Self-medication in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: A cross-sectional study in northern Peru

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Authors

Luis E Vasquez-Elera · Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Virgilio E. Failoc‐Rojas · Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola

Raisa N Martinez-Rivera · Universidad Nacional de Piura

Noelia Morocho-Alburqueque · University of Piura

Mario S. Temoche-Rivas · University of Piura

Mario J. Valladares-Garrido · Universidad Norbert Wiener

Abstract

A high frequency of self-medication before hospital admission was observed in Peruvian patients with COVID-19, mainly of drugs without proven efficacy.

Topics & Keywords

Antibiotic Use and Resistance COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies COVID-19 and Mental Health

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: GERMS

Volume 12, Issue 1, pp. 46-53

DOI: 10.18683/germs.2022.1305

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