An assessment of pharmacist counselling on the patients’ knowledge of ophthalmic medications
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.46542/pe.2024.243.343347Keywords:
Good health, Knowledge, Ophthalmic medication, Patient, Pharmacist counsellingAbstract
Background: Pharmacist counselling helps patients achieve their treatment goals by improving their medication knowledge, including ocular drugs. The visual system transmits 80% of sensory information; hence, eye health is crucial. Routine pharmacist counselling has been carried out to gain ophthalmic medication knowledge for every patient dispensed with a prescription in the outpatient pharmacy Surabaya eye clinic. However, the result of this counselling on patients’ knowledge has not been evaluated.
Objective: The aim of this study is to measure the level of patients’ knowledge of ophthalmic medications.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out for one month by interviewing patients. A well-structured questionnaire of 15 questions was developed to assess the patient’s knowledge. The level of knowledge was classified as high, moderate, or low.
Results: This study involved a total of 80 patients. The study showed that patients with a high, moderate, or low level of knowledge were represented by 33(41.25%), 45(56.25%), and 2(2.5%) patients, respectively. Demographic characteristics (gender and educational level) did not affect patients’ knowledge of ophthalmic medication (p > 0.05). The knowledge of potential side effects of ophthalmic drugs was least understood.
Conclusion: There is a need for improvement in the performance of pharmacist counselling since most patients have moderate to low knowledge of ophthalmic medications.
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