{"title":"那加帕提南政府总部医院老年住院病人的处方模式","authors":"","doi":"10.29121/ijmrps.v9.i4.2022.1","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Background: Prescribing pattern explains the usage of drugs from essential medical list extent and quality of drugs for prescribing, dispensing and administering of drugs develop to achieve a rational use of drugs. Aims & Objective: This study was to analyze the prescribing pattern among geriatric inpatients at Government Headquarters hospital, Nagapattinam. Materials and Methods: An observational Retrospective study was conducted 75 geriatric inpatients in the department of medicine wards from May to October 2021. Data were collected and assessed to analyze the prescription. Results: A total of 1831 prescription were collected.Most of the geriatric patients were between the ages of 65 and 70 years (74.67%) and the male patients(53.33%)were more dominant than female. Systemic hypertension(20.91) was the most common Disease followed by Coronary Artery Disease(16.36%) and Diabetes Mellitus (14.55%) respectively. Drugs acting on cardiovascular system were the most commonly prescribed drugs (26.76%) followed by drugs acting on gastrointestinal system (17.04%),drugs acting on nervous system (11.80%),drugs acting on hematological system (7.37%), Antimicrobials (6.6%), drugs acting on respiratory system (3.82%). Average number of drugs prescribed per encounter was 7.08. Percentage of drugs prescribed by generic name was 100%.. Conclusion: The prescribing pattern can helpful for pharmacist intervention to assess the quality of care and rationality of the geriatric patients.","PeriodicalId":10935,"journal":{"name":"Day 1 Mon, April 25, 2022","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"PRESCRIBING PATTERN AMONG GERIATRIC INPATIENTS AT GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS HOSPITAL, NAGAPATTINAM\",\"authors\":\"\",\"doi\":\"10.29121/ijmrps.v9.i4.2022.1\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"Background: Prescribing pattern explains the usage of drugs from essential medical list extent and quality of drugs for prescribing, dispensing and administering of drugs develop to achieve a rational use of drugs. Aims & Objective: This study was to analyze the prescribing pattern among geriatric inpatients at Government Headquarters hospital, Nagapattinam. Materials and Methods: An observational Retrospective study was conducted 75 geriatric inpatients in the department of medicine wards from May to October 2021. Data were collected and assessed to analyze the prescription. Results: A total of 1831 prescription were collected.Most of the geriatric patients were between the ages of 65 and 70 years (74.67%) and the male patients(53.33%)were more dominant than female. Systemic hypertension(20.91) was the most common Disease followed by Coronary Artery Disease(16.36%) and Diabetes Mellitus (14.55%) respectively. Drugs acting on cardiovascular system were the most commonly prescribed drugs (26.76%) followed by drugs acting on gastrointestinal system (17.04%),drugs acting on nervous system (11.80%),drugs acting on hematological system (7.37%), Antimicrobials (6.6%), drugs acting on respiratory system (3.82%). Average number of drugs prescribed per encounter was 7.08. Percentage of drugs prescribed by generic name was 100%.. Conclusion: The prescribing pattern can helpful for pharmacist intervention to assess the quality of care and rationality of the geriatric patients.\",\"PeriodicalId\":10935,\"journal\":{\"name\":\"Day 1 Mon, April 25, 2022\",\"volume\":\"6 1\",\"pages\":\"\"},\"PeriodicalIF\":0.0000,\"publicationDate\":\"2022-01-01\",\"publicationTypes\":\"Journal Article\",\"fieldsOfStudy\":null,\"isOpenAccess\":false,\"openAccessPdf\":\"\",\"citationCount\":\"0\",\"resultStr\":null,\"platform\":\"Semanticscholar\",\"paperid\":null,\"PeriodicalName\":\"Day 1 Mon, April 25, 2022\",\"FirstCategoryId\":\"1085\",\"ListUrlMain\":\"https://doi.org/10.29121/ijmrps.v9.i4.2022.1\",\"RegionNum\":0,\"RegionCategory\":null,\"ArticlePicture\":[],\"TitleCN\":null,\"AbstractTextCN\":null,\"PMCID\":null,\"EPubDate\":\"\",\"PubModel\":\"\",\"JCR\":\"\",\"JCRName\":\"\",\"Score\":null,\"Total\":0}","platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Day 1 Mon, April 25, 2022","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.29121/ijmrps.v9.i4.2022.1","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
PRESCRIBING PATTERN AMONG GERIATRIC INPATIENTS AT GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS HOSPITAL, NAGAPATTINAM
Background: Prescribing pattern explains the usage of drugs from essential medical list extent and quality of drugs for prescribing, dispensing and administering of drugs develop to achieve a rational use of drugs. Aims & Objective: This study was to analyze the prescribing pattern among geriatric inpatients at Government Headquarters hospital, Nagapattinam. Materials and Methods: An observational Retrospective study was conducted 75 geriatric inpatients in the department of medicine wards from May to October 2021. Data were collected and assessed to analyze the prescription. Results: A total of 1831 prescription were collected.Most of the geriatric patients were between the ages of 65 and 70 years (74.67%) and the male patients(53.33%)were more dominant than female. Systemic hypertension(20.91) was the most common Disease followed by Coronary Artery Disease(16.36%) and Diabetes Mellitus (14.55%) respectively. Drugs acting on cardiovascular system were the most commonly prescribed drugs (26.76%) followed by drugs acting on gastrointestinal system (17.04%),drugs acting on nervous system (11.80%),drugs acting on hematological system (7.37%), Antimicrobials (6.6%), drugs acting on respiratory system (3.82%). Average number of drugs prescribed per encounter was 7.08. Percentage of drugs prescribed by generic name was 100%.. Conclusion: The prescribing pattern can helpful for pharmacist intervention to assess the quality of care and rationality of the geriatric patients.