Assessment of Drug Therapy Problems and Contributing Factors among Adult Ambulatory Hypertensive Patients in Ayder Referral Hospital, Mekelle Northern Ethiopia: A cross sectional study
| dc.contributor.advisor | Shibeshi, Workineh(PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Feyissa, Mamo | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mahammedsied, Werkya | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-03-13T02:22:42Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-29T04:30:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-03-13T02:22:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-29T04:30:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-02 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Hypertensive patients are at high risk of Drug therapy problems (DTPs) as they often received multiple medications in order to achieve their target blood pressure. Currently studies concerning DTPs in patients with hypertension are limited in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study was aimed to assess the magnitude of DTPs and contributing factors among adult ambulatory hypertensive patients in Ayder referral Hospital. Institution based cross sectional study was conducted among 384 study subjects who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Trained data collectors collected the data from patient interview and chart review using structured data collection format. DTPs were assessed using Cipolleās classification system. Logistic and multivariate regression analysis was performed to identify factors associated with DTPs. Data were reported as mean and percentage using tables and figures. DTPs were found in 52.8% of study subjects. A total of 277 DTPs were identified from 203 study subjects in which, 1 DTP was identified from 133(65.5%) patients, 2 in 66 (32.5%) patients and 3 in 4(1.97%) patients. The maximum number of DTPs found was 3 and the average number of DTPs per patient was 1.36. Unnecessary drug therapy was the top leading (32.5%) and dose too low (7.94%) was the least type of DTPs in the study subjects.ACEIs were the most frequent drugs involved in DTPs.The factor that was independently associated with DTPs was the total number of medications. The total number of medications taken by the patient per day was an important predictor of drug therapy problem AOR = 2.572 95% CI (1.062-6.229), P=0.01. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/21151 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Drug therapy problems, hypertension, Ambulatory, Mekelle, Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment of Drug Therapy Problems and Contributing Factors among Adult Ambulatory Hypertensive Patients in Ayder Referral Hospital, Mekelle Northern Ethiopia: A cross sectional study | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |