Self-care practices for common acute conditions in the Philippines: a scoping review

Self-care practices for common acute conditions in the Philippines: a scoping review Arianna Maever Loreche, Veincent Christian F. Pepito, Manuel M. Dayrit International Journal of Health Governance, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This review aimed to identify and map published studies on self-care practices to manage common acute health conditions in the Philippines.The authors conducted a scoping review in PubMed, Scopus, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), ProQuest Central, Journal Storage (JSTOR) and the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development – Health Research and Development Information Network (HERDIN). The authors included all studies on self-care practices to manage common acute conditions, namely low back pain, allergic rhinitis, general acute pain, cough, cold, diarrhea, constipation and stress, published up to 2021 in the Philippines. Information on the article type, aim of the study, study design and setting, population characteristics and size, and self-practices employed for the conditions were extracted and synthesized.The authors identified various self-care practices for acute conditions among the general population and indigenous peoples in the Philippines from 26 studies included in the review: the use of medicines with and without a prescription, appropriate and inappropriate antibiotic use, use of medicinal plants and other traditional and alternative therapies and products, recreational acti...
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