The Evaluation of Physician Counseling when Prescribing New Medications: An Observational, Survey Study

Latifa Al-Buainain; Suha Malek; Hamad Ammar; Sawsan Abdulla Hasan; Asma Abu Baker Hasan

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The Evaluation of Physician Counseling when Prescribing New Medications: An Observational, Survey Study

Latifa Al-Buainain, Suha Malek, Hamad Ammar, Sawsan Abdulla Hasan, Asma Abu Baker Hasan

Published in American Journal of Internal Medicine (Volume 8, Issue 2)

Received: 2 February 2020 Accepted: 18 February 2020 Published: 3 March 2020

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Abstract

Patient education about medications being used highly improves the quality of proper use and compliance, to which the WHO has created guidelines of good prescribing. The main objective of this observational study is to assess the effectiveness of physician counseling and their compliance to the WHO guidelines to good prescribing when given the chance to prescribing new medications to patients coming for a follow up in various clinics in the Bahrain Defense Force Hospital in the form of a survey over a period of two weeks. 401 patient interviews were randomly chosen and included in the data analysis. 33 physicians were assigned in the survey, from which there were 7 cardiologists, 5 general practitioners, 3 diabetologists, 3 dermatologists, 2 endocrinologists, 5 pediatricians, 3 vascular surgeons, and 5 internists. The survey was developed based on the standards mentioned in the WHO guidelines. The main outcome was to observe and assess how efficient are physicians from various clinics in successfully prescribing new medications to patients through ten WHO standards. Data revealed that in general and for the most part the quality of instructions and information given to patients while prescribing new medications was relatively unsatisfactory in most clinics, although it was found that prescribing patterns differs from one physician to the other.

Published in	American Journal of Internal Medicine (Volume 8, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajim.20200802.12
Page(s)	57-61
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Science Publishing Group

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Survey, Observational Study, WHO Guidelines, Good Prescribing, New Medications

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Latifa Al-Buainain; Suha Malek; Hamad Ammar; Sawsan Abdulla Hasan; Asma Abu Baker Hasan. The Evaluation of Physician Counseling when Prescribing New Medications: An Observational, Survey Study. Am. J. Intern. Med. 2020, 8(2), 57-61. doi: 10.11648/j.ajim.20200802.12

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Latifa Al-Buainain, Suha Malek, Hamad Ammar, Sawsan Abdulla Hasan, Asma Abu Baker Hasan. The Evaluation of Physician Counseling when Prescribing New Medications: An Observational, Survey Study. Am J Intern Med. 2020;8(2):57-61. doi: 10.11648/j.ajim.20200802.12

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Latifa Al-Buainain

Department of Surgery, Bahrain Defense Force Hospital, Riffa, Bahrain
Suha Malek

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland- Medical University of Bahrain, Muharraq, Bahrain
Hamad Ammar

Department of Surgery, Bahrain Defense Force Hospital, Riffa, Bahrain
Sawsan Abdulla Hasan

Department of Surgery, Bahrain Defense Force Hospital, Riffa, Bahrain
Asma Abu Baker Hasan

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland- Medical University of Bahrain, Muharraq, Bahrain

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Latifa Al-Buainain; Suha Malek; Hamad Ammar; Sawsan Abdulla Hasan; Asma Abu Baker Hasan. The Evaluation of Physician Counseling when Prescribing New Medications: An Observational, Survey Study. Am. J. Intern. Med. 2020, 8(2), 57-61. doi: 10.11648/j.ajim.20200802.12

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