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Awareness about prescribed drugs among patients attending Out-patient departments
Jaswinder Singh1, Narinder Singh, Rahat Kumar
1Department of Pharmacology, SGRD IMSAR, Amritsar, India.
Background:
Communication skills play an important role in establishing doctor-patient relationship is widely recognized throughout the world. The information passed on to the patients affects the treatment outcomes.
Objectives:
The present study was undertaken to evaluate the level of awareness among OPD patients about prescribed drugs.
Materials And Methods:
A total of two hundred sixty four patients having a valid prescription from a doctor practicing in allopathic system, visiting 4 different chemist shops in a North Indian city were enrolled in the study. All the enrolled patients were given a preformed questionnaire to be answered on the spot.
Results:
It was found that though a considerable number of patients were aware about the therapeutic effects of the drugs and the manner of administration of the medicines; they lacked information regarding the side effects, warnings and the information their doctor may require at the next consultation.
Conclusion:
The study highlighted the fact that doctors need to spend more time with the patients to make them active participants in the drug therapy.
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