The use of medication and food supplements I, January - February 2013

The purpose of the study: to ascertain Lithuanian residents opinion about usage of medicines and supplements. Major investigated questions: respondents were asked if they often used prescription, non-prescription medicines and food supplements in the last 12 months. Those respondents who used supplements were asked what usually determines their decision to use supplements. Further, all respondents were asked to imagine that they suddenly got fever and answer what is the first thing that they would do. Respondents who would not contact a doctor were asked what would make them choose non-prescription medicine. Questions about effect, benefit to health, etc. of supplements were asked. Also, a few questions about medicines were asked: if only doctor's prescribed medicines should be used, if pharmaceutical companies promotes usage of medicines and other products to make profit. At the end of the survey, groups of questions in order to find out respondents opinion about how much of a benefit and a risk is listed medicines or supplements on human health was asked. Socio-demographic characteristics: gender, age, duration of education, education, employment status of the respondent and his / her husband / wife / permanent partner, profession (occupation), respondent's trade union membership, religion, participation in religious rites, political views, political and social activism, voting in the last Seimas elections, nationality, household size, respondent's average and total average monthly household income, marital status, place of residence, satisfaction with quality of life, change in living conditions, received social benefits, received financial support from abroad living relatives.

本研究的目的是确认立陶宛居民对药物和补充剂使用的看法。主要调查问题包括：受访者是否在过去12个月内经常使用处方药、非处方药和食品补充剂。使用补充剂的受访者被询问通常是什么因素决定了他们使用补充剂的决定。此外，所有受访者都被要求设想他们突然发烧，并回答他们首先会做什么。那些不会联系医生的人被询问什么会使他们选择非处方药。还询问了关于补充剂的效果、对健康的益处等问题。此外，还就药物提出了一些问题：是否只应使用医生开具的药物，制药公司是否通过推广药物和其他产品以谋取利润。在调查的最后，通过一系列问题来了解受访者对药物或补充剂对人体健康带来的益处和风险的看法。社会人口统计特征包括受访者的性别、年龄、教育持续时间、教育程度、就业状况、受访者及其配偶/固定伴侣的就业状况、职业（职业）、受访者的工会会员资格、宗教信仰、参与宗教仪式、政治观点、政治和社会活动主义、上次议会的选举投票、国籍、家庭规模、受访者的平均月收入和总收入、婚姻状况、居住地、对生活质量的满意度、生活条件的改变、是否接受社会福利、是否从国外的亲属那里获得经济援助。