INFORMATION ABOUT SAFETY OF DRUGS TAKEN BY PATIENTS WHO HAVE UNIVERSITY HEALTH INSURANCE, IN CORDOBA, ARGENTINA
Objectives: To describe information about the safety of medicine taken by patients who have the university health insurance and know if these patients were interested in receiving this information. Methods: Descriptive, observational, cross-sectional study with nonprobabilistic sample (for...
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| Lenguaje: | Español |
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Escuela de Salud Pública y Ambiente. Fac. Cs. Médicas UNC
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RSD/article/view/23954 |
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| Sumario: | Objectives: To describe information about the safety of medicine taken by patients who have the university health insurance and know if these patients were interested in receiving this information. Methods: Descriptive, observational, cross-sectional study with nonprobabilistic sample (for convenience) of n=81 of patients who went to the University Health Insurance central chemist to be dispensed their medicine; a validated questionnaire was used. Results: 64 % of the respondents were male with average age of 57.22 ± 1.36, 63% reached university level of education, 36% were retired, besides, 32% requested information on the drugs they were taking. In aspects evaluated in the questionnaire such as knowledge about precautions regarding the drug, 83% answered incorrectly or said they did not know about any precaution. |
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