Association between culture and the preference for, and perceptions of, 11 routes of medicine administration: A survey in 21 countries and regions.

ABSTRACT: 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 cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey of adults was conducted in 21 countries and regions of the world, namely, Tunisia, Ghana, Nigeria, Turkey, Ethiopia,

SUBMITTER: Murdan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10716026 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature