Prescribing Pattern for Skin Diseases in Dermatology OPD at Borumeda Hospital, North East, Ethiopia

Tegegne, Abebaw; Bialfew, Fentaw

doi:10.4236/pst.2018.61001

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“…Among the Antifungal drugs, Ketoconazole (25.2%) was most commonly prescribed drug followed by Fluconazole (14%) and Clotrimazole (14%). Our results were similar to studies done by Saleem et al (2012); Tegegne and Bialfew (2018).…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Figure 1represents the age wise distribution of patients involved in the study. During the study period, majority of the patients were found in the age group 21-30 years (41.2%) and this result was similar to the studies done by Saleem et al (2012); Tegegne and Bialfew (2018); Sajith and Lokhande (2014). The mean age of the patients Table 1 represents the categorization of drug classes involved in the study.…”

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confidence: 90%

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Drug Utilization Evaluation in Dermatology Department: A Study in the Ambulatory Care Settings

Sripada¹,

P²,

Vineesha³

et al. 2020

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The main aim of the study is to evaluate the prescribing pattern of drugs prescribed in the ambulatory patients attending the dermatology department. This was a prospective observational study conducted for a period of 6 months. Patients who were receiving treatment in the dermatological outpatient department and willing to participate were included in the study and patients in the inpatient dermatology department and also with other co morbid conditions were excluded from the study. A total of 306 cases were collected and among them, about 112 (36.6%) were males and 194 (63.4%) were females. During the study period, majority of the patients were in the age group of 21-30 years (41.2%). The most commonly prescribed classes were found to be Antibacterial drugs 312 (22.1%) followed by Antifungal drugs 258 (18.3%) and Anti-histamines 206 (14.6%). Among the antibacterial, Antibacterial soaps (35.3%) were more commonly prescribed followed by the antibiotics Mupirocin (12.8%) and Clindamycin (11.9%). In case of Antifungals, Ketoconazole (25.2%) was most commonly prescribed drug followed by Fluconazole (14%) and Clotrimazole (14%). Among the Antihistamine drug class, Levocetrizine (76.2%) was most commonly prescribed followed by Hydroxyzine (12.2%). The drug Prednisolone (26.4%) was most commonly prescribed among Corticosteroids, followed by Mometasone furoate (23.6%) and Hydroquinone (13.1%). Periodic evaluation of the prescribing pattern of the drugs can improve the quality of prescriptions. It is the responsibility of the clinical pharmacist to perform the drug utilization studies in order to know the drug prescribing patterns and also to know the prevalent disease conditions at a particular point of time. Clinical pharmacist should create awareness regarding the personal and community hygiene which would result in the prevention of dermatological diseases.

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Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 90%

Drug Utilization Evaluation in Dermatology Department: A Study in the Ambulatory Care Settings

Sripada¹,

P²,

Vineesha³

et al. 2020

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“…In this study, female number (54.9%) was slightly higher than male number (45.1%) as already been observed in various study of 9 where male to female ratio was 0.88 and 10 where female patients were 50.1%. According to the 11 study conducted at western Nepal 58.2% of female were suffered.…”

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confidence: 78%

“…Our results were also similar with the study conducted by 17 where the most common skin diseases pattern seen was primarily tinea 15.25%. Also, the results are different with 10 reported eczema (23.10%), pyoderma (14.29%), fungal infection (14.24%) as the major skin disease. The common fungal infections were dermatophytosis e.g.…”

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Assessment of Drug use Practices among Patients Visiting Outpatient Department of Dermatology at a Hospital in Pokhara, Nepal.

