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dc.contributor.authorMurdan, Sudaxshina
dc.contributor.authorWei, Li
dc.contributor.authorvan Riet-Nales, Diana A.
dc.contributor.authorGurmu, Abyot Endale
dc.contributor.authorUsifoh, Stella Folajole
dc.contributor.authorTăerel, Adriana-Elena
dc.contributor.authorYıldız-Peköz, Ayca
dc.contributor.authorKrajnović, Dušanka
dc.contributor.authorAzzopardi, Lilian M.
dc.contributor.authorBrock, Tina
dc.contributor.authorFernandes, Ana I.
dc.contributor.authordos Santos, André Luis Souza
dc.contributor.authorAnto, Berko Panyin
dc.contributor.authorVallet, Thibault
dc.contributor.authorLee, Eunkyung Euni
dc.contributor.authorJeong, Kyeong Hye
dc.contributor.authorAkel, Marwan
dc.contributor.authorTam, Eliza
dc.contributor.authorVolmer, Daisy
dc.contributor.authorDouss, Tawfik
dc.contributor.authorShukla, Sharvari
dc.contributor.authorYamamura, Shigeo
dc.contributor.authorLou, Xiaoe
dc.contributor.authorvan Riet, Bauke H.G.
dc.contributor.authorUsifoh, Cyril O.
dc.contributor.authorDuwiejua, Mahama
dc.contributor.authorRuiz, Fabrice
dc.contributor.authorFurnham, Adrian
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-07T17:08:49Z
dc.date.available2024-02-07T17:08:49Z
dc.date.created2023-12-18T13:01:02Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.citationExploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy (ERCSP). 2023, 12 .
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3116244
dc.description.abstractMedicines can be taken by various routes of administration. These can impact the effects and perceptions of medicines. The literature about individuals' preferences for and perceptions of the different routes of administration is sparse, but indicates a potential influence of culture. Our aim was to determine: (i) any association between one's culture and one's preferred route of medicine administration and (ii) individual perceptions of pain, efficacy, speed of action and acceptability when medicines are swallowed or placed in the mouth, under the tongue, in the nose, eye, ear, lungs, rectum, vagina, on the skin, or areinjected. Medicines can be taken by various routes of administration. These can impact the effects and perceptions of medicines. The literature about individuals' preferences for and perceptions of the different routes of administration is sparse, but indicates a potential influence of culture. Our aim was to determine: (i) any association between one's culture and one's preferred route of medicine administration and (ii) individual perceptions of pain, efficacy, speed of action and acceptability when medicines are swallowed or placed in the mouth, under the tongue, in the nose, eye, ear, lungs, rectum, vagina, on the skin, or areinjected. A total of 4435 participants took part in the survey. Overall, the oral route was the most preferred route, followed by injection, while the rectal route was the least preferred. While the oral route was the most preferred in all cultures, the percentage of participants selecting this route varied, from 98% in Protestant Europe to 50% in the African-Islamic culture. A multinomial logistic regression model revealed a number of predictors for the preferred route. Injections were favoured in the Baltic, South Asia, Latin America and African-Islamic cultures while dermal administration was favoured in Catholic Europe, Baltic and Latin America cultures. A marked association was found between culture and the preference for, and perceptions of the different routes by which medicines are taken. This applied to even the least favoured routes (vaginal and rectal). Only women were asked about the vaginal route, and our data shows that the vaginal route was slightly more popular than the rectal one.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.titleAssociation between culture and the preference for, and perceptions of, 11 routes of medicine administration: A survey in 21 countries and regions
dc.title.alternativeAssociation between culture and the preference for, and perceptions of, 11 routes of medicine administration: A survey in 21 countries and regions
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.description.versionpublishedVersion
dc.source.pagenumber12
dc.source.volume12
dc.source.journalExploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy (ERCSP)
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.rcsop.2023.100378
dc.identifier.cristin2214855
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