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Paper Title: Assessment Of Drug Prescribing Patterns Of Various Skin Diseases By Using WHO Drug Use Indicators In Dermatology Department
Authors Name: Dr.G.Supriya , B. Sai Sudha , M. Sai Durga , R. Supriya , V. Jyothirmai
Unique Id: IJSDR2301147
Published In: Volume 8 Issue 1, January-2023
Abstract: Aim: To Assess Drug Prescribing patterns of various skin diseases by using WHO Prescribing indicators. Objectives: The main objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of various skin diseases and assessing the rational use of drugs and prescribing patterns of various skin diseases by using WHO drug use indicators. Methods: A cross sectional observational study was carried out for 6 months and collected a total of 575 cases. The data was recorded in the specific designed standardized Performa, analysed using Microsoft Excel. Results: In our study, out of 575 patients 337 were males and 238 were females. Prevalence of skin diseases observed in this study comprised of 235(40.8%) of infectious diseases and 340 (59.1%) of non-infectious diseases were found. Among the 235 infectious diseases fungal infections were high. In this study of 575 prescriptions, it was observed that Average number of drugs per encounter was 3.56 and percentage of generic drugs prescribed was 80.89%. The percentage of antibiotics prescribed was 28.8%, Percentage of injections prescribed was 0.69% and the percentage of drugs prescribed from the WHO EDL was 82.91%. Conclusion: The present study was concluded that the rational drug prescribing pattern was assessed according to WHO prescribing indicators and indicated that prescribing patterns of medications should be considerably improve. Therefore, trainings and workshops should be organized from time to time to enlighten the prescribers on current trend in dermatological treatments.
Keywords: Dermatology, Prescription pattern, WHO drug use indicators, Essential drug list, Antibiotics, Rationality
Cite Article: "Assessment Of Drug Prescribing Patterns Of Various Skin Diseases By Using WHO Drug Use Indicators In Dermatology Department", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijsdr.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.8, Issue 1, page no.926 - 934, January-2023, Available :http://www.ijsdr.org/papers/IJSDR2301147.pdf
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Published In: Volume 8 Issue 1, January-2023
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