Factors Associated With Drug Consumption Without Scientific Evidence in Patients With Mild COVID-19 in Peru

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the factors associated with the consumption of drugs without scientific evidence in patients with mild COVID-19 infection in Peru. METHODS: An analytical cross-sectional study was carried out including 372 adult patients with a history of mild COVID-19 disease...

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Autores principales: Soriano‐Moreno, David R., Fernandez‐Guzman, Daniel, Sangster-Carrasco, Lucero, Quispe‐Vicuña, Carlos, Grados‐Espinoza, Pamela, Ccami‐Bernal, Fabricio, Morocho-Alburqueque, Noelia, Coba-Villan, Naomi, Velasquez-Fernandez, Randy, Nieto-Gutierrez, Wendy
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: 2022
Materias:
Confidence interval
Medicine
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Population
Poisson regression
Consumption (sociology)
Bootstrapping (finance)
Drug
Internal medicine
Environmental health
Disease
Pharmacology
Infectious disease (medical specialty)
Mathematics
Sociology
Econometrics
Social science
COVID-19 epidemiology
Adult
Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Ivermectin therapeutic use
Peru epidemiology
Prevalence
Life Sciences Immunology and Microbiology Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Antibiotic Use and Resistance
Health Sciences Medicine Infectious Diseases Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment
Health Sciences Medicine Infectious Diseases COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the factors associated with the consumption of drugs without scientific evidence in patients with mild COVID-19 infection in Peru. METHODS: An analytical cross-sectional study was carried out including 372 adult patients with a history of mild COVID-19 disease. Factors associated with drug consumption were evaluated by Poisson regressions with robust variance adjustment using the bootstrapping resampling method. RESULTS: Seventy-two percent consumed some medication without scientific evidence, with antibiotics (71%) and ivermectin for human use (68%) being the most commonly used. Factors associated with the consumption of drugs to treat mild COVID-19 infection were thinking that the drugs are not effective (adjusted prevalence ratio, 0.55; 95% confidence interval, 0.41-0.74) and not being informed about the efficacy of the drugs (adjusted prevalence ratio, 0.48; 95% confidence interval, 0.36-0.65). CONCLUSIONS: Education of the population seems to be the main factor that increases the consumption of drugs without scientific evidence in the Peruvian population to treat mild COVID-19.

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