Prescription Auditing of Patients Admitted at Psychiatry ward of a Tertiary Care Hospital of Western UP

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dc.contributor.authorAnwer, Adnanen_US
dc.contributor.authorRahman, Syed Ziauren_US
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Piyush Prakashen_US
dc.contributor.authorUsmani, Mohammad Amiren_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-16T07:26:24Z
dc.date.available2019-11-16T07:26:24Z
dc.date.issued2015-10
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: The World Health Organization (WHO) proposed core-prescribing indicators for prescription audit and drug utilization studies. The focus of Indian studies has mainly been on the WHO core-prescribing indicators such as the range and number of drugs per prescription. Critical evaluation of prescriptions including rational auditing of prescriptions of patients admitted at Psychiatry Ward of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Hospital, A.M.U., Aligarh, from the period of 31/05/2013 to 30/05/2015. Materials and Methods: Permission for retrospective study to access medical records of the past 2 years of all patients admitted in the Psychiatry ward from 31/05/2013 to 30/05/2015 was obtained from the competent authority. Prescriptions of 44 patients (26 female, 18 male) were available in the Central Record Section during this period. The following parameters were taken to analyse and audit prescriptions as per WHO prescribing indicators: 1) Patient details, 2) Mention of diagnosis, legibility & spelling mistakes, 3) Details of the consultant, 4) Use of antibiotics/antipsychotics by various routes, 5) Provision of proper instructions to patients and 6) Additional parameters - Percentage of prescriptions with nutritional supplements and antacids. Results: Only 36% of prescriptions contained the full names of patients, while age, sex and address were present in 84.09% of the prescriptions. 100% prescriptions were found written with complete diagnosis and contained the signature of the concerned doctor. None of the prescription had the doctor’s contact number. A mean number of 3.18 drugs were written per prescription. All prescriptions were legible and 2.27% contained spelling mistakes. Insufficient instructions for both oral and injectable drugs were mentioned on all prescriptions. Conclusion: As per WHO laid guidelines, study related to drug use indicators are simple as a supervisory tool to assess prescribing patterns by individual doctors. These prescription studies provide scope to improvement in prescribing patterns and promotion of rational use of drug among practitioners.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsMBBS student, JN Medical College, AMU, Aligarh-202002en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Pharmacology, JN Medical College, AMU, Aligarh-202002en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Psychiaty, JN Medical College, AMU, Aligarh-202002en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Psychiaty, JN Medical College, AMU, Aligarh-202002en_US
dc.identifier.citationAnwer Adnan, Rahman Syed Ziaur, Singh Piyush Prakash, Usmani Mohammad Amir. Prescription Auditing of Patients Admitted at Psychiatry ward of a Tertiary Care Hospital of Western UP. International Archives of BioMedical and Clinical Research. 2015 Oct-Dec; 1(2): 20-23en_US
dc.identifier.issn2454-9894
dc.identifier.issn2454-9886
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/184444
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherIbn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine & Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber2en_US
dc.relation.volume1en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.21276/iabcr.2015.1.2.5en_US
dc.subjectRational Use Of Drugsen_US
dc.subjectPrescription Auditingen_US
dc.subjectPrescription Monitoringen_US
dc.subjectIrrational Useen_US
dc.subjectWho Drug Use Indicatorsen_US
dc.titlePrescription Auditing of Patients Admitted at Psychiatry ward of a Tertiary Care Hospital of Western UPen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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