Drug therapy problems and predicting factors among ambulatory epileptic patients in Jimma Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The care of epileptic patients is complicated by the cognitive adverse effect of the drug, disease, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics properties of antiepileptic drugs which in turn intensify the risk of drug therapy problems among epileptic patients.

Objective

To assess drug therapy problems and predicting factors among ambulatory epileptic patients at Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia, from September 2020 to May 2021.

Methodology

A hospital-based prospective observational study was conducted. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data from patients as well as from charts. Drug therapy problems were identified using Cipolle's, Morley, and Strand drug therapy problem identification and classification method. Data were en

SUBMITTER: Beyene YB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9049505 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature