The Role of the Patient Information Leaflet in Patients’Medication Therapy: A Case Study within the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana
Joint Authors
Owusu, Frederick W. A.
Yeboah, Genevieve Naana
Aboagye, Rahel Adutwiwah
Amengor, Cedric Dzidzor K.
Entsie, Philomena
Source
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-10-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
One of the tools used in providing comprehensible medication information to patients on their medication use for improved adherence and subsequent optimal therapeutic effect is the Patient Information (PI) leaflet.
In Ghana, the patient information leaflet is available through various sources including health-care professionals (HCPs) and electronic forms.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than 70% of patients, especially in the developing countries, who receive medications do not read the accompanying leaflet.
This study assessed the role of the patient information leaflet in Patients’ medication therapy in the Kumasi metropolis of Ghana.
A random cross-sectional survey was conducted in various hospitals and pharmacies within selected districts in the Kumasi metropolis.
The survey revealed that 96.9% of the sampled respondents (n = 300) were provided with PI leaflets on their medicines while only 3.1% of them indicated otherwise.
Among the proportion of respondents who were provided with PI leaflets, 66.7% of them read the information on the drug leaflets whilst the remaining 33.3% did not.
Ultimately, 62.4% of those who read the PI leaflets were influenced to discontinue their medication.
In conclusion, reading of the drug information leaflet was higher than that found in previous studies in Ghana.
Reading the leaflet did not increase adherence but aroused anxiety and decreased adherence in some patients.
A large number of the patients who were given the PI leaflets indicated that it did not provide them with the needed information.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Owusu, Frederick W. A.& Yeboah, Genevieve Naana& Aboagye, Rahel Adutwiwah& Amengor, Cedric Dzidzor K.& Entsie, Philomena. 2020. The Role of the Patient Information Leaflet in Patients’Medication Therapy: A Case Study within the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1213828
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Owusu, Frederick W. A.…[et al.]. The Role of the Patient Information Leaflet in Patients’Medication Therapy: A Case Study within the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana. The Scientific World Journal No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1213828
American Medical Association (AMA)
Owusu, Frederick W. A.& Yeboah, Genevieve Naana& Aboagye, Rahel Adutwiwah& Amengor, Cedric Dzidzor K.& Entsie, Philomena. The Role of the Patient Information Leaflet in Patients’Medication Therapy: A Case Study within the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana. The Scientific World Journal. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1213828
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1213828