Prevalência do uso de medicamentos pela comunidade universitária: uma revisão integrativa.

Abstract

The extensive workload and studies associated with the pressure for an exacerbated productivism and better grades have been generating illness among professors and students, becoming a determining factor in the increase in the use of medication by them. The present study aimed to verify the prevalence and factors associated with the use of medication by the university community. Therefore, an integrative literature review was carried out, searching for articles in national and international databases Electronic Libary Online (SciElo), Regional Portal of the Virtual Health Library (BVS) and PubMed, between November 2021 and February 2022, published in the last 10 years. Sixteen articles were included, most of which addressed self­medication by students, whose most used drug classes were analgesics, anti­inflammatory and antipyretic, with a female prevalence. Finally, the lack of studies on the use of medicines by teachers was noticed. The study made it possible to highlight the practice of self­medication in the university community, which leads to reflections on strategies that raise awareness and rationalize the use of medicines, especially by students.