澳门居民对假/劣药品的认知度调查

Survey of Macao Residents’ Cognitive Level toward Counterfeit and Substandard Medicines

目的:了解澳门居民对假/劣药品认知程度,为澳门特区政府制定长远政策提供理论依据。方法:采用不干预性的横断面研究方法,在澳门7个堂区对200名18岁或以上澳门居民进行问卷调查,内容包括受访者基本数据、药物认知、购药习惯、药物质量及监管4部分。结果:在191份有效问卷中,懂得分辨假/劣药者占68.8%;相当部分有外购药物习惯,到我国内地及香港购药的分别为33.5%及22%;通过网络邮购药物及保健品的仅有1.6%;购买过假药者占8.4%。结论:澳门居民普遍具备基本的药学知识,但对假/劣药品的认知仍不够,且有去澳门以外地区购药的习惯,因此澳门特区政府应加大资源投入对居民进行药物知识普及,加强与周边地区合作,加大打击制造及贩卖假/劣药品的力度,保障居民用药安全。

OBJECTIVE： To probe into Macao residents’ cognitive level toward counterfeit and substandard medicines, in order to provide evidences for government to set up the future policy. METHODS： Adopting cross-sectional study which was non-intervention and convenience, questionnaire survey was carried out among 200 Macao residents who are above age 18 from 7 parishes in Macao. The questionnaire survey was separated into 4 parts： basic information, drug awareness, habit to purchase medicine, medicine quality and control. RESULTS： Of 191 valid questionnaires, the percentage of respondents who know what counterfeit and substandard medicines were was up to 68.8%; the percentages of respondents who went to China's Mainland and Hong Kong to buy medicine were 33.5% and 22%; the percentage of purchasing medicine and health products from internet was 1.6%; 8.4% of the respondents used to buy fake medicine. CONCLUSIONS： Macao residents have basic cognizance, but not enough. Macao residents are used to purchasing medicine outside of Macao; therefore, it is necessary to improve Macao residents’ medical cognizance and Macao government need to cooperate with nearby area to strike a heavy blow at the people who provide the counterfeit and substandard medicines so as to guarantee the safety of drug use.