EVALUATION OF PRESCRIBING PATTERN IN ORTHOPEDICS DEPARTMENT IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL: A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

EVALUATION OF PRESCRIBING PATTERN IN ORTHOPEDICS DEPARTMENT IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL: A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY

Published:2024-05-01 Issue: Volume: Page:72-79
ISSN:0975-1491
Container-title:International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
language:
Short-container-title:Int J Pharm Pharm Sci

Author:

KHANIKAR DWIPEN^ORCID,OJAH KAMAL^ORCID,BORAH LAKHIMI^ORCID,BHATTACHARYYA MITRA^ORCID,SAIKIA PRAN PRATIM^ORCID,PATOWARY SIDDHARTHA SHANKAR^ORCID,DEVI DIPTIMAYEE^ORCID

Abstract

Objective: To study the demographic profile and prescription pattern in Orthopedics department in a tertiary care hospital. Methods: A prospective, observational and cross-sectional study design was adopted for this study. A total of 144 patients were enrolled and their prescriptions were analyzed for three months. The data was analyzed by using a Microsoft Excel Worksheet. The Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification system and defined daily dose were used to classify the prescribed drugs. Results: Out of 144 patients enrolled, 105 (72.92%) were male and 39 (27.08%) were female. Maximum patients were between 21-40 y of age. The mean age of the patients was 35.04±18.53. The average number of drugs per prescription was 4.84. Fracture of limbs (58.33%) was the most common diagnosis. Analgesics were the most commonly prescribed drugs. Diabetes was the most common comorbidity. The percentage of drugs prescribed by generic names was 48.06, and that from the essential drug list was 47.78. The percentage of fixed-dose combinations used was 28.55. Conclusion: Although we found that a good percentage of drugs were prescribed from essential drug list but, this practice has to be increased in future. It is also seen that average number of drugs per prescription was high and percentage of drugs prescribed by generic names was less than that by brand names. So, there is immense scope of improvement for prescribing in the hospital.

Publisher

Innovare Academic Sciences Pvt Ltd

Reference27 articles.

1. Jain S, Khan YZ, Upadhyaa P, Kumar A. Assessment of prescribing pattern in a private teaching hospital in India. Int J Pharm Sci. 2013 May 06;3(3):219-22.

2. Shaikh U, Chandra SN, Jayasree T, Shankar J, Kotipalli R. Prescription trends in department of orthopaedics at Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital. J Chem Pharm Res. 2013;5(11):512-7.

3. Ahmed M, Ali N, Rahman Ur Z, Khan Md M. A study on prescribing patterns in the management of arthritis in the department of orthopaedics. Pharm Lett. 2012;4(1):5-27.

4. World Health Organization. Essential medicines and health products. The pursuit of responsible use of medicines: sharing and learning from country experiences. World Health Organization. How to investigate drug use in health facilities: selected drug use indicators. Available from: http://apps.who.int/medicine docs/en/d/Js2289e/3.1.html [Last accessed on 17 Mar 2024]

5. Aberathna A, Morrissey H, Ball P, Zawahir S. Antibiotics utilization patterns and direct cost in an emergency treatment unit in Sri Lanka. Int J Curr Pharm Sci. 2019 Oct 12;11(6):119-22. doi: 10.22159/ijcpr.2019v11i6.36358.