title: [Self-medication behavior among pregnant women user of the Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal, Peru 2011].
abstract: We aim to determine the prevalence of self prescribing behaviour during pregnancy and its characteristics. For this purpose, we designed a cross sectional study and interviewed 400 pregnant women who had their prenatal care at Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal, Lima. We found that 10.5% of the patients (42 patients) had a self prescribing behavior during pregnancy, 64.5% think that self prescribing behavior can produce congenital malformations. The medications used were classified as type A and B according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Paracetamol was used more frequently (47.6%) followed by amoxicillin (16.7%). All the women who self-prescribed have had this behavior before pregnancy. According to these results, we conclude there is a low prevalence of self-prescribing behavior during pregnancy compared to the international literature.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigaciones Clínicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú. elsyminidiaz@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Elsy
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Miní
authors.forename: Rocio
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Varas
authors.forename: Yuliana
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Vicuña
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lévano
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Medina
authors.forename: Joece
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Butron
authors.forename: Renzo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aranda
authors.forename: Ericson L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D010568:Peru; D011247:Pregnancy; D012651:Self Medication / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult