Young Spaniards internalize the importance of prevention, believing that antigen tests help them cope with the situation and take control of the disease, according to data from the Cofares Trends Observatory
A pharmacist explains and supervises young people how to perform antigen self-tests. EFE/Quique Garcia
Young people between the ages of 18 and 25 are the ones who have experienced the sixth wave of Covid-19 with the greatest responsibility, according to this study on the role of pharmacies and the new habits of consuming health products.
Self-diagnosis tests have had a greater degree of usefulness on the part of young Spaniards of Generation Z; 97.3% state that they are essential to regulate the covid situation.
94.2% of millennials (26-35 years), 93.8% of the Generation X (36-55 years) and 90.5% of the Boomers (+ 55 years) share the opinion of the Generation Z.
Extremadura (96.8%), the Balearic Islands (96.8%), Aragon (96%), Andalusia (95.8%) and the Community of Madrid (95.7%) are the ones that most value the dispensing of the tests self-diagnosis without prescription.
These results are the result of an online survey carried out by Cofares to 1,076 people between the ages of 18 and over 55 with quotas by sex, age and area in a representative manner at the national level.
Specifically, 9 out of 10 Spaniards (93.8%) think that having self-diagnostic tools helps them cope with the situation.
Regarding the usefulness of the advice of the pharmacist to carry out self-diagnosis tests, the majority of the population (65.8%) rate counseling positivelywhile young people from Generation Z value it even more with 71.3 percent.
Notification of positives
When the study participants were asked about the notification of the positive result in the pharmacies, 1 out of 2 points out that it is a good way to reduce the risk of contagion.
However, the Generation Zcompared to 48.3% of Boomers44.4% of the Generation X and 43.7% of millennials: is above the average with 65.4 percent.
In this sense, young people between 18 and 25 years old favor the use of this tool, perhaps because it allows them to lead a life similar to normality, minimizing the risks of contagion.
What’s more, 78.5% of those surveyed who have gone to the pharmacy to report a positive case or the issuance of the Covid certificate believes that it has turned out to be a simple and efficient process, the study dictates.
Would you get vaccinated at the pharmacy?
74.1% of Spaniards would. Seven out of ten Spaniards say they would go to the pharmacy to get vaccinated if possible.
The population of Extremadura is the one that most supports this initiative (83.9%), followed by Galicia (82.4%), the Valencian Community (77.6%), Navarra (77.4%), Catalonia (75.3%) and the Region of Murcia (74.2%).
Mask: necessary without obligation
The use of the mask has been established in society. 48% say they will continue to wear the mask at all times (except at home or in the car).
39% confess to having relaxed a bit when it comes to wearing it outdoors, as long as the safety distance is maintained.
In fact, the habit of use is so consolidated that the masks are going to become a regular part of the medicine cabinet, according to 73.1% of those surveyed.
However, it is not the only health element related to the pandemic that is here to stay: hydroalcoholic gel (71.9%), self-diagnosis test (40.1%) and oximeter (11.7%).
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