Avtor/Urednik		Kersnik, Janko; Koželj-Rekanović, Zdenka
Naslov		Poznavanje zdravil iz domače lekarne
Prevedeni naslov		Knowledge about home-kept medicines
Tip		članek
Vir		Zdrav Vars
Vol. in št.		Letnik 42, št. 2
Leto izdaje		2003
Obseg		str. 66-70
Jezik		slo
Abstrakt		Background: Number of the prescribed drugs is rising each year. The patients keep them together with the OTC drugs in home storage. We wanted to survey the number of drugs kept in patients' storage, knowledge about the name of the drugs, purpose of their usage and compliance with the prescribed regime of treatment. Methods: ln one of general practices we conducted a survey in a sample of 100 patients. Results: The patient kept from 0 to 9, modus 2, on average 3.3 different drugs in their homes. Only 16% of patients did not keep any drug in their home. 75% of patients got their medicines through prescription. The patients with lower education got more drugs as compared to the patients with higher education (3.2 drugs vs. 1.3 drugs; p = 0,008). With higher age there was also a rise in the number of drugs kept (p < 0.001). 64% of patients had OTC drugs. In majority the OTC drugs were aspirin and paracetamol. Among the surveyed patients, who kept af least one drug in their homes, only 2 (2.4%) did not have any idea of their the purpose, all other patients knew some features of the drugs. The knowledge did not differ regarding sex. Those of a younger age were associated with knowledge about the name of the drug kept (52.1 years vs. 66.0 years; p < 0.001). Also patients with higher educational level knew their drugs better (p < 0,001). (Abstract truncated at 2000 characters).
Izvleček		Ozadje: Število predpisanih receptov iz leta v leto narašča. Bolniki jih skupaj z zdravili, kupljenimi v prosti prodaji, hranijo v, domačih lekarnah. S to raziskavo sva želela preveriti število različnih zdravil v domači lekami naših bolnikov, poznavanje imena zdravila, namena uporabe in upoštevanje navodil za zdravljenje. Metode: V eni ambulanti sva z metodo naključnih števil iz seznama bolnikov izbrala 100 oseb in med njimi izvedla anketo. Rezultati: Bolniki hranijo doma od 0 do 9 različni zdravil, v večini primerov po 2, povprečno pa 3,3 različna zdravila. 16% bolnikov nima doma nobenega zdravila. 75% bolnikov ima doma zdravila, ki so jih dobili na recept Bolniki z nižjo izobrazbo so dobili na recept več zdravil, kot bolniki z višjo izobrazbo (3,2 zdravili v primerjavi z 1,3 zdravili; p = 0;008): S starostjo se veča število različnih zdravil, ki jih bolnik hrani doma (p < 0,001). 64% bolnikov ima doma zdravila, ki so jih kupili brez recepta v prosti prodaji. Najpogosteje sta bila to acetilsalicilna kislina in paracetamol. Med vprašanimi sta bila le 2 (2,4%) bolnika, ki sta imela doma zdravila, pa nista o svojih zdravilih niti približno vedela, zakaj jih imata, vsi ostali pa so zdravila poznali po različnih lastnostih zdravila. Poznavanje lastnosti zdravila se po spolu statistično pomembno ne razlikuje. Povprečna starost bolnikov, ki zdravila iz domače lekarne pozna po imenu, pa je veliko nižja od tistih, ki imena zdravil ne poznajo (52,1 let v primerjavi s 66,0 let; p < 0, 001). Tudi bolniki s končano srednješolsko ali višjo izobrazbo so praviloma bolje poznali zdravila, ki jih hranijo v domači v primerjavo s skupino bolnikov z nižjo izobrazbo (p < 0, 001). Kar 22 (26,2%) anketiranih ne preverja datum uporabnosti zdravil. Med bolniki, ki imajo doma zdravila, jih 52 (61,0%) pozna navodila za jemanje hranjenih zdravil. (Izvleček skrajšan na 2000 znakov).
Deskriptorji		FAMILY PRACTICE PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION QUESTIONNAIRES