Evaluate the Effect of Covid-19 on the Availability and Access to Medication: A Study Influenced the Adherence of Chronic Medications among Patients in the Khartoum Locality | Chapter 5 | Advanced Concepts in Pharmaceutical Research Vol. 2

 The spread of the coronavirus ailment 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused a unexpected and significant division in healthcare services, especially for sufferers suffering from incessant diseases. We aimed at judging the impact of the pandemic on adherence to incessant therapies through a orderly review of available studies. Since the early phases of the COVID-19 universal, several areas have gotten worse as the coronavirus forgiven has intensified. The pandemic had a important impact on many added industries, including the well-being industry, that was impacted in many ways. Health experts specifically questioned the patient's capability to take their medication as arbitrary despite obstacles. This poll attempts to label and discuss the tendency that individuals on chronic cures would get and routinely take their cures as directed. Two connected to the internet questionnaires were created with Google forms and likely to patients accompanying chronic illnesses and pharmacists in the Khartoum region. The survey was carried out during the study ending to obtain ultimate recent data. According to the dossier, 81.4% of the population stated difficulty acquiring their incessant medicine during the universal.  According to pharmacist drug chance in pharmacies decrease by 87%, despite that a significantly high percentage obey take their drugs (84%), and were able to acquire it by different approaches more than half of the sufferers ordered their drug from outside illegally, besides other approach bound for discussed through the paper

Author(s) Details:

Aya S. Ahmed,
University of Medical Science and Technology (UMST), 11128 Khartoum, Sudan.

Eman S. Wanasi,
University of Medical Science and Technology (UMST), 11128 Khartoum, Sudan.

Khadiga Eltegani,
University of Medical Science and Technology (UMST), 11128 Khartoum, Sudan.

Islam Ahmed,
General Medicine, Medway Maritime Hospital, UK.

Abdalla O. Elkhawad,
University of Medical Science and Technology (UMST), 11128 Khartoum, Sudan.

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The Healthcare Safety Environment: A Study on Healthcare Workers and Predictors of Medical Errors | Chapter 1 | Current Topics in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 10

 Globally, the healthcare system has always been plagued by medical mistakes. The aim of this research is to establish associations associated with the understanding of healthcare workers (HCW) in the prevention of medical errors in the atmosphere of their health facilities. Distinguished health systems now rely enormously on both adherence to the highest performance standards and the need to implement advanced, and sometimes advanced, innovations that provide the best interest of the patient and the provider with improved diagnostic and therapeutic opportunities. In this sample, as a model, healthcare providers from a range of health facilities will be surveyed in Cairo, Egypt. It will research the consistency of the workload (WL), burnout (BO), and leader-member exchange (LMX) and their influences on the understanding and attitude of the HCWs towards medical errors (ATEs). The results of this study were as follows: 2,260 (39.5 percent) of the 5,725 health professionals surveyed returned accurate responses. Other professions, e.g. 35.4% vs. 21.6% doctors, are mainly nursing. For male employees [t(df=2258)=0.106, p<0.05; t(df=2258)=1.22, p<0.05, respectively], both LMX and ATE scores were substantially higher. The scores for LMX and ATEs ranged by occupation [F(df=4, 2,255)=2.48, p=0.045]; doctors scored higher than technicians, nurses, and pharmacists, [F(df=4, 2,255)=6.65, p=0.02]. The LMX score of respondents increased by age [F(df=3, 2,237)=3.52, p=0.016]. By minimizing era, the burnout score decreased [F(df=3, 2,237)=3.37, p=0.042]. LMX and ATEs have also been substantially Correlated (r= 0.16, p=0.015); direct correlation of WL with BO (r= 0.351, p<0.001) but indirect correlation of WL with ATEs (r= 0.161, p<0.016). ATEs and BO were otherwise implicitly correlated (r=- 0.473, p<0.001). Significantly, the changes in ATEs were expected by BO (β=-0.032, p<0.001). Job experience was also a predictor of BO (β = −0.122, p=0.008). To conclude, job stressors have an effect on HCWs' ATEs, particularly those under financial target pressure. Older health workers may play a role in combating the risk of medical errors in the arena of health care facilities, provided their favorable ATEs and LMX attitudes. Future study in Cairo health institutions on the pattern and determinants of medical errors is likely to use a hybrid methodological approach, such as sampling medical records for detailed clinical knowledge, examining reports of morbidity and mortality.

Author (s) Details

Dr. Raouf M. Afifi,
Community Health Research Institute, York Ridge International, Tampa, FL, USA and Healthcare Research Center, SA Consultancy and Training, Inc. Cairo, Egypt.

Dr. Majed Al Harthi
Academic Affairs, King Abdulaziz Specialist Hospital, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dr. Ashraf E. Saad,
Department of Statistics and Information, Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan


Dr. Amani S. Qulali,
Infinity Medical Group, Davenport, Iowa, USA.

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Drug Information Provided by Pharmacists; Does It Meet Parents of Autistic Children's Needs? | Chapter 2 | Challenges in Disease and Health Research Vol. 2

 

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a chronic lifelong neurodevelopmental disability. Medications
such as; atypical antipsychotics, antidepressants, stimulant, anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, and hypnotic
are frequently used in autism to treat coexisting medical or behavioral problems, for instance;
aggression, depression, hyperactivity, sleep disorder, and anxiety. Parents usually depend on
pharmacists as the primary source of drug-related information.
The pharmacists' role is critical in the treatment plan. They provide the parents with essential
information about the safe use of medication prescribed to their children.
Study Objectives: To assess the extent of drug information delivered by pharmacist to parents.
To explore other drug information resources used by parents and to explore the influences of these
resources on parent's decisions in using medication.
Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2016. A survey
questionnaire used to assess parent's perceptions about drug information resources. One hundred
responders filled the questionnaire.
Results: 28.72% of information delivered by pharmacists, 17.20% of parents received information
about side effects, in which 15.30% were informed by the pharmacist how to deal with the side effect.
Conclusion: The information delivered by the pharmacist to parents of ASD children about
prescribed medications usage and the side effect is hugely insufficient, and this can affect the safety
measures during medication use that could increase opportunities for medication errors and harmful
results.

Author (s) Details

Abeer M. Alharbi
Department of Pediatrics, King Abdullah Specialist Children Hospital, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs (MNG-HA), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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