Emelie Thern, Devy L Elling, Kathryn Badarin, Julio César Hernando Rodríguez, Theo Bodin
Precarious employment in young adulthood and later alcohol-related morbidity: a register-based cohort study
Occupational and environmental medicine
background overthecounter otc drugs facilitates residents selfmedication however inappropriate selfmedications become serious problem china even world objectives make investigation current status chinese residents selfmedication behaviors important considerations explore factors related considerations drug efficacy safety design quantitative crosssectional study methods multistage sampling used conduct crosssectional investigation china 22 provinces 5 autonomous regions 4 municipalities directly central government state intervieweradministrated questionnaire used data collection questionnaire used investigation included demographic sociological characteristics health literacy scaleshort form hlssf 10item big five inventory bfi10 euroqol5d visual analogue scale eq5d vas selfmedication status important considerations selfmedicating descriptive statistics performed chisquare test used univariate analysis logbinomial regression used multivariate analysis whether residents regard drug efficacy safety important consideration results 9256 respondents included data analysis selfmedication rate chinese adults high 991 paracetamol analgesics common types otc medication respondents purchased followed vitaminsminerals medical staff recommendations drug safety efficacy top three important considerations residents east central western regions consider safety 635 615 668 respectively proportion curative effect 602 557 614 respectively logbinomial regression showed western respondents retired people mainly used ways including basic medical insurance employees commercial medical insurance free medical treatment cover medical cost respondents high neuroticism high health literacy likely consider drug safety important factor p 005 eastern respondents employed main way medical expenses borne outofpocket payment chronic disease likely consider drug efficacy important factor p 005 female respondents high levels agreeableness conscientiousness openness selfrated health status likely regard drug safety efficacy important considerations p 005 conclusion selfmedication practiced chinese adults whether chinese adults take drug efficacy safety important consideration related demographic sociological characteristics big five personality characteristics health literacy selfassessed health status need strengthen management otc drugs public education selfmedication