Impact of medical prescription on the proper use of medications in patients of the Trujillo Regional Teaching Hospital 2023

Authors

  • Sharon Marisol Rodríguez-Roldán Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo. La Libertad, Perú. Químico Farmacéutico, Maestría en Farmacia y Bioquímica-Farmacia Clínica. https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1453-4351
  • Miriam Elizabeth Gutiérrez-Ramos Escuela de Posgrado. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Químico Farmacéutico, Doctor en Farmacia y Bioquímica. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7982-5165
  • Segundo Guillermo Ruiz-Reyes Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo. La Libertad, Perú. Químico Farmacéutico, Doctor en Farmacia y Bioquímica. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1368-8409
  • Jefferson Alonso Gutiérrez-Abanto Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo. La Libertad, Perú. Bachiller en Farmacia y Bioquímica. https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8429-4682

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17268/rmt.2025.v20i2.6823

Keywords:

Medical prescription, medication use, hospitalized patients

Abstract

Objetive: To determine the relationship between medical prescription and drug use in patients of the Regional Teaching Hospital of Trujillo. Methods: Quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive-correlational study. A total of 302 prescriptions of SIS patients attended in the hospitalization pharmacy were evaluated by means of structured questionnaires and data collection, contrasted with the WHO indicators of rational drug use. Results: The level of medical prescription was good in 41.39%, fair in 34.77% and poor in 23.84%. Medication use was adequate in 57.62% and inadequate in 42.38%. Conclusion: Medical prescription is significantly related to the use of medications in hospitalized patients affiliated to the Comprehensive Health Insurance in the study hospital.

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2025-06-30

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Rodríguez-Roldán SM, Gutiérrez-Ramos ME, Ruiz-Reyes SG, Gutiérrez-Abanto JA. Impact of medical prescription on the proper use of medications in patients of the Trujillo Regional Teaching Hospital 2023. Rev Med Trujillo [Internet]. 2025Jun.30 [cited 2025Oct.7];20(2):053-60. Available from: https://revistas.unitru.edu.pe/index.php/RMT/article/view/6823

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2025): REVISTA MÉDICA DE TRUJILLO

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ARTÍCULO