CONHECIMENTO DA POPULAÇÃO DA ATENÇÃO BÁSICA SOBRE O NOME DAS MEDICAÇÕES QUE FAZEM USO E ENTENDIMENTO À CERCA DOS MEDICAMENTOS PRESCRITOS APÓS A CONSULTA MÉDICA
Authors: Rossato Flaviana , Faleiros Laura Teodoro Campos , Faleiros Luiza Teodoro Campos , Oliveira Luiz Felipe Nascimento de , Sampaio Viviane Rodrigues Esperandim 
Published: December 2024

Medicines have played an important role in reducing human suffering. They produce cures, prolonging life and delaying the emergence of complications associated with diseases, facilitating coexistence between the individual and their illness. Furthermore, medicines are considered highly cost-effective technologies and their use can influence the health care process. However, the abusive, insufficient or inappropriate use of medicines harms the population and wastes public resources. Therefore, the general objective of this study was verify the population’s perception of primary care in a Basic Health Unit (UBS) in the city of Franca/SP, regarding the medications they use and the understanding regarding their purpose after medical prescription. It is also essential to take into account the importance of this information in cases of emergencies and/or when the person is in another service network, since the computerized systems that integrate user data are often flawed and due to deficient information due to part of the patient and the system, the prescription of new medications, the approach to the individual ends up being affected. Thus, this is a descriptive research applied with a quantitative approach based on data collection. UBS Ângela Rosa was selected for research, from January 2023 to March 2023, where it provided the possibility of interviews with 51 users, the only pre requisite being that the individual was over 18 years of age. There was no predilection for sex. The interviews were carried out using a questionnaire during consultations in the primary care network, which was composed of the following guiding questions: (A) Name of the medication; (B) Time used; (C) Indication; (D) Dose; (E) Frequency of use; (F) Duration of treatment; (G) Adverse effects; (H) Precautions. The research was carried out in two stages, the first of which was based on a survey and literature review together with data collection. In the second stage, the results were presented at events scientific studies and analysis and discussion of the collected data. The results were compared using the variables sex and age: separated into 3 age groups: 18-39 years/ 40-59 years/ 60 years or more, considering the young, middle-aged and elderly populations respectively. The UBS where the data were collected presented a significant majority of people with minimally satisfactory knowledge levels regarding the treatment of their diseases, requiring emphasis on 3 main issues to improve their treatment. Therefore, it should be better addressed and warned about the importance of knowing the dose, precautions and adverse effects that the medications in use can cause and that attention should be drawn in cases of these occurrences. This fact is extremely relevant, as it demonstrates that the care process is influenced by a myriad of factors, both macro and micro, which constitute objects of questioning and intervention within the scope of primary care.