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Patient knowledge of medicines dispensed from Ghanaian community pharmacies.

Background: One vital requirement for patient adherence to medicines is good patient knowledge of the medicines dispensed and this will invariably be linked to good labelling and counselling. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of labelling of medicines and determine patient...

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Published in:Pharmacy Practice (1886-3655) Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 66 - 71
Main Authors: MARFO, Afia F., OWUSU-DAAKU, Frances T., KYEREWAA-AKROMAH, Evelyn
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Centro de Investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmaceuticas S.L. Apr-Jun2013
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          MARFO, Afia F.
          OWUSU-DAAKU, Frances T.
          KYEREWAA-AKROMAH, Evelyn
        affil: Lecturer Department of Clinical & Social Pharmacy, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Kumasi (Ghana).
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          Pharmacy, Retail Ghana
          Drug Labeling Standards
          Drugs, Prescription Administration and Dosage
          Patients
          Health Knowledge
          Human
          Ghana
          Purposive Sample
          Female
          Male
          Descriptive Statistics
          Chi Square Test
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          Drugs, Prescription Classification
          Data Analysis Software
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          Middle Age
          Aged
          Aged, 80 and Over
          Antimalarials
          Analgesics
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Aged: 65+ years
          Aged, 80 & over
          Female
          Male
      ab: Background: One vital requirement for patient adherence to medicines is good patient knowledge of the medicines dispensed and this will invariably be linked to good labelling and counselling. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of labelling of medicines and determine patient knowledge of the administration of medicines dispensed from a community pharmacy in Ghana. Methods: From 6th to 29th January, 2010, dispensed prescriptions of 280 clients were purposely sampled to evaluate the quality of labelling. These clients were also interviewed about their knowledge of the last medicine received immediately after dispensing. A scoring system was employed by awarding a point for each attribute written on the package and each attribute stated by the patient. The dispensing attributes noted were name, dosage, frequency, duration, quantity and route of administration. Results: Of the 280 patients interviewed, 157 (56%) were males. Thirty one (11%) had no education and 99(35%) were secondary school graduates. Antimalarials comprised 17.9% and analgesics, 15.4% of medicines dispensed. The name, quantity, dosage, frequency, duration of therapy and route of administration were written on the label in 98%, 99%, 55%, 54%, 6% and 2% respectively of the dispensed medicines. The mean labelling score was 3.096 (SD=1.05) out of 6. The corresponding patient knowledge values were 63%, 80%, 80%, 75%, 57% and 86%. The mean knowledge score was 4.375 (SD; 1.38) out of 6. The chi square test p-value for the effect of demographic characteristics (sex, educational background, location) on patient knowledge of medicines dispensed were p=0.454; p=0.000, and p=0.138 respectively Conclusion: Patient knowledge of the administration of dispensed medicines was rated good; and this largely corresponded with the quality of labelling, except that the duration of therapy and route of administration was not frequently written and so labelling was rated just above average.
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