Author:

• Vanessa Pereira Gomes - Gomes, Vanessa Pereira - Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Pós-graduação em ciências farmacêuticas - <lima.vanessagomes@gmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Marcus Tolentino Silva - Silva, Marcus Tolentino - Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Faculdade de Medicina - <marcusts@gmail.com>
• Tais Galvão - Galvão, Tais - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas - <taisgalvao@gmail.com>

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Abstract:

The use of medicine in adults was assessed by some population-based studies in Brazil, but there is no overall estimate of the prevalence of consumption. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of medicine use assessed in cross-sectional studies among Brazilian adults. We conducted a systematic review of the literature, searching in MEDLINE, Embase among others until September 2016. Two researchers ed researches, extracted data and assessed methodological quality of the included ones. We combined consumption prevalence using random effects meta-analyses and measured heterogeneity by I². The search retrieved 4.519 publications, of which 14 were included in the study. Most studies (12/14) measured consumption in the last 15 days, with a overall prevalence of 45% (95% CI: 36-54%; I² = 100%). Inconsistencies between studies limited the findings. Almost half of Brazilian adults use medicines. Appropriate actions of pharmaceutical care are necessary to ensure its rational use.

Keywords:

Drug UtilizationCross-Sectional StudiesReviewAdultBrazil

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