Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: NIL: NIL
Control Intervention1: NIL: NIL
Sponsors
Government Medical College, Jammu
Dr Shabnam Choudhary
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. All the post-operative patients of inpatient ward will be included in the study. 2. Only drugs which are prescribed postoperatively will be considered.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients discharged against medical advice. 2. Patients referred to higher centre. 3. Patients expired in postoperative period before being discharged. 4. All pediatric patients. 5. Patients who did not give consent to study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. To analyze the prescribing pattern of drugs in Post-operative patients from Surgery Department of Govt. Medical College Jammu using WHO prescribing indicators. 2. To examine the patterns of drug use using National list of essential medicines. 3. To study drugs prescribed per prescription Timepoint: 1 Year | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The rationality of prescriptions will be evaluated using the WHO core prescribing indicators such as; a) Average number of drugs prescribed. b) Percentage of encounters with an antibiotic prescribed. c) Percentage of encounters with an injection prescribed. d) Percentage of drugs prescribed from National list of Essential Medicines (NLEM). e) Percentage of drugs prescribed by generic names. The percentage of the fixed-dose combinations (FDCs) will also be determined. Such WHO prescribing indicators assess the degree of poly-pharmacy, prescription of drugs by generic name and the use of antibiotics and injections.Timepoint: 1 Year | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactVidushi Khajuria
Government Medical College, Jammu
Outcome results
None listed