Patient’s Comprehension of Prescriptions at Municipal Urban Health Centre, Mumbai
Introduction: Patient's often fail to follow the prescription given by the doctor. Patients understanding of the prescription play an important role in completion of treatment and quick recovery from the illness. The understanding of prescription is dependent on factors which could be both...
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| description | Introduction: Patient's often fail to follow the prescription
given by the doctor. Patients understanding of the prescription
play an important role in completion of treatment and quick
recovery from the illness. The understanding of prescription is
dependent on factors which could be both patient and doctor
related. These factors need to be studied in order to improve
the therapeutic outcome.
Aim: Hence this study was undertaken to identify the various
factors which affect patient’s comprehension of prescription.
Materials and Methods: Observational, cross-sectional study
based on exit interviews were carried out for 370 patients at
Cheeta Camp Urban Health Centre, Mumbai over a period of 15
working days of OPD and 25 patients were selected randomly
on each day. For data analysis, SPSS 15.0 with Chi-square test
were used as test of significance.
Results: In the present study it was found that in the patients
above 45 years, 19.4% have not understood the prescription
completely compared to 5.8% below the age of 45 years. The
difference was statistically significant. There is no difference
between gender and understanding of prescription. Among the
illiterate patients it was found that 16.3% have not completely
understood the prescription compared to 5.6% of the literate
patients. Also, socio-economic status was significantly
associated with patients understanding of prescription. There
was no significant difference associated with number of
prescription and understanding of prescription.
Conclusion: The patient related factors play an important role
in understanding of prescription. It was found that patient’s
comprehension of prescription was significantly associated
with age, socioeconomic status and Education. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-70e083681d9a4fb1a5bccb4396b186c62022-12-21T22:11:50ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2016-03-01103LC15LC1710.7860/JCDR/2016/14579.7462Patient’s Comprehension of Prescriptions at Municipal Urban Health Centre, MumbaiAmrita P Rao0Gajanan D Velhal1Deepak S Khismatrao2Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College & General Hosptal, Narhe, Pune, India.Professor (Additional), Department of Community Medicine, Topiwala National Medical College & B.Y.L Nair Ch Hospital, Mumbai, India.Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College & General Hospital, Narhe, Pune, India.Introduction: Patient's often fail to follow the prescription given by the doctor. Patients understanding of the prescription play an important role in completion of treatment and quick recovery from the illness. The understanding of prescription is dependent on factors which could be both patient and doctor related. These factors need to be studied in order to improve the therapeutic outcome. Aim: Hence this study was undertaken to identify the various factors which affect patient’s comprehension of prescription. Materials and Methods: Observational, cross-sectional study based on exit interviews were carried out for 370 patients at Cheeta Camp Urban Health Centre, Mumbai over a period of 15 working days of OPD and 25 patients were selected randomly on each day. For data analysis, SPSS 15.0 with Chi-square test were used as test of significance. Results: In the present study it was found that in the patients above 45 years, 19.4% have not understood the prescription completely compared to 5.8% below the age of 45 years. The difference was statistically significant. There is no difference between gender and understanding of prescription. Among the illiterate patients it was found that 16.3% have not completely understood the prescription compared to 5.6% of the literate patients. Also, socio-economic status was significantly associated with patients understanding of prescription. There was no significant difference associated with number of prescription and understanding of prescription. Conclusion: The patient related factors play an important role in understanding of prescription. It was found that patient’s comprehension of prescription was significantly associated with age, socioeconomic status and Education.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/7462/14579_CE(Ra1)_F(GH)_PF1(SSAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PAG).pdfeducationpatient factorssocioeconomic status |
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| title | Patient’s Comprehension of Prescriptions at Municipal Urban Health Centre, Mumbai |
| title_full | Patient’s Comprehension of Prescriptions at Municipal Urban Health Centre, Mumbai |
| title_fullStr | Patient’s Comprehension of Prescriptions at Municipal Urban Health Centre, Mumbai |
| title_full_unstemmed | Patient’s Comprehension of Prescriptions at Municipal Urban Health Centre, Mumbai |
| title_short | Patient’s Comprehension of Prescriptions at Municipal Urban Health Centre, Mumbai |
| title_sort | patient s comprehension of prescriptions at municipal urban health centre mumbai |
| topic | education patient factors socioeconomic status |
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