title: Study of self-medication for musculoskeletal pain among nursing and medicine students at Pontifícia Universidade Católica - São Paulo.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the self-medication for pain among students of medicine and nursing of the PUCSP compared with students from other knowledge areas.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were obtained in two groups: A - students from the health knowledge area, and B - students of law and engineering. It was used a questionnaire developed by the authors. Statistical analysis used the Chi-square test and the Fischer.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In relation to gender, there is a predominance of women in the health group and a male majority in other one. In the health group there was a greater number of medical students, and in the control group of engineering. It is observed a high degree of selftreatment in both groups. It appears that participants in the health group have used more anti-inflammatory drugs and opioid than the others subjects studied.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The frequency of medication for pain is higher in the group of health students, and self-medication is equally practiced among students of health and other areas.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Sorocaba, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: José Eduardo
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.affiliation: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Sorocaba, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Giovanni Augusto Farina
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Sorocaba, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Luiz Gustavo Martinelli
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.affiliation: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Sorocaba, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nunes
authors.affiliation: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Sorocaba, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ilias
authors.affiliation: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Sorocaba, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Luiz Gustavo Moretti
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Navarro
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D059352:Musculoskeletal Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012651:Self Medication / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013337:Students, Medical; D013338:Students, Nursing; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult