Medication use in pregnancy: a cross-sectional, multinational web-based study [PDF]
, 2014 Objectives: Intercountry comparability between studies on medication use in pregnancy is difficult due to dissimilarities in study design and methodology. his study aimed to examine patterns and factors associated with medications use in pregnancy from a
Bjornsdottir, I. +17 more
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The Other Side of Medicalization: Self-Medicalization and Self-Medication [PDF]
Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, 2013 The concept of medicalization has given rise to considerable discussion in the social sciences, focusing especially on the extension of medicine's jurisdiction and its hold over our bodies through the reduction of social phenomena to individual biological pathologies.
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Choice of Healer: An important area of interest for general practitioners
South African Family Practice, 1985 No abstract available.
Emile Boonzaaier
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Depression in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes: associations with hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, and poor treatment adherence. [PDF]
, 2015 BackgroundWe hypothesize that depression in type 2 diabetes might be associated with poor glycemic control, in part due to suboptimal self-care. We tested this hypothesis by examining the associations of depression with clinical and laboratory findings ...
Chan, Juliana Cn +15 more
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Self medication in the age of connectivity and its risks - the case report
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2019 Introduction: Public healthcare systems throughout the world are strained by demographic changes, soaring costs and insufficient resources. This can negatively affect access to health services, which forces patients to seek other treatment options ...
Andrzej Kościuk +3 more
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Self-medication trend among the urban elderly - a cross-sectional, observational study
Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2015 Objective: To describe and analyze the demographic and pharmacological characteristics ofself-medication trends among a geriatric urban population in a community.
Arunava Biswas
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How to effectively design and create a concept mobile application to aid in the management of type 1 diabetes in adolescents [PDF]
, 2017 Diabetes is one of the eight most prevalent chronic health conditions in the World; therefore there is a wide range of diabetes-related mobile applications available to the public to aid in glycaemic control and self-management.
Hope, Sarah +3 more
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Prevalencia de migraña y caracterización de una población estudiantil universitaria, Medellín, 2014
Medicina U.P.B., 2018 Objetivo: determinar la prevalencia de migraña y las características epidemiológicas y clínicas en una población universitaria de Medellín, 2014. Metodología: estudio transversal descriptivo.
María Carolina Portela Fernández +4 more
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Cross-cultural validation and psychometric evaluation of the Self-Medication Assessment Tool (SMAT) for assessing and optimizing medication therapy management of older people [PDF]
, 2018 Background, rationale and objectives: The assessment of medication management ability in the elderly can be performed using specific tools, such as the Self-Medication Assessment Tool, which considers real and simulated regimens.
Advinha, Ana Margarida +5 more
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Hall's journal of healthSelf-medication allows individuals to treat minor health issues without a medical prescription, facilitated by the availability of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines (May, L., Schaefer, M., & Tamburro, C., 2023). This practice requires healthcare professionals, particularly pharmacists, to play a key role in ensuring the safe and rational use of ...
Mota, Inês +5 more
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