The main questions the mother asked the pharmacist

PATIENT EDUCATION

By: Pharmacist Baraa MahmoodTikrit teaching hospital

الدين صالح صحة دائرةالصيدلة قسم

الصيدلة شعبةالسريرية

تكريت مستشفى والتعليمي

Reviewed by: Ph.Duraid Khalid

Ph.Qusay Jassam

THE AIM OF RESEARCH :

• To review the role of information and mothers education in minimizing pediatric medication errors in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

INTRODUCTION• Patient education is the process by which health

professionals and others impact information to patients that will alter their health behaviors or improve their health status.

• Education providers may include:

• physicians, pharmacists, registered dietitians, registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, hospital discharge planners, medical social workers, psychologists, disease or disability advocacy groups, special interest groups, health advocates and pharmaceutical companies.

METHOD OF RESEARCH

• in tikret teaching hospital and during the period (10\10-20\11\2012) in pediatric ward I asked 41 mothers that administered their children ( or infants) with different diseases as a random sample.

• , and I get this result :

DISCUSSION• Most of the population that come to this hospital from the

village so most of them have poor education for example in my sample most of mother just read and write this may drop and interfere with the development of health care .

 

• High proportion of mothers had previously admission to the hospital , as a percentage 60% of them had the 2nd or third admission (from 41 mother –sample- 25 mother had previously admission) .

Patient education or mother education is very important here due to it will reduce the medication error leading to faster cure of her child .

DISCUSSION• 29% of the mother say that they children received the

same drugs at 2nd admission .

• 63% of the mothers ask the pharmacist about the name of the drugs this is a positive point that may reduce the medication error for example : patient can not take this drug , patient have allergy from this drug ……etc.

• 92% of the mothers ask the pharmacist about the accurate dose also this will lead to minimize the medication error and give rapid cure result .

DISCUSSION• About the drug that induced allergy 46% of the mothers asked

the pharmacist so minimum cases of allergy will occur in their child.

• According to my data only the highly educated mothers (have high study) may equal to 7% of them asked the pharmacist about the side effect of the drugs .

• Most of mothers asked the pharmacist about the proper time of administration of the drug (97% of them) this may help in reducing the drug-drug interaction or drug-food interaction .

CONCLUSION

• According to the population with low medical knowledge or poor education he medical staff specially the clinical pharmacist must give the mother more and easily information about the treatment for example the accurate dose, the suitable time for administration, and the main side effect that occur with the drug this may lead to developing the health care .

ABSTRACT• this research completed in tikret teaching hospital with a 41 mothers (

as random sample) in a 40 days in pediatric word and I get many different result reflect the differences in education and the medical knowledge of the mothers

• ** high proportion of mothers had previously admission in this hospital and most of them take the same drug in the 2nd admission .

• ** most of mothers asked the pharmacist about the name of drug and about the suitable dose with suitable time of administration .

• ** only the highly educated mother asked the pharmacist about the main side effect of the drug while large proportion ask about the allergy that induced by a drug.