A Survey of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Status in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To understand the status of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) in China Mainland, and thus lay down the foundation for further improvement in TDM.

Methods

In the present study, a nationwide questionnaire survey was conducted, which was distributed and collected using a mobile-based application. Clinicians, pharmacists, and clinical laboratory physicians belonging to different levels of public hospitals were involved as subjects/objects. The contents of the survey included TDM implementation in their hospital and information regarding their opinions and suggestions on TDM work. Mann-Whitney test was used to compare the difference between top tertiary hospitals and non-top tertiary hospitals.

Results

A total of 475 questionnaires were collected, 383 from top te

SUBMITTER: Yin T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10013164 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature