BACKGROUND China has experienced a rapid increase in hypertension over the past decade, especially in rural. Therefore, the aim of this research is to examine the dynamic trends in urban-rural disparities in hypertension prevalence, detection, and medication use among Chinese adults from 1993 to 2011. METHODS Data were extracted from the seven latest waves of the China Health and Nutrition Su...

Regular and frequent use of analgesics acute antimigraine drugs can increase the frequency headache, induce transition from episodic to chronic migraine or medication-overuse headache (MOH). The one-year prevalence this condition is between 1% 2% in Europe, provoking substantial burden. MOH more prevalent people with comorbid depression, anxiety, other pain conditions. This paper aims at presen...

BACKGROUND The aim of this work is to estimate the French frequencies of dispensed psychotropic prescriptions in children and adolescents. Prevalence estimations of dispensed prescriptions are compared to the frequencies of use of psychotropic reported by 17 year-old adolescents. METHODS Prescription data is derived from national health insurance databases. Frequencies of dispensed prescripti...

BACKGROUND Prescription medication use, which is common among long-term care facility (LTCF) residents, is routinely used to describe quality of care and predict health outcomes. Data sources that capture medication information, which include surveys, medical charts, administrative health databases, and clinical assessment records, may not collect concordant information, which can result in com...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence, determinants and spectrum of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication and its associations with socioeconomic status (SES), health-related behaviour and living conditions. DESIGN Observational cross-sectional study. SETTING Germany. PARTICIPANTS Representative population-based sample of non-institutionalised youth aged between 0 a...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence, attitude and knowledge of self-medication amongst university students of Karachi, Pakistan. METHODS This cross-sectional, study was conducted from Jan-Feb 2007. A convenience sample was taken from 2 medical and 2 non-medical universities of the city of Karachi, Pakistan. Data was analyzed using SPSS v 14 and associations were tested using the Chi square ...