzi referral university hospital, Bukavu, eastern DR Congo were included in the study and sampled from nasopharynx. A multiplex real-time PCR assay for detection of 15 different viruses and 5 bacterial species was performed and another multiplex PCR assay was used for pneumococcal serotype/serogroup determination. Results During the study period 85 (73%) of the children with radiologically confirmed pneumonia met the WHO classification criteria of severe pneumonia and 31 (27%) had non-severe pneumonia. The fatality rate was 9.5%. Almost all (87%) children were treated with antibiotics before they were hospitalised, in most cases with amoxicillin (58%) or trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (20%). Children with severe pneumonia were more commonly treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole before hospitalisation than children with non-severe pneumonia (OR 4.75; 95%CI 1.04–21.65, p = 0.043), as were children who died at the hospital as compared to children who recovered (OR 3.98; 95%CI 1.1–14.4, p = 0.035). Any viral or bacterial nucleic acids present at high levels in nasopharynx were significantly associated with severe pneumonia as compared with non-severe cases (52% versus 29%, p = 0.032). High levels of pneumococci or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) were associated with fatal outcome. One or more serotypes/serogroups could be identified in 61 patients, and out of all identified pneumococcal serotypes 31/83 (37%) were non-PCV13 serotypes. Conclusions The occurrence of any bacteria or any viruses at high levels, irrespective of species, was associated with severe pneumonia. High levels of RSV or pneumococci were associated with higher risk of fatality. Pre-hospitalisation treatments with broad spectrum antibiotics were common but were associated with a more severe outcome.

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Determinants of Self-medication of Children by Their Parents at Kisangani

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Patterns and Factors Associated with Self-Medication among the Pediatric Population in Romania

Patterns and Factors Associated with Self-Medication among the Pediatric Population in Romania

Evaluation of Parents' Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Self-Medication in the Dental Problems of Their Child During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Pathogens in the upper respiratory tract of Congolese children with radiologically confirmed pneumonia

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