The use of medication and food supplements II, October

21.12137/HZU8KUButkevičienė, EglėEglėButkevičienė0000-0002-5631-360XInstitute of Policy and Public Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Project Leader]Balžekienė, AistėAistėBalžekienė0000-0001-8557-0544Institute of Policy and Public Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Project Member]Bartuškaitė, MiglėMiglėBartuškaitėInstitute of Policy and Public Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Project Member]Morkevičius, VaidasVaidasMorkevičius0000-0002-2174-0396Institute of Policy and Public Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Project Member]Šarkutė, LigitaLigitaŠarkutė0000-0002-1835-0186Institute of Policy and Public Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Project Member; Data curation]Telešienė, AudronėAudronėTelešienė0000-0003-0356-1631Institute of Policy and Public Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Project Member]Žvaliauskas, GiedriusGiedriusŽvaliauskas0000-0001-8970-0756Institute of Policy and Public Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Project Member; Data curation]The use of medication and food supplements II, October - November 2013Lithuanian Data Archive for SSH (LiDA)2022Social Sciencesmedicinal drugsnon-prescription drugsprescription drugsdrug therapymedical dietsMedication and treatmentCenter for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA)Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, LithuaniaVilčinskas, Vidas (Center for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0001-9377-0458])Burbienė, Diana (Center for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0002-8435-090X])Lithuanian Data Archive for Social Sciences and HumanitiesCenter for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania2017-11-242013-11-142013-12-182025-03-112013-10-05/2013-11-14Survey dataLiDA_SurveyData_046121131441028488975726666659037application/gziptext/tab-separated-valuesapplication/gzipapplication/pdfapplication/pdf2.2The purpose of the study: to ascertain Lithuanian residents opinion about usage of medicines and supplements. Major investigated questions: respondents were asked how often they are sick and if they have a diagnosed long-term illness. Further, it was questioned if respondents often used prescription medicines, non-prescription medicines and food supplements in the last 12 months. Respondents who used non-prescription medicines and food supplements were asked how on average does in cost to get those products monthly. Respondents were asked if the read medicine leaflets and what information they look for. All respondents were asked if they have medicine on them (in a purse, in a pocket, etc.). It was questioned how often situations occurred where in media noticing information about discount for medicines, seeing this information in pharmacies or bypharmacist's suggestion, respondents purchases medicine which they did not intended to get. Respondents were asked if makeup, bought in pharmacies, has healing features and if it should be allowed to give birth at home too. After a list with various conditions related with health was presented, respondents were asked if those conditions must be treated medically. 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.SPSS, 25Dataverse collection “Public Health” contains surveys studying Lithuanian public opinion on health issues, lifestyles and behaviors that have an impact on public health. The main language of the study is Lithuanian (lit). Standardized questionnaire was provided for the respondents in Lithuanian (lit). Dataset (data and metadata) “The use of medication and food supplements II, October - November 2013” from 2017-11-24 to 2021-10-01 was available on the portal of Lithuanian Data Archive for Humanities and Social Sciences (LiDA) www.lidata.eu; object PID: www.lidata.eu/data/quant/LiDA_VS_0303; produced by Žvaliauskas Giedrius 2017-11-24. Vilnius, LithuaniaResearch Council of Lithuania (National Research Programme “Social Challenges to National Security”)SIN-07/12