PRESCRIPTION BASED DRUG UTILIZATION EVALUATION OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AMONG SKIN DISORDER PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
Aditi Sajwan, Ayushi Belwal, Nitin Sharma and Yogesh Joshi*
ABSTRACT
Skin disorders are the major health problems which affect millions of people worldwide. There are various factors that somewhere result in the growth of skin diseases like aging, genetic and environmental factors. This study aims to evaluate prescription-based drug utilization of antimicrobial agents among skin disorder patients in a tertiary care hospital. Total 150 prescriptions were analyzed during the study. Female patients were more as compared to male patients. Majority of the patients were in the adolescent age group i.e. 18-28 years. Among social habits, majority of patients (19.33%) were found alcoholic. Occupation wise distribution shows that majority of patients were students (32%) and among the socioeconomic distribution, majority of patients belong to the middle class (62%). Fungal infections (50%) were more as compare to other infections. Tinea crusis (28%) was the most common disease in the study population followed by Tinea Corporis (27.33%) then Acne (10%). Among the drug categories, anti-fungal agents (43.91%) were prescribed more frequently followed by anti-histaminics (19.17%) and antibiotics (11.9%). This drug utilization study provides an information like skin disorders prevails at a high rate among young adults age groups while due to rising concept of polypharmacy there is utmost requirement to incorporate rational drug use concept in prescribing.
Keywords: skin disorders, prescription, antimicrobial, drug utilization, treatment.
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