Cibersalud y automedicación: explorando el impacto del internet en la automedicación del personal sanitario no médico del hospital Iquitos, 2024

• Autor: Chuquipiondo Galdos, Diego Martin
• Formato: tesis de grado
• Fecha de Publicación: 2025
• Institución: Universidad Nacional De La Amazonía Peruana
• Repositorio: UNAPIquitos-Institucional
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.unapiquitos.edu.pe:20.500.12737/11096
• Enlace del recurso: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12737/11096
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Telemedicina; Automedicación; Evaluación del impacto en la salud; Conocimientos, actitudes y práctica en salud; Factores sociodemográficos; Personal sanitario; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.04

Objective: To determine the impact of Internet use on self-medication among non medical health workers at the Iquitos Hospital, 2024. Methodology: A quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional, and correlational study. A total of 261 participants were interviewed using simple random sampling. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and Poisson regression. Results: A total of 65.9% of participants reported self-medication in the past six months, with NSAIDs being the most used medication (75.48%). The most common symptoms were pain (56.32%) and respiratory symptoms (55.17%). Lack of time (25.67%) and easy access to medicines (19.92%) were the main reasons for self-medication. Internet use for medical information was reported by 86.21% of participants, with search engines such as Google (37.74%) and social media (34.10%) being the most commonly used sources. Use of social media was significantly associated with self-medication (RPa=1.12; 95% CI: 1.04 1.28; p=0.001). In addition, limited access to medical consultations was significantly associated with self-medication (p=0.018). Conclusions: This study highlights a high prevalence of self-medication among non-medical healthcare professionals, influenced by factors such as social media use and limited access to medical consultations. The findings highlight the need to regulate access to medicine, promote responsible Internet use, and develop educational strategies to reduce this practice.