Objective: Reducing medication errors in Kuwaiti government hospitals through pharmacovigilance involves the improvement of safety culture achieve desired outcome. The study explored management practices and made recommendations for practices. aim was to investigate extent hospitals.
 Methods: Medical records systems audits, healthcare professionals’ observation study, professionals survey...

Introduction: Physiological changes occurring with aging increase prevalence of chronic diseases in elderly individuals. This situation brings about difficulties in medication use in elderly individuals. This study was conducted to determine knowledge, attitude and behaviours regarding medication use in elderly with chronic diseases. Methods: Participants of this descriptive and cross-sectiona...

introduction: despite potential benefits of cpoe (computerized physician order entry) systems, recent studies have cast some doubts on their role in reducing errors. cpoe systems with poorly designed interfaces have proven to cause dissatisfaction and introduce new kinds of errors in the ordering process. the main objective of this study is to identify problems related to a cpoe medication syst...

BACKGROUND Obesity is a global public health problem. There are a range of treatments available with varying short and long term success rates. One option is the use of anti-obesity medication the prescription of which has increased dramatically in recent years. Despite this, little is known about the individual and GP practice factors that influence the prescription of anti-obesity medication....

To investigate the prevalence of smoking, asthma and asthma-related symptoms in relation to age, sex and smoking behaviour in Urmia, we carried out a cross-sectional study in 2004 using the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease questionnaire, which includes some questions on smoking. We surveyed 2987 adults aged 20-44 years. Prevalence of wheeze, breathlessness with wheezing...

BACKGROUND Medication side effects are an important cause of morbidity, mortality and costs in older people. The aim of our study was to examine prevalence and risk factors for self-reported medication side effects in an older cohort living independently in the community. METHODS The Melbourne Longitudinal Study on Healthy Ageing (MELSHA), collected information on those aged 65 years or older...

Objective: to determine the prevalence of adherence to medication therapy in elderly outpatients; to verify whether there is an association between medication therapy adherence and demographic and socioeconomic factors, health conditions. Method: a quantitative, exploratory, descriptive, cross-sectional study, performed in outpatient clinics of a university hospital in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil...

OBJECTIVE Examine treatment adherence rates in pediatric eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders (EGID). METHODS Participants were children aged 2.5-18 years with eosinophilic esophagitis or eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE) and their caregivers. A multimethod, multi-informant assessment including parent report and electronic monitoring was utilized, with a 90% cut point for nonadherence. ...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Medication administration errors in patient care have been shown to be frequent and serious. Such errors are particularly prevalent in highly technical specialties such as the intensive care unit (ICU). In Ethiopia, the prevalence of medication administration errors in the ICU is not studied. OBJECTIVE To assess medication administration errors in the intensive care u...