Souza, Dyego Leandro Bezerra deSilva, Islany Dynara DiogenesBezerra, Isaac Newton MachadoPimenta, Isac Davidson Santiago FernandesSilva, Gerson daWanderley, Vivianni BarrosNunes, Vilani Medeiros de AraújoPiuvezam, Grasiela2023-10-102023-10-102019SOUZA, Dyego Leandro Bezerra de; SILVA, Islany Dynara Diogenes; BEZERRA, Isaac Newton Machado; PIMENTA, Isac Davidson Santiago Fernandes; SILVA, Gerson da; WANDERLEY, Vivianni Barros; NUNES, Vilani Medeiros de Araújo; PIUVEZAM, Grasiela. Acesso e implicações da automedicação em idosos na atenção primária à saúde. Journal Health Npeps, [S.L.], v. 4, n. 2, p. 132-150, 2019. Universidade do Estado do Mato Grosso - UNEMAT. http://dx.doi.org/10.30681/252610104100. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unemat.br/index.php/jhnpeps/article/view/4100. Acesso em: 12 set. 2023https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/54964Objective: to evaluate the access and its interference in the process of self-medication in the elderly. Method: evaluation study of cross-sectional services with elderly men and women who use primary health care services in the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte. A total of 121 interviews were conducted in 09 basic health units of the municipality in 2016. Data were analyzed using the Student’s t-test and chi-square test to determine the statistical significance between the two independent variables and outcomes. Results:the prevalence of self-medication was 66.7%, being negatively associated with access, a negatively assessed attribute in the perception of the elderly, showing an unsatisfactory degree (mean of 3.4). Fever (19.8%) was the main motivating complaint of self-medication,with analgesics being the most used self-medication. Self-medication showed a significant association between age and nonprescription medication for fever and headache. Conclusion:despite not finding an association between access and self-medication, thehigh prevalence of this practice was identified. Thus, it is necessary to strengthen primary care through policies focused on the needs of the elderly with a comprehensive approach and greater access to multidisciplinary and multiprofessional care, not just the supply of medicinesAttribution 3.0 Brazilhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/br/atenção primária à saúdeidosoautomedicaçãoacesso aos serviços de saúdeprimary health careself medicationarticlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.30681/252610104100