Factors affecting patients' knowledge about dispensed medicines: A Qualitative study of healthcare professionals and patients in Pakistan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients' knowledge about their prescribed medicines is one of the most important antecedents of successful therapy. Poor knowledge about medicines can lead to serious consequences such as non-adherence and misunderstanding of the significance of adverse events. The objective of this study is to understand the factors that are responsible for a patients' lack of knowledge regarding their medicines, by taking the perspective of the patient as well as that of healthcare professionals. Much of the work in this area has been undertaken in the setting of developed or semi-developed countries, and there is a scarcity of information from developing nations such as Pakistan.

Methods

This was a large qualitative study set in the hospital outpatient environment in a teachin

SUBMITTER: Saqib A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5983558 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature