Original Research Article
Year: 2021 | Month: March | Volume: 8 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 161-167
Assessment of Awareness and Knowledge about Various Types of Drug-Related Interactions among Nurses in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Choppadandi Anil1, Mohammed Abdul Majeed2, Sruthi Mukkisa3, Kasireddy Govardhan Reddy4
1Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Chalmeda Anand Rao Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar,
2Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Government Medical College, Anantapur,
3Tutor, 4Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology,
Chalmeda Anand Rao Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar, Telangana State, India
Corresponding Author: Kasireddy Govardhan Reddy
ABSTRACT
Objective: The aim of this study is to determine awareness of nurses about drug interactions.
Material and Methodology: A cross-sectional questionnaire based study was carried out on nurses to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding drug interactions. Those who gave their consent to participate were included in the study. The obtained data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) statistical software, version 25. Qualitative variables were expressed as percentages and quantitative variable expressed in terms of mean and SD. For all statistical analysis p<0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Results: 50 pretested and post tested questionnaires were distributed among the participants. The study results showed that mean age of the nurses was 31.7 ± 5.96 years. 68% of the nurses had 5-10 year of experience, nurses from department of medicine found good knowledge after training, also those who had experience between 5-10 years were found to have good knowledge of drug interactions.
Conclusion: It is important that knowledge of nurses about different drug interaction is very essential to improve safety of patients. Therefore, additional training and integration of knowledge and expertise about drug interactions among nurses is needed to improve the therapeutic efficacy, patient’s drug compliance and patient’s safety.
Keywords: Drug Interaction.
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