Medical Follow-up and Self-medication Among Medical Students (AutoMed-Int)

November 7, 2022 updated by: Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne

As health actors, medical students educate patients to have regular medical follow-up and give them justified medical prescriptions. Regarding their own health, medical students do not seem to apply these same principles.

The medical follow-up of medical students seems insufficient, which can be explained by the lack of medical follow-up by occupational medicine, a consequent work time, but also the fear of judgment by colleagues Moreover, medical student have an easy access to all types of prescriptions and therefore the ease of self-prescription and self-medication. Medical students may also overestimate their medical knowledge and may not be objective about their symptomatology.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The aim of the study will be to describe medical follow-up and self-medication among medical students

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

264

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • France
      • Reims, France, 51100
        • Ufr Medecine Urca

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

14 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

N/A

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

medical student in general practice or in specialty medicine

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • medical student in general practice or in specialty medicine
  • agreeing to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • none

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Observational Models: Case-Only
  • Time Perspectives: Cross-Sectional

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
self-medication
Time Frame: Day 0
Number of medical students with prescription for themself of a medical treatment
Day 0

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
self-prescription
Time Frame: Day 0
Number of medical students with prescription for themself of an biological analysis and/or a medical imaging
Day 0

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

October 5, 2022

Primary Completion (Actual)

November 7, 2022

Study Completion (Actual)

November 7, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 10, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 10, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

October 13, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 14, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 7, 2022

Last Verified

October 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2022_RIPH_005_AutoMed-Int

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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