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    Características frente a la automedicación responsable en pobladores del distrito de San Juan de Miraflores, setiembre 2018
    (Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2019-06-27) Puza Peralta, Graciela Alicia; Cuba Zuñiga, Carla Katiuska; Ramos Jaco, Antonio Guillermo
    English: Objective: To know the characteristics, knowledge and attitudes towards responsible self-medication in residents of the District of San Juan de Miraflores September 2018. Methodology: descriptive, based on questions and data analysis. Cross-sectional: measures the prevalence of an exposure or result in a defined population and at a specific time. Prospective, is carried out with data obtained at a specific time. Non-experimental design, through a survey. The survey was prepared by the evaluation instrument, collection and data procedure technique. Results: Our research on the characteristics, knowledge and attitudes towards responsible self-medication of residents of the District of San Juan de Miraflores shows results in the surveyed population: predominance of adults with 61.66% (233), compared to young people with 22.2% (84) and older adults with 16.1% (61); the male gender 50.5% (191) compared to females 49.5% (187); with self-employment of 60.6% (229) and dependent workers with 39.4% (149); the higher education level with 25.9% (98), higher technical 25.7% (97), secondary 25.4% (96) and primary with 23.0% (87) users; the marital status showed a predominance of married with 24.1% (91), cohabiting 23.0% (87), divorced 21.7% (82), single 19.8% (75) and widowed 11.4% (43) as a sociodemographic study. Faced with the question of whether they consult the Pharmacist Chemist or the Pharmacy technician, it was (55.2%) while (52.6%) accepts advice from other people to self-medicate, (52.6%) states that advertising influences self-medication. Conclusions: There is a clear association between the characteristics, attitudes, and knowledge of the residents of San Juan de Miraflores regarding self-medication.