Determinación de problemas relacionados con medicamentos en recetas médicas del área de Farmacia del “Hospital Fibuspam” de la Ciudad de Riobamba

Abstract

The main objective of this research study was to focus on problems that are often related to the consumption of medicines of primary and outpatient medical care, in most cases, these problems are preventable. Therefore, the objective of this research was to determine the problems related to medicines in prescriptions in the pharmacy area of the FIBUSPAM Hospital in the city of Riobamba during the period of April to August 2023. The methodology applied had a qualitative and quantitative approach, a non-experimental cross-sectional design was used because there was no manipulation of any of the variables described and it was carried out over a given period; the population that formed part of the study were the people who visited the hospital's pharmacy. It was essential to implement a documentary and field research to obtain the relevant information, all this through methods, techniques, and instruments, among which was the interview that was conducted with each of the patients who came to the pharmacy. Through this, it was possible to determine the socio-demographic characteristics that were most relevant to the study, as well as the types of problems related to the medicines that existed in each of the prescriptions. In this context, it is concluded that the prescribing practices received by the 150 people surveyed were inadequate, as all prescriptions analyzed from the individuals who participated in the research presented at least one type of prescribing error.