Patients' knowledge about medication prescription in the emergency service

• Päätekijät: Thaynara Paola de Carvalho (Tekijä), Meiry Fernanda Pinto Okuno (Tekijä), Cassia Regina Vancini Campanharo (Tekijä), Maria Carolina Barbosa Teixeira Lopes (Tekijä), Ruth Ester Assayag Batista (Tekijä)
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• Julkaistu: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem.
• Aiheet: article
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• Notes: 1984-0446; 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0002
• Keywords: Knowledge; Medication Prescription; Emergency Care; Medical Emergency Service; Emergency Nursing; Nursing; RT1-120
• Source: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, Vol 71, Iss 2, Pp 329-335

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify which orientations were received by the patient about the medication prescription and which professional performed it; to evaluate the patients' knowledge about prescription drugs and to correlate it to socioeconomic variables, comorbidities, and the frequency with which the patient seeks emergency service; and to evaluate the knowledge about the medication prescribed after the health care. Method: This was a cross-sectional study on 304 patients that received emergency service's discharge along with medication prescription. Applied instruments: sociodemographic characterization and evaluation of the knowledge about the prescribed medication. We used a descriptive and inferential analysis. Results: Most subjects had no doubts about how or for how long to take the medication; and presented questions about adverse reactions and what to do in case of forgetting to take the medication doses. There was a significant association between age; educational level; comorbidity; the frequency of emergency service's use; and knowledge about medications. Conclusion: a total of 48% of the patients declared to need information about adverse effects and what to do if they forget to take the medication.