Bhandari

Khan

2020

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Introduction: Skin is the part of an integumentary system that constitutes the largest organ of the human body and thus it is exposed to injury by various extrinsic factors such as environmental, chemical, infectious agents as well as intrinsic factors such as metabolic, genetic and immunological. These are the major contributors to disease burden in society. The goal of the study was to assess the current drug use practices and pattern of skin diseases among the patients visiting the outpatient department of dermatology at a Green Pastures Hospital in Pokhara, Nepal. Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted in an outpatient pharmacy over a period of three months by clinical pharmacists. Patient data collection forms were the tools used to collect data. Results: A total of 246 patients were included where 135 were females and 111 were males. The most common skin disease seen in the age group of 19-29 (39.4%). The major skin disease seen in the study were Tinea skin infections (21.1%), Urticaria (11.8%), Eczema (11.1%), Dermatitis (10.6%) followed by Acne (8.1%) and so on. Antihistamines (33.38%), Antifungals (30.03%), Corticosteroids (27.1%) were majorly prescribed drugs. The average number of drug prescriptions per encounter was 2.66. Drugs prescribed by their generic name were 11.2% and those prescribed from the National essential medicines list of Nepal were 22.4% and those prescribed from WHO list of essential medicines was 21.6%. Conclusion: Overall analysis of the drug showed, the most common route of the prescribed drug was topical followed by oral. In this study, generic prescribing of the drug was low compared with a brand prescription. WHO core drug use indicators have been used in the present study as a measure of performance of drug usage. The prescription audit can be an eye-opener and therefore it should be done periodically to rationalize the prescription, reduce error and suggest cost-effective management.

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“…Finally, twelve studies were included in this systematic review and meta-analysis. Of those included studies, eight studies were estimated the prevalence [8,14,[26][27][28][29][30][31] and eight studies were identified associated factor of scabies [14,27,28,[31][32][33][34][35] Fig. 1.…”

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Prevalence and associated factors of scabies in Ethiopia: systematic review and Meta-analysis

2020

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Background: Scabies is an infectious disease that affects the skin caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei and it transmitted through close personal contact. Even though it is easily treatable disease, its prevalence is high and continuous as neglected tropical disease of resource-poor settings, and particularly affects young age groups. Despite of these facts, studies conducted in Ethiopia regarding to the prevalence and associated factors for scabies infestation have been highly variable and didn't well compiled. Due to that, the aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to estimates the overall prevalence of scabies and associated factors in all age groups in Ethiopia. Methods: International databases (PubMed/PMC/Midline, EMBASE, CINAHL, Web of Science, Google Scholar, Google and Science Direct) were systematically searched from December 1, 2019, to January 18, 2020. All observational studies noted the prevalence of human scabies and associated factors in Ethiopia were included. Two authors (AG and G.T) independently extracted all necessary data using a standardized data extraction format. The data which is extracted each study were analyzed using STATA Version 14.1. Heterogeneity among the included studies was assessed through the Cochrane Q test statistics and I 2 test. Lastly, a random effects meta-analysis model was computed to fix overall prevalence and associated factors of scabies. Results: Twelve studies were included in this meta-analysis after 410 articles retrieved. Of these, eight studies were analyzed for prevalence estimation. The overall prevalence of scabies infestation was 14.5% (95%CI: 1.5, 27.6%) in Ethiopia. Furthermore, the subgroup analysis revealed the highest prevalence was 19.6% in Amhara region. A person from a large family size (OR: 3.1, 95% CI: 1.76, 5.67), and sharing a bed (OR: 3.59, 95%CI: 2.88, 4.47) were significantly associated with scabies. Conclusion: This study revealed the prevalence of scabies infestation was 14.5% in Ethiopia which was high. Persons from high family size and any contact with scabies case were factors associated with scabies.

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Prescribing Pattern for Skin Diseases in Dermatology OPD at Borumeda Hospital, North East, Ethiopia

Cited by 7 publications

References 3 publications

Drug Utilization Evaluation in Dermatology Department: A Study in the Ambulatory Care Settings

Drug Utilization Evaluation in Dermatology Department: A Study in the Ambulatory Care Settings

Assessment of Drug use Practices among Patients Visiting Outpatient Department of Dermatology at a Hospital in Pokhara, Nepal.

Prevalence and associated factors of scabies in Ethiopia: systematic review and Meta-analysis

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