Effects and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on medicine use by employees of a Brazilian public university : a cross-sectional study.
dc.contributor.author | Paula, Waléria de | |
dc.contributor.author | Oliveira, Wanessa Cecília de | |
dc.contributor.author | Meireles, Adriana Lúcia | |
dc.contributor.author | Nascimento, Renata Cristina Rezende Macedo do | |
dc.contributor.author | Silva, Glenda Nicioli da | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-16T21:11:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-01-16T21:11:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | pt_BR |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: During the COVID-19 pandemic, universities have had to adopt remote education, a strat- egy that caused sudden changes of routine for everyone involved in academia. OBJECTIVE: To assess the profile of medicine use by the employees of a Brazilian public university during the COVID-19 pandemic. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional study at a Brazilian public university. METHODS: Employees were invited to answer an online self-administered questionnaire, containing questions on sociodemographic features, medicine use, mental health and lifestyle habits during the COVID-19 pandemic. The outcome variable was the use of medicines stratified according to occupation. Descriptive, bivariate and multivariate (Poisson regression) statistical analyses were performed. RESULTS: A total of 372 employees participated in the study and use of medicine was reported by 53.2%. Among professors, suicide attempts (prevalence ratio [PR], 1.81; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.20-2.74), physical activity (PR, 1.53; 95% CI, 1.11-2.11) and poor self-rated health (PR, 1.29; 95% CI, 1.01-1.66); and among technicians, decreased workload during the COVID-19 pandemic (PR, 1.41; 95% CI, 1.00-1.99), ex- cess body weight (PR, 1.39; 95% CI, 1.02-1.88) and poor self-rated health (PR, 1.48; 95% CI, 1.14-1.92) were positively associated with use of medicines. In addition, among technicians, engaging in physical activity (PR, 0.60; 95% CI, 0.46-0.78) was a protective factor against medicine use. CONCLUSION: The profile of medicine use among these employees was similar to that of the Brazilian population. However, some associated factors may have been influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, thus highlighting the need to examine this topic in a longitudinal study. | pt_BR |
dc.identifier.citation | PAULA, W. de. et al. Effects and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on medicine use by employees of a Brazilian public university: a cross-sectional study. Sao Paulo Medical Journal, v. 140, p. 250-260, 2022. Disponível em: <https://www.scielo.br/j/spmj/a/Q6ppFMydrq8CwyjX7qyZfZw/>. Acesso em: 11 out. 2022. | pt_BR |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1590/1516-3180.2021.0367.R1.23072021 | pt_BR |
dc.identifier.issn | 1806-9460 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.repositorio.ufop.br/jspui/handle/123456789/15944 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | pt_BR |
dc.rights | aberto | pt_BR |
dc.rights.license | This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons license. Fonte: o PDF do artigo. | pt_BR |
dc.subject | Drug utilization | pt_BR |
dc.subject | Faculty | pt_BR |
dc.subject | Pharmacoepidemiology | pt_BR |
dc.title | Effects and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on medicine use by employees of a Brazilian public university : a cross-sectional study. | pt_BR |
dc.type | Artigo publicado em periodico | pt_BR |
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