College students' use of widely advertised medications.
The authors describe college and university students' use of widely advertised pharmaceutical products. Four hundred seventy-one students from three institutions completed self-administered questionnaires that addressed the use of advertised medications, attention to magazine ads for medications, communications with physicians about medications, and the conditions the medications address. Results indicated that the majority of the students used at least one of the advertised products. Most students did not discuss the pharmaceutical products with their physicians or discuss the conditions for which they reported they were taking the drugs.
Burak
L J
LJ
Department of Movement Arts, Health Promotion, and Leisure Studies, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000329:Advertising / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D004366:Nonprescription Drugs / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D012651:Self Medication / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013334:Students / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities
D004366:Nonprescription Drugs