Nurses Opinion on the Attributes of Polypharmacy in Patient Safety

Autor:	Fathi Mohamed Mohamed, Shirwaikar Arun, Arifulla Mohamed, Muttappallymyalil Jayakumary, Sreedharan Jayadevan, Cheriathu Jenny, John Lisha Jenny
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Polypharmacy Negative outcomes Opinion Drug interactions Medicine (General) R5-920
Zdroj:	Acta Medica Iranica, Vol 50, Iss 7, Pp 516-521 (2012)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	0044-6025 0173-5969
Popis:	Nurses play a functional role in preventing drug related problems. They need to be aware of the dangers of polypharmacy while reviewing patient medications. We studied the nurses' opinion on the diverse effects of polypharmacy in the hospital setting. Nurses working in a tertiary care teaching hospital participated in this cross-sectional study, conducted over 3 months, by responding to a self-administered questionnaire. Chi-square test was used to analyze association between socio-demographic characteristics and items in the study. A value of P
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