Drug Related Problems among Migrant Patients at Samutsakhon Hospital
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Objective: To study drug related problem (DRPs) among migrant patients receiving services from drug counseling room at outpatients department of Samutsakhon Hospital in terms of rate of occurrence, types and their differences from DRPs among Thai patients. Methods: The study was a cross-sectional study with four months retrospective data collection from the database in drug counseling room. The researcher collected and classified DRPs according to the definition of Strand and Hepler. Results: From the total of 2,269 times of services, 177 (7.8%) were provided to migrant patients. The study identified 95 DRPs (53.7% of 177 times of services). The majorities of DRPs were adverse drug reaction (41.05%), medication noncompliance (37.90%) and inappropriate drug selection for treatment (9.47%). While DRPs identified in Thai patients were medication noncompliance (71.7%) and adverse drug reaction (20.9%). Conclusion: The hospital should develop media related to drug knowledge for migrant patients such as auxiliary labels of drug with special techniques in order to curb with DRPs in this group of patients. The result provides basic information for the provision of pharmacy service to prevent DRPs and to prepare for the impact of the advent of ASEAN community.
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ผลการวิจัยและความคิดเห็นที่ปรากฏในบทความถือเป็นความคิดเห็นและอยู่ในความรับผิดชอบของผู้นิพนธ์ มิใช่ความเห็นหรือความรับผิดชอบของกองบรรณาธิการ หรือคณะเภสัชศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยสงขลานครินทร์ ทั้งนี้ไม่รวมความผิดพลาดอันเกิดจากการพิมพ์ บทความที่ได้รับการเผยแพร่โดยวารสารเภสัชกรรมไทยถือเป็นสิทธิ์ของวารสารฯ
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