Effect of questionnaire structure on recall of drug utilization in a population of university students

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Gama, Helena ^a   Correia, Sofia ^a   Lunet, Nuno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AMINOPHYLLINE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTACID AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; ARTEMISININ; ASCORBIC ACID; BECLOMETASONE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CLOTRIMAZOLE; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIANE; DICLOFENAC; EXPECTORANT AGENT; FANSIDAR; IBUPROFEN; LORATADINE; MEBENDAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; MULTIVITAMIN; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL; TETRACYCLINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOZAMBIQUE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149103193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-9-45     Document Type: Article

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