INFORMATION ABOUT SAFETY OF DRUGS TAKEN BY PATIENTS WHO HAVE UNIVERSITY HEALTH INSURANCE, IN CORDOBA, ARGENTINA
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https://doi.org/10.31052/1853.1180.v23.n3.23954Keywords:
Knowledge about the drugs, Patient, KnowledgeAbstract
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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