Examining medication usage patterns in post-operative patients: a study in the surgery department
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- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/02/062914
- Lead Sponsor
- Government Medical College, Jammu
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. All the post-operative patients of inpatient ward will be included in the study.
2. Only drugs which are prescribed postoperatively will be considered.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients discharged against medical advice.
2. Patients referred to higher centre.
3. Patients expired in postoperative period before being discharged.
4. All pediatric patients.
5. Patients who did not give consent to study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. To analyze the prescribing pattern of drugs in Post-operative patients from Surgery Department of Govt. Medical College Jammu using WHO prescribing indicators. <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>2. To examine the patterns of drug use using National list of essential medicines. <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>3. To study drugs prescribed per prescription <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 1 Year
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The rationality of prescriptions will be evaluated using the WHO core prescribing indicators such as; <br/ ><br>a) Average number of drugs prescribed. <br/ ><br>b) Percentage of encounters with an antibiotic prescribed. <br/ ><br>c) Percentage of encounters with an injection prescribed. <br/ ><br>d) Percentage of drugs prescribed from National list of Essential Medicines (NLEM). <br/ ><br>e) Percentage of drugs prescribed by generic names. <br/ ><br>The percentage of the fixed-dose combinations (FDCs) will also be determined. Such WHO prescribing indicators assess the degree of poly-pharmacy, prescription of drugs by generic name and the use of antibiotics and injections.Timepoint: 1 Year