A study of prescription patterns, awareness towards drugs and self medication in patients of chronic kidney disease at a tertiary care hospital
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/04/013189
- Lead Sponsor
- KEM Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Patient who has given written informed consent.
2.Patients with diagnosed CKD (As per treating physician and/orAlbuminuria - AER >30 mg/24 h and/or Electrolyte and other abnormalities), attending nephrology OPD
Exclusion Criteria
1. CKD patients admitted in ward
2. Patients who are planned for renal transplant
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To study awareness of patients towards CKD treatmentTimepoint: To study awareness of patients towards CKD treatment
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1)To evaluate prescription pattern of chronic kidney disease patients in Nephrology OPD at K.E.M Hospital, Mumbai <br/ ><br>2)To evaluate self medication in CKD patients <br/ ><br>3)To evaluate awareness of patients caregiver towards drug treatment <br/ ><br>4)To evaluate whether drugs prescribed are as per package insert criteriaTimepoint: one time