Volume: 44 Issue: 2
Year: 2024, Page: 216-221, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51248/v44i2.48
Received: June 8, 2024 Accepted: July 14, 2024 Published: Aug. 12, 2024
INTRODUCTION & AIM: Geriatrics, or geriatric medicine, provides care for the unique health needs of older adults. Treating geriatric patients is a very challenging task for healthcare providers. The present study was carried out to analyze the prescription pattern of drugs used to treat different diseases in geriatric patients.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: A hospital-based prospective, observational, and cross-sectional study involving patients aged 65 years and above was planned for three months, from June 2023 to August 2023.
RESULTS: A total of 125 patients aged 65 years and above were analyzed. Eighty-three patients (66.4%) were males, 42 (33.6%) were females, and 65.6% of patients belonged to the 65-69 age group. The average number of drugs per prescription was 7.8 (range 3-14 ); antibiotics prescriptions were 80%.
CONCLUSION: Our study analyzed the prescriptions based on the five WHO drug prescribing indicators. More such studies are needed to facilitate the rational use of drugs in geriatric patients. "
Keywords: Geriatrics, prescription, rational
Ruhul Amin, Pran Pratim Saikia, S. Renuka Singh, Anuradha Deuri, Dwipen Khanikar, Bhaskar Jyoti Dutta, Swopna Phukan, Siddhartha Shankar Patowary, Ripunjoy Sarmah. A Study of Drug Prescribing Pattern in Geriatric Patients in the Department of Medicine in a Tertiary Care Hospital in North East India. Biomedicine: 2024; 44(2):216-221.