utilização de psicofármacos por pacientes odontológicos em minas gerais, brasil the use of psychotropics by dental patients in minas gerais, brazil

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Abstract
A utilização de medicamentos no Brasil, inclusive dos psicofármacos, tem sido considerada exacerbada e indiscriminada. Mesmo assim, é reduzido o número de trabalhos sobre a utilização destes medicamentos, principalmente entre usuários de serviços odontológicos. O estudo teve como objetivo a verificação da prevalência de consumo de psicofármacos, nos períodos de 15 dias e de 12 meses que antecederam o estudo, entre os usuários das clínicas integradas de atenção primária da Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil. A coleta de dados utilizou formulários de entrevistas aplicados a todos os indivíduos maiores de 12 anos, atendidos nestas clínicas durante o mês de junho de 1997. O consumo de psicofármacos foi de 4% e 10%, respectivamente, para os 15 dias e 12 meses que antecederam o estudo. Os ansiolíticos foram os mais consumidos nos 12 meses antes do estudo, totalizando aproximadamente 40% do consumo global. O grupo de indivíduos com idade até 23 anos (mediana da idade) apresentou um consumo menor do que o grupo com idade superior a 23 anos (P < 0,01). Houve uma associação significativa (P < 0,05) entre o sexo feminino e o consumo destas drogas, bem como entre a profissão de dona de casa e o consumo (P < 0,03). Os usuários que relataram serem casados ou amasiados (união estável) apresentaram maior consumo de psicofármacos quando comparados com os solteiros, viúvos ou separados (união instável) (P < 0,03). Não houve associação entre a utilização de psicofármacos e a escolaridade. Apesar da importância da informação a respeito do uso de psicofármacos para o diagnóstico e planejamento integral em odontologia, apenas 40% dos alunos das clínicas integradas relataram ter anotado este dado em ficha clínica. Tal fato pode indicar que o ensino de Odontologia está sendo falho neste aspecto, devendo, então, ser repensada a importância dada à questão dos medicamentos durante a formação dos cirurgiões-dentistas.
In Brazil, psychotropics and other drugs are often indiscriminately overused. Nevertheless, there are few studies regarding the use of psychotropics, especially among dental patients. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of psychotropic consumption among patients of the general primary care clinic of the Dentistry School at the Minas Gerais Federal University, in Brazil. To collect data, students working in the clinic interviewed all patients over 12 years of age seen at the clinic during June 1997 and asked them about their use of psychotropics during the preceding 2-week and 12-month periods. The results showed that 4% of the patients had used psychotropic drugs in the 2 weeks before the study and that 10% of them had used psychotropics in the preceding 12 months. The drugs used most frequently in the 12-month period were anxiolytics (around 40% of total use). The median age of the patients was 23 years old. Persons under the median had used psychotropics less in comparison with older persons (P < 0.01). A significant association (P < 0.05) was found between using drugs and being female, and also between the use of drugs and being a housekeeper or a housewife (P < 0.03). Patients with a regular relationship (married or living together) used more psychotropics than patients who were single, widowed, or divorced (P < 0.03). There was no association between the use of drugs and the level of education. Even though information on the use of psychotropics is important for dental diagnosis and planning, only 40% of the students said they noted this information in their patients' charts. That fact suggests that dental student education may be lacking in this regard and that dentistry training should take into consideration the issue of patients' use of drugs.
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Authors Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães de Abreu, Francisco de Assis Acúrcio, Vera Lúcia Silva Resende
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Journal communications on pure and applied analysis
Year 2000
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