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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Autores principales: Nievas Ibarra, Graciela Alejandra, López, Ana C., Caffaratti, Mariana
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: 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.