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<journal-id>0864-3466</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Salud Pública]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Salud Pública]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0864-3466</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0864-34662019000300011</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Características de la población universitaria que recurre a la automedicación en Costa Rica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Characteristics of the university population who resorts self-medication in Costa Rica]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alfaro-Mora]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ramsés]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Monge-Guerrero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alejandra]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jerez-Zamora]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Fernanda]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Campos-Campos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Polette]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pérez-Mora]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fabiola]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Latina de Costa Rica Escuela de Farmacia ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San José ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>45</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0864-34662019000300011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0864-34662019000300011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0864-34662019000300011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción: La automedicación se ha convertido en una práctica muy común en la actualidad, tanto en jóvenes como en adultos, quienes toman esta decisión sin analizar los posibles riesgos que implica.  Objetivo: Determinar las características de la población universitaria que recurre a la automedicación en Costa Rica.  Métodos: Se realizó un estudio observacional descriptivo de corte transversal por medio de encuestas realizadas a 280 estudiantes universitarios en Costa Rica, en las que se indagaron los factores: edad, sexo, carrera, nivel académico, si se automedica o no y desde cuando se automedicaban y las condiciones en las que se muestran mayor grado de automedicación y su respectivo tratamiento.  Resultados: De las 280 encuestas que se realizaron se analizaron 277, dando una prevalencia de automedicación del 56,68 %. La media de edad de las personas encuestadas fue de 21,8 años. Además, se encontró que la mayoría de los estudiantes que se automedicaban eran de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud con un 61,40 %; 129 estudiantes (82,7 %) tenían esta práctica antes de entrar a la universidad.  Conclusión: La prevalencia de automedicación en la población universitaria joven es alta. Es necesario educar para que se asuman formas adecuadas y seguras de automedicación. Los valores mayores se dan en las mujeres. No existen comportamientos muy diferenciados en esta práctica, antes de iniciar los estudios universitarios y después.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction: Self-medication has become a common practice nowadays, not only in young people but in adults whom take this decision without analyzing the possible risks this implies.  Objective:  To determine characteristics of the student population associated with self-medication in the context of a university in Costa Rica in 2017.  Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive, observational study was conducted using surveys performed to 280 university students in Costa Rica, in which there were determined factors like: age, sex, major, academic level, whether self-medicated or not, since when they are self-medicated, and the conditions in which a greater degree of self-medication is shown, and the treatment.  Results: 280 surveys were carried out, and 277 of those were analyzed giving a self-medication prevalence of 56.68%. The average age of the people surveyed was 21.8 years. In addition, it was found that the majority of students who self-medicate were from the Faculty of Health Sciences representing a 61.40%; and that 129 students (82.7%) self-medicated before enrolling in the university.  Conclusion: The prevalence of self-medication is high in the young university population. The highest values are shown in women. There are not too different behaviors in this practice before and after of enrolling in university. In this regard, education is necessary for them to assume safe and adequate ways of self-medication.]]></p></abstract>
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