The impact of an education program on the appropriate prescription of proton pump inhibitors in hospitalized internal medicine services patients

AYHAN Y. E., ENVER C., OKUYAN B., KEKLİKKIRAN Ç., Azizy A., Yolcu T. K., ...Daha Fazla

Acta Pharmaceutica Sciencia, cilt.62, sa.1, ss.145-158, 2024 (Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 62 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.23893/1307-2080.aps6209
  • Dergi Adı: Acta Pharmaceutica Sciencia
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, EMBASE
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.145-158
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: education, internal medicine, medication review, pharma-cists, proton pump inhibitors
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The objective of this study was to determine the effect of an education program on physicians’ knowledge, appropriate prescribing, and administration of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) in hospitalized internal medicine patients. This quasi-experimental, prospective study was conducted in a university hospital over a period of three months, and included patients who received PPIs before (1 month) and after (1 month) the education program. A questionnaire was used to assess physicians’ knowledge before and after the education program. In this study, a total of 215 patients and 32 physicians participated. The rate of appropriate PPI prescribing for indication and administration route increased from 46.4% to 49.5% and from 48.2% to 51.5%, respectively, after the education program (p>0.05). The mean number of correct answers on the knowledge questionnaire increased by 5 out of an average of 10 correct answers before the education to 15 correct answers after the education (p=0.001).