A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF DRUG PRESCRIBING PRACTICES OF DOCTORS AND COMPLETENESS OF PRESCRIPTION IN A GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE IN NORTHERN INDIA

KAMALDEEP SINGH; GARIMA BHUTANI; SEEMA RANI; RAHUL SAINI; ARVIND NARWAT

doi:10.22159/ajpcr.2019.v12i11.35409

Authors

KAMALDEEP SINGH Department of Pharmacology, BPS Government Medical College for Women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonipat, Haryana, India.
GARIMA BHUTANI Department of Pharmacology, BPS Government Medical College for Women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonipat, Haryana, India.
SEEMA RANI Department of Pharmacology, BPS Government Medical College for Women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonipat, Haryana, India.
RAHUL SAINI Department of Pharmacology, BPS Government Medical College for Women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonipat, Haryana, India.
ARVIND NARWAT Department of Pharmacology, BPS Government Medical College for Women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonipat, Haryana, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22159/ajpcr.2019.v12i11.35409

Keywords:

Prescription, Legibility, Prescribing practices, Patient particulars, Drug-related information, Nil

Abstract

Objective: This study was designed to analyze the drug prescribing practices of doctors and completeness of prescriptions in a government medical college in Northern India.

Methods: A total of 2155 prescriptions were evaluated for adequacy of information related to prescribed drugs and completeness of information related to patients and doctors.

Results: The weight of the patient was written only in 1.90% prescriptions. The diagnosis was not written on 43.85% prescriptions. A total number of drugs prescribed in all the prescriptions was 6998. The average number of drugs per prescription was found to be 3.25±0.24. Out of these, 64.10% were prescribed by brand names. About 69.14% of drugs were prescribed in the form of tablets. Route of administration was not found to be mentioned for 86.08% drugs. For 53.90% drugs, dose was not mentioned. The name of the prescribing doctor was mentioned in 1.95% prescriptions only.

Conclusion: The study revealed that many prescriptions lacked crucial components of information pertaining to the drugs prescribed and the prescribing doctor. There is a vast scope for improvement by the prescribers.

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