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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1812-9528</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Memorias del Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Mem. Inst. Investig. Cienc. Salud]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1812-9528</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1812-95282019000100099</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/mem.iics/1812-9528/2019.017(01)99-112</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Perfil de automedicación en funcionarios de una industria farmacéutica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Self-medication profile of employees in a pharmaceutical industry]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Cuevas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Raquel]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Acosta]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Domenech]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Gloria]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Lugo]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Maidana]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gladys Mabel]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Asunción Facultad de Ciencias Químicas Departamento de Farmacia]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>17</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>99</fpage>
<lpage>112</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1812-95282019000100099&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1812-95282019000100099&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1812-95282019000100099&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La automedicación es una práctica riesgosa cuyas consecuencias incluyen enmascaramiento de una enfermedad, aparición de reacciones adversas, interacciones medicamentosas, aumento de la resistencia a ciertos tipos de fármacos y farmacodependencia. El objetivo fue determinar el perfil de automedicación en funcionarios de una industria farmacéutica. Estudio descriptivo, observacional, con muestreo no probabilístico y por conveniencia realizado de octubre a noviembre del 2015, a 61 funcionarios que trabajan en una planta industrial farmacéutica. Las edades estaban comprendidas entre 20 y 30 años, en su mayoría mujeres. Consumían medicamentos 97% de los funcionarios. El 53% se automedicaba para patologías menores y 90,3% lo hacía según necesidad. Utilizaban mezcla de analgésicos y antiinflamatorios. Los motivos más frecuentes, 58% dijo no tener tiempo para ir al médico y 42% fue un familiar o amigo el que le sugirió el medicamento que debía consumir. De los que se automedicaban, el 74% consideraba que la publicidad no es importante para elegir un medicamento, el 81% utilizaba la información del prospecto. El 48% no recibía información sobre el medicamento en la farmacia y el 93% consideraba que la automedicación es peligrosa. La automedicación es una práctica común en la población de funcionarios estudiada y en su entorno social inmediato, a pesar de que la mayoría de la población entiende que la automedicación constituye una práctica riesgosa.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Self-medication is a risky practice with consequences that include masking a disease, occurrence of adverse reactions, drug interactions, increased resistance to certain types of drugs and drug dependence. The objective was to determine the self-medication profile of employees in a pharmaceutical industry. A descriptive, observational study, with non-probabilistic convenience sampling was conducted from October to November 2015, in 61 employees working in a pharmaceutical industrial plant. They were mostly women with ages between 20 and 30 years. Ninety seven percent of the used drugs, 53% self-medicated for minor pathologies and 90.3% did it according to need using a mixture of analgesics and anti-inflammatories. Among the most frequent reasons, 58% said they did not have time to go to the doctor and 42% said that a family member or friend suggested the medication to be taken. Of the self-medicating employees, 74% believed that advertising is not important for choosing a drug, 81% used the information in the prospectus, 48% did not receive information about the drug in the drugstore and 93% considered that self-medication is dangerous. Self-medication is a common practice in the population studied and in their immediate social environment, despite the fact that most of the population understands that self-medication is a risky practice.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[farmacéutico.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[self medication]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[pharmaceutical preparations]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[rational use of drugs]]></kwd>
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