Measures of disease frequency and prevalence   of drug therapy related problems on basis of prospective observational study in rural hospitalization patients in Nellore

Sushma A.; Venkata Suseela Ch; Hepsi B; Mujib Ahmed P; Venkata Reddy S; Kiran kumar C; Venkatesh P

doi:10.46795/ijhcbs.v3i2.330

A. Sushma B.Pharmacy final year student, Jagan’s Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences ,Nellore
Ch. Venkata Suseela B.Pharmacy final year student, Jagan’s Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences ,Nellore
B. Hepsi B.Pharmacy final year student, Jagan’s Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences ,Nellore
P. Mujib Ahmed B.Pharmacy final year student, Jagan’s Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences ,Nellore
S. Venkata Reddy B.Pharmacy final year student, Jagan’s Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences ,Nellore
C. Kiran kumar Associate Professor, Dept.of Pharmacy practice, Jagan’s Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Nellore.
P. Venkatesh Principal, Jagan’s Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Nellore

DOI https://doi.org/10.46795/ijhcbs.v3i2.330

Abstract

Aim and objectives: The study is aimed to assess the frequency and prevalence of drug therapy related problems in patients after hospitalization in Jayabharath Hospital, Nellore. Specific objectives: To estimate the opportunities for pharmacist to provide pharmaceutical care. A probabilistic convenient sampling was done to estimate the frequency and prevalence of drug therapy related problems, patients those who are aged above 18 years of either sex were included. Pregnant patients, and those who are having a unwillingness to participate in study were excluded. Methodology: This cross sectional study was conducted between March 2022 to June 2022 on patients who discharged to home from Jayabharath Hospital, Nellore. Most of our study population were within the age group of 30 to 45years (33.33 %) followed by 60 to 75years (25.00 %).among the present study population most of them were married (83.3 %) and illiterates (62.5 %). Results and Discussion: Nearly 50 drugs are responsible for drug related problems in the present study among those Phenytoin was found to be leading drug in relation to development of drug therapy related problems, Where as Nifedipine was found to be least problem producing drug in present study population. Conclusion: Overall we found various kinds of drug therapy related problems, which implies there is a need of continuity of care even after discharge from the hospital.

Keywords: Drug related problems, Phenytoin, Nifedipine

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