Dermatology Self-Medication in Nursing Students and Professionals: A Multicentre Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Participants and Data Collection
2.3. Instrument
2.4. Data Analysis
2.5. Ethical Considerations
3. Results
3.1. Self-Medication in Nurses
3.2. Self-Medication in Nursing Students
3.3. Influence of Age and Professional/Academic Career on Self-Medication in Nursing
4. Discussion
4.1. Strengths and Limitations
4.2. Conclusion and Practice Implications
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Nurses | Self-medication | For any disease (n = 106) | For dermatological diseases (n = 90) | |||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
Age (years) | 38.91 | ±12.65 | 39.62 | ±12.36 | ||
Years of practice | 14.03 | ±12.09 | 15.41 | ±12.20 | ||
Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) | |||
Gender | Male | 11 | 10.38 | 7 | 7.78 | |
Female | 95 | 89.62 | 83 | 92.22 | ||
Practice setting | MD | 73 | 68.87 | 60 | 66.67 | |
S | 4 | 3.77 | 4 | 4.44 | ||
MD-S | 29 | 27.36 | 26 | 28.89 | ||
Nursing students | Self-medication | For any disease (n = 256) | For dermatological diseases (n = 157) | |||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
Age (years) | 20.75 | ±4.82 | 21.45 | ±5.91 | ||
Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) | |||
Gender | Male | 32 | 12.50 | 17 | 10.83 | |
Female | 224 | 87.50 | 140 | 89.17 | ||
Academic year | First | 149 | 58.20 | 86 | 54.78 | |
Second | 62 | 24.22 | 42 | 26.75 | ||
Third | 36 | 14.06 | 22 | 14.01 | ||
Fourth | 9 | 3.52 | 7 | 4.46 |
Nurses (n = 87) | Nursing students (n = 152) | ||||
Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) | ||
Topical treatment | Antifungal | 31 | 35.63 | 18 | 11.84 |
Antibiotic | 26 | 29.89 | 32 | 21.05 | |
Corticosteroid | 57 | 65.52 | 54 | 35.53 | |
Retinoid | 5 | 5.75 | 2 | 1.32 | |
Antihistamine | 20 | 22.99 | 17 | 11.18 | |
Corticosteroid + antifungal | 12 | 13.79 | 1 | 0.66 | |
Corticosteroid + antibiotic | 10 | 11.49 | 7 | 4.61 | |
Other | 3 | 3.45 | 1 | 0.66 | |
Could not remember | 3 | 3.45 | 3 | 1.97 | |
Nurses (n = 33) | Nursing students (n = 57) | ||||
Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) | ||
Oral treatment | Antifungal | 10 | 10.30 | 4 | 7.02 |
Antibiotic | 6 | 18.18 | 7 | 12.28 | |
Corticosteroid | 6 | 18.18 | 2 | 3.51 | |
Antihistamine | 16 | 48.48 | 11 | 19.30 | |
Other | 3 | 9.09 | 3 | 5.26 | |
Not remembered | 1 | 3.03 | 36 | 63.16 | |
Nurses (n = 90) | Nursing students (n = 157) | ||||
Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) | ||
Skin diseases | Acne | 11 | 12.22 | 63 | 40.13 |
Psoriasis | 3 | 3.33 | 7 | 4.46 | |
Atopic dermatitis | 17 | 18.89 | 1 | 0.64 | |
Allergic or irritative contact dermatitis | 32 | 35.56 | 33 | 21.02 | |
Seborrheic dermatitis | 8 | 8.89 | 8 | 5.1 | |
Other eczemas | 8 | 8.89 | 27 | 17.20 | |
Melanocytic nevi | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.64 | |
Urticaria | 5 | 5.56 | 13 | 8.28 | |
Fungal infections | 26 | 28.89 | 9 | 5.73 | |
Bacterial infections | 10 | 11.11 | 7 | 4.46 | |
Parasitic infections | 4 | 4.44 | 2 | 1.27 | |
Warts | 3 | 3.33 | 2 | 1.27 | |
Sexually transmitted diseases | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Insect bites | 21 | 23.33 | 27 | 17.20 | |
Skin burns | 20 | 22.22 | 25 | 15.92 | |
Other | 4 | 4.44 | 9 | 5.73 | |
Not remembered | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.64 | |
Unknown diagnosis | 2 | 2.22 | 11 | 7.01 |
Nurses (n = 35) | Nursing Students (n = 17) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) | |
Own knowledge about the disease and its treatment | 32 | 91.43 | 10 | 58.82 |
Medicine books/journals | 6 | 17.14 | 1 | 5.88 |
Internet | 3 | 8.57 | 6 | 35.29 |
Advertisement on television | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 5.88 |
Other | 2 | 5.71 | 0 | 0.00 |
Self-Medication | For any Disease (n = 120) | For Dermatological Diseases (n = 106) | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | p value | Mean | p value | |||||
Average years of professional practice | Yes | 14.02 | 0.304 * | 15.41 | <0.001 * | |||
No | 10.50 | 6.25 | ||||||
Cohen’s d = 0.895 | ||||||||
Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) | p value | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) | p value | |||
Number of nurses (%) by years of professional practice | <5 years | 39 | 36.80 | p = 0.1681 # | 28 | 31.1 | p = 0.014 # | |
5–15 years | 17 | 16.00 | 15 | 16.70 | ||||
>15 years | 50 | 47.20 | 47 | 52.20 | ||||
>15 years vs. <5 years: OR 6.15 (1.58–23.97) >15 years vs. 5–15 years: OR 2.09 (0.32–13.71) |
Self-Medication | For Any Disease (n = 303) | For Dermatological Diseases (n = 256) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | p value | Mean | p value | ||
Average age (years) | Yes | 20.75 | 0.014 * | 21.45 | <0.001 * |
No | 19.74 | 19.63 | |||
Cohen’s d = 0.277 | Cohen’s d = 0.419 |
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Batalla, A.; Martínez-Santos, A.-E.; Braña Balige, S.; Varela Fontán, S.; Vilanova-Trillo, L.; Diéguez, P.; Flórez, Á. Dermatology Self-Medication in Nursing Students and Professionals: A Multicentre Study. Healthcare 2024, 12, 258. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12020258
Batalla A, Martínez-Santos A-E, Braña Balige S, Varela Fontán S, Vilanova-Trillo L, Diéguez P, Flórez Á. Dermatology Self-Medication in Nursing Students and Professionals: A Multicentre Study. Healthcare. 2024; 12(2):258. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12020258
Chicago/Turabian StyleBatalla, Ana, Alba-Elena Martínez-Santos, Sara Braña Balige, Sara Varela Fontán, Lucía Vilanova-Trillo, Paz Diéguez, and Ángeles Flórez. 2024. "Dermatology Self-Medication in Nursing Students and Professionals: A Multicentre Study" Healthcare 12, no. 2: 258. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12020258
APA StyleBatalla, A., Martínez-Santos, A. -E., Braña Balige, S., Varela Fontán, S., Vilanova-Trillo, L., Diéguez, P., & Flórez, Á. (2024). Dermatology Self-Medication in Nursing Students and Professionals: A Multicentre Study. Healthcare, 12(2), 258. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12020258