Abstract
Objectives: To assess drug prescription pattern in pregnant women attending antenatal outpatient department of Ayder Referral Hospital, Northern Ethiopia.
Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted by reviewing patient cards of 214 pregnant women who received antenatal care in outpatient department of gynecology and obstetrics of Ayder Referral Hospital (ARH) from February 24 to April 30, 2014.
Results: A total of 214 pregnant women’ cards were reviewed and only 145(67.75%) of them were prescribed one or more medications. Fifty two (35.86%), 68(46.89%), 22(15.17%) and 3(2.06%) of the pregnant women received one, two, three and four medications, respectively. An average of 1.84 drugs per pregnant woman were prescribed following ANC follow up. FDA category of the most prescribed drugs to the pregnant women were category A 113(42.44%), category C 83(30.87%) and category B 69(25.76%). One (0.72%) drug was prescribed from category D and no medication was prescribed from category X in the study period. Iron with folic acid 105(39.32%) was the most frequently prescribed drug, other minerals and vitamins prescribed included multivitamins 5(1.87%), hem up syrup 49(1.49%), vitamin-B complex 2 (0.74 %) and pyridoxine 1(0.37%). Tetanus toxoid (TT) 69(25.84%) was the most commonly used immunization and amoxicillin was the third most prescribed drug 41(15.35%). All the drugs (100%) were prescribed in generic name. One hundred thirty four (62.04%) drugs were taken orally, 1(0.46%) was administered vaginally and the injectables, 78(36.11%) were IV and 3(1.38%) were IM. The injectables that have been prescribed during ANC included Anti-D and TT.
Conclusions: The average number of drugs prescribed was 1.84 per pregnant woman. The pharmacological class of most frequently prescribed drugs were anti-anemic and antibiotics. The most commonly prescribed drugs were iron with folic acid and amoxacillin. Majority of the prescribed drugs fall in FDA categories A, C and B.
Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted by reviewing patient cards of 214 pregnant women who received antenatal care in outpatient department of gynecology and obstetrics of Ayder Referral Hospital (ARH) from February 24 to April 30, 2014.
Results: A total of 214 pregnant women’ cards were reviewed and only 145(67.75%) of them were prescribed one or more medications. Fifty two (35.86%), 68(46.89%), 22(15.17%) and 3(2.06%) of the pregnant women received one, two, three and four medications, respectively. An average of 1.84 drugs per pregnant woman were prescribed following ANC follow up. FDA category of the most prescribed drugs to the pregnant women were category A 113(42.44%), category C 83(30.87%) and category B 69(25.76%). One (0.72%) drug was prescribed from category D and no medication was prescribed from category X in the study period. Iron with folic acid 105(39.32%) was the most frequently prescribed drug, other minerals and vitamins prescribed included multivitamins 5(1.87%), hem up syrup 49(1.49%), vitamin-B complex 2 (0.74 %) and pyridoxine 1(0.37%). Tetanus toxoid (TT) 69(25.84%) was the most commonly used immunization and amoxicillin was the third most prescribed drug 41(15.35%). All the drugs (100%) were prescribed in generic name. One hundred thirty four (62.04%) drugs were taken orally, 1(0.46%) was administered vaginally and the injectables, 78(36.11%) were IV and 3(1.38%) were IM. The injectables that have been prescribed during ANC included Anti-D and TT.
Conclusions: The average number of drugs prescribed was 1.84 per pregnant woman. The pharmacological class of most frequently prescribed drugs were anti-anemic and antibiotics. The most commonly prescribed drugs were iron with folic acid and amoxacillin. Majority of the prescribed drugs fall in FDA categories A, C and B.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | A565 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Journal | Value in Health |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |