IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/epw/ejmed0/v5y2023i2id41638.html

Drugs Prescribing Trends in Three Polyclinics in Benghazi-Libya 2020

Author

Listed:
  • Salma Abdelkerim Bukhatwa

    (University of Benghazi, Libya)

  • Ali Ateia Elmabsout

    (University of Benghazi, Libya)

  • Naseem Easim Jaber

    (Libyan International Medical University, Libya)

  • Khalid Munir Tagoeri

    (Libyan International Medical University, Libya)

  • Ali Munir Tagoeri

    (Libyan International Medical University, Libya)

  • Rana Zgogo

    (Libyan International Medical University, Libya)

  • Aisha Kashbour

    (Libyan International Medical University, Libya)

Abstract

Background: There is an efforts made to improve drug prescribing practices in developing countries. The aim of present work was to comparing prescribing indicators, patient care, and missing information on prescriptions and identifying and assessing drug use patterns in three polyclinics in Benghazi city, Libya. Methods: In this descriptive cross section study a random sample of 1522 prescriptions were selected from three polyclinics include Ras-Ebida, Khalid Ibn-Elwalid and Al-Kish, over 4 months (July-October 2020). The data was collected through predesigned questionnaire. The prescriptions were analyzed for the following indicators: prescribing indicators, patient-care indicators and drug-use indicators. Results: A total of 1522 prescriptions (average = 507.3/clinic) were collected from the three polyclinics including 2329 prescribed (average = 1.4/prescription) items. Percentage of drugs prescribed with generic name was 0.0%, the percentage of prescriptions with antibiotics was 46.3%. The average of prescriptions of injections was 0.84. The average consultation time is 3.4 min and the average dispensing time was found to be 24 seconds. Major classes of drugs prescribed included analgesics, antibiotics, drugs used in medicine & derma clinics, ophthalmic drugs, minerals & vitamins, anti-inflammatory drugs, antihistaminic and antifungal drugs. The most prescribed analgesic was paracetamol (94.4%) and antibiotic was Augmentin (50.3%). In regarding prescribed drug in medicine clinics was found lisinopril (32.0%) and ophthalmic drug was cusicrom (36.8%). In addition, the majorities of prescribed vitamin were vitamin C (81.0%), for GIT drug was omeprazole (59.3%), and for dermatology was Fucidin (56.3%). While most prescribed anti-inflammatory was aspirin (52.4%), antihistaminic was loratidine (97.0%), for antifungal drug was flagyl (58.0%). Conclusion: Despite the efforts being made to improve prescribing habits and to rationalize the use of drugs, the obtained results confirm the deficiencies as reported earlier and suggest that methods of intervention should be initiated to improve prescribing trends in these polyclinics.

Suggested Citation

  • Salma Abdelkerim Bukhatwa & Ali Ateia Elmabsout & Naseem Easim Jaber & Khalid Munir Tagoeri & Ali Munir Tagoeri & Rana Zgogo & Aisha Kashbour, 2023. "Drugs Prescribing Trends in Three Polyclinics in Benghazi-Libya 2020," European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, European Open Science, vol. 5(2), pages 12-16, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:epw:ejmed0:v:5:y:2023:i:2:id:41638
    DOI: 10.24018/ejmed.2023.5.2.1638
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://eu-opensci.org/index.php/ejmed/article/view/41638
    File Function: Abstract page
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://eu-opensci.org/index.php/ejmed/article/download/41638/9680
    File Function: Full text
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.24018/ejmed.2023.5.2.1638?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:epw:ejmed0:v:5:y:2023:i:2:id:41638. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Support (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://eu-opensci.org/index.php/ejmed .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.