In 2022, 55 percent of the population took medication seven days before the survey. The consumption of painkillers in particular is increasing: in 1992, 12 percent took painkillers, but by 2022 this had already risen to 26 percent.
This is evident from the ‘Swiss Health Survey 2022’, which the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) published on Monday. A quarter of the population aged 15 years and older suffered from serious physical complaints in the four weeks prior to the study and a third slept poorly.
Medication use has increased steadily over the past thirty years: in 1992, 38 percent had taken a medication seven days before the survey. In the year under review this was more than half. Women used medication more often than men. The proportion of people taking medications increases with age, reaching 86 percent of people over 75 years of age.
85 percent of respondents still rated their health as good or very good in 2022. However, 46 percent suffered from weakness and 45 percent from back pain. (pre/sda)
source: watson
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