Effects and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on medicine use by employees of a Brazilian public university : a cross-sectional study.

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Autor(es): dc.creatorPaula, Waléria de-
Autor(es): dc.creatorOliveira, Wanessa Cecília de-
Autor(es): dc.creatorMeireles, Adriana Lúcia-
Autor(es): dc.creatorNascimento, Renata Cristina Rezende Macedo do-
Autor(es): dc.creatorSilva, Glenda Nicioli da-
Data de aceite: dc.date.accessioned2025-08-21T15:14:20Z-
Data de disponibilização: dc.date.available2025-08-21T15:14:20Z-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2023-01-15-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2023-01-15-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2021-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.ufop.br/jspui/handle/123456789/15944-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1590/1516-3180.2021.0367.R1.23072021-
Fonte: dc.identifier.urihttp://educapes.capes.gov.br/handle/capes/1007463-
Descrição: dc.descriptionBACKGROUND: 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.-
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Direitos: dc.rightsThis is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons license. Fonte: o PDF do artigo.-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectDrug utilization-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectFaculty-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectPharmacoepidemiology-
Título: dc.titleEffects and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on medicine use by employees of a Brazilian public university : a cross-sectional study.-
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