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Factors Associated with Women's Medication Use.

Jennifer Payne1, Ineke Neutel, Robert Cho

  • 1Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Health Canada, 120 Colonnade Rd, Ottawa, Canada. Jennifer_payne@hc-sc.gc.ca

BMC Women'S Health
|September 4, 2004
PubMed
Summary

Women use more medications than men, but the reasons are unclear. This study found medication use increases with age, doctor visits, and chronic illness, with social factors like income impacting women differently based on education.

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Area of Science:

  • Social Sciences
  • Health Services Research
  • Medical Sociology

Background:

  • Women generally live longer than men but report higher rates of illness and healthcare utilization.
  • The specific reasons for elevated medication use among women remain unclear in existing literature.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the associations between over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription (Rx) medication use and social-demographic variables in men and women.
  • To explore how factors like education, income, and social roles influence medication use patterns differently between genders.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional analysis of medication use (OTC and Rx) in relation to age, physician visits, chronic disease, perceived health, education, income, and social roles.
  • Stratified analysis to examine gender-specific relationships between social-demographic factors and medication use.

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Main Results:

  • A higher proportion of women used medication compared to men, though overall medication use did not increase.
  • Medication use was positively associated with age, chronic disease, and number of physician visits, and negatively with perceived good health.
  • The influence of education and income on medication use varied by gender; for women, lower income adequacy correlated with increased medication use among those with lower education levels.

Conclusions:

  • While women generally use more medications, the determinants are complex and influenced by socio-economic factors, particularly for women with lower education.
  • Further research is needed to collect more comprehensive data on social roles, reasons for medication use, and appropriateness of OTC and Rx drug utilization.