Medicine and supplement use in infants, children, and adolescents depends on sex, age, and socioeconomic status: results of a German longitudinal population-based cohort study (LIFE Child).

ABSTRACT: Children and adolescents are exposed to medicines and supplements, but only a few studies have evaluated the actual intake in routine care. Thus, we performed a pharmacoepidemiological evaluation of a longitudinal population-based pediatric cohort study (LIFE Child) conducted at the University Hospital of Leipzig between 2014 and 2019. We analyzed all visits of the participants of the LIFE Child cohort between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2019. Participants were asked to bring their medicines and supplements to their appointments at the study center. If they had not brought the preparations with them, attempts were made to obtain the relevant information during a telephone call after the visit to the study center. Furthermore, the participants and their parents were interviewed on medici

SUBMITTER: Herzig M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9132604 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature