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[Written drug information: do patients benefit?].

Rasmus Rabøl1, Anna-Grethe Engelbrecht Andreasen, Jens P Kampmann

  • 1H:S Bispebjerg Hospital, klinik I, medicinsk center og klinisk farmakologisk enhed.

Ugeskrift for Laeger
|May 25, 2002
PubMed
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Providing hospitalised patients with written drug information significantly improves their knowledge of side effects and reduces the number of unknown medications. This simple intervention enhances patient understanding of their treatment.

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Area of Science:

  • Health Sciences
  • Patient Education
  • Pharmacology

Background:

  • Hospitalised patients often have inadequate knowledge regarding their medications.
  • Assessing the impact of supplementary written drug information is crucial for improving patient care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the benefits of providing written drug information to hospitalised patients.
  • To examine the effect on patient knowledge, satisfaction, and attitudes towards medication.

Main Methods:

  • Prospective, non-blind, controlled study design.
  • 78 hospitalised patients divided into an intervention group (written information) and a control group.
  • Data collected from November 1999 to July 2000.

Main Results:

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  • Intervention group showed improved knowledge of drug side effects.
  • Significantly fewer drugs remained unknown to patients receiving written information (30% vs 55%).
  • No significant differences observed in remembering drug names or indications.

Conclusions:

  • Patient knowledge regarding medications is generally inadequate.
  • Simple, supplementary written drug information can effectively enhance patient understanding.