Trends of prescribing for out-door geriatric patients in a private hospital of Bangladesh.

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorAsaduzzaman, Muhammad
dc.contributor.authorNasrin, Nishat
dc.contributor.authorRizwan, Farhana
dc.contributor.authorMonjur, Forhad
dc.contributor.authorMowla, Rumana
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-19T12:15:43Z
dc.date.available2014-05-19T12:15:43Z
dc.date.issued2011-12
dc.description.abstractThe present study was performed to find out the prescribing patterns of the doctors for geriatric patients, to characterize the behavior of the outdoor geriatric patients of a selected private hospital and to investigate whether polypharmacy is a suitable indicator for occurrence of unnecessary or irrational drug therapy. A prospective study was carried out with the help of a structured questionnaire and the prescriptions of the patients. Patients aged 65 year and above were included in the study. A total of 35 patients were interviewed and their prescriptions were collected after taking their consent. Among the patients, hypertension was found to be most prevalent (46%) followed by diabetes mellitus (16%). Chief complaints were chest pain (41%), joint pain (37%), muscle pain (34%) and respiratory distress (27%). About 34% of the patients did not comply with the prescription and 75% did not take regular physical exercise. Stress (49%) and insomnia (41%) were common among the patients. Polypharmacy was observed in 69% of the patients and an average of 5.5 drugs was given to them. Losartan potassium was the mostly prescribed (31%) drugs followed by esomeprazole (20%) and multivitamins (17%). Unnecessary drug use problem can be prevented by the rational prescribing of drugs by the practitioners. Any medications without therapeutic benefit, goal or indication should be avoided during prescribing for geriatric patients. This study reveals the prescription trends, and indicates possible areas of improvement in prescribing practice.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAsaduzzaman Muhammad, Nasrin Nishat, Rizwan Farhana, Monjur Forhad, Mowla Rumana. Trends of prescribing for out-door geriatric patients in a private hospital of Bangladesh. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science. 2011 Dec; 1(10): 123-125.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/151040
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.japsonline.com/counter.php?aid=311en_US
dc.subjectPrescribing patternsen_US
dc.subjectgeriatric patientsen_US
dc.subjectPolypharmacyen_US
dc.subjectrational prescribingen_US
dc.subjecttherapeutic benefiten_US
dc.titleTrends of prescribing for out-door geriatric patients in a private hospital of Bangladesh.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
japs2011v1n10p123.pdf
Size:
74.08 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Research article
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science (JAPS)