Medication error are one of the most frequently occurring types adverse events in hospitalized patients and potentially more harmful children than adults. A prospective study was carried out to identify incidence medication selected hospital, Indore. 16355 records patients, admitted Indore were evaluated. Prospective aimed evaluate compliance, completion & accuracy audit checklist case files ac...

BACKGROUND There appears to be an obvious gap between a medical and patient adherence perspective. Deviating from a medication prescription could be regarded as fairly irrational, but with respect to patients' goals and/or concerns it could be seen as understandable. Thus, the aim was to elucidate adherence reasoning in relation to asthma medication. METHODS This was a qualitative study; data...

Introduction: The Caring Does Matter (CDM) programme aims to improve medication adherence amongst Pacific patients with high cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. This paper examines CDM baseline (preintervention) data for patterns of poor medication adherence. Methods: Electronic medical records from 14 general practices are analysed with respect to prescribing patterns for antihypertensive, chol...

BACKGROUND To examine whether medication related information processing defined as reading of over-the-counter drug labels, understanding prescription instructions, and information seeking-and medication adherence account for the association between health literacy and quality of life, and whether these associations may be moderated by age and gender. METHODS A sample of 305 adults in South K...

OBJECTIVE Misuse of prescription stimulant medication is a prevalent problem on American college campuses; however, few studies have been conducted beyond the United States. Although Iceland has the highest methylphenidate prescription rates in the world, prevalence of stimulant misuse within the Icelandic college student population remains to be investigated. METHOD We examined the prevalenc...

The major method of treating disease in the developed world is through the prescription of drugs. It is estimated that, on a global basis, 3 billion prescriptions are issued annually. The fundamental process of prescribing and issuing medication is common in most parts of the world. Typically a patient will visit a General Practitioner (GP) who will diagnose any health problems and issue a pres...

prevention of medication errors in neonatal intensive care units (nicus) is of paramount importance due to age-specific and physiological conditions of neonates. this study aimed to evaluate the risk of medication prescription and administration via failure mode and effects analysis (fmea), which was carried out at the research and medical teaching center of imam reza hospital in mashhad, iran....

INTRODUCTION AND AIM Data from prescription databases are increasingly being used to study associations between maternal medications used in pregnancy and congenital anomalies. We therefore investigated the extent to which prescriptions reflect the actual use of medication during pregnancy, and whether medicines used during pregnancy are taken according to the prescribed dosage and duration. ...

OBJECTIVE To examine whether a recent prescription for stimulant medication is associated with peer victimization among youth with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). METHODS Data from 4,965 adolescents attending five public schools who completed an annual web survey over 4 years were used to examine recent stimulant medication prescription and self-reported frequent victimizatio...