Evaluation of Analgetic Use Rationality and Level of Patient Knowledge in Primary Healthcare Facility in Padang

Abstract

Worldwide, oral analgesics are the most widely used drugs with prevalence ranging from 7% up to 35% in various countries. Naturally, this is accompanied by a high level of rationality of use as well. This study aims to evaluate the rationale of administering analgesic drugs and evaluate the level of patient knowledge of analgesic drugs at the Dadok Tunggul Hitam Public Health Center, Padang City. This type of research is non-experimental, with a descriptive design and prospective data collection, using the method cross-sectional, data obtained from medical records and questionnaires that were directly reviewed as data sources. The results showed that there were 95.6% patient accuracy, 100% dose accuracy, 15.9% drug selection accuracy, 100% indication accuracy, 100% route accuracy, 0% frequency accuracy and 18.6% potential drug interactions both physically and mentally. pharmacology and pharmacokinetics in the use of analgesic drugs. Meanwhile, the results of the assessment of the patient's knowledge level showed that 59.3% of patients had a good level of knowledge, it was also known that the level of education and age affected the patient's knowledge of analgesic drugs (P<0.05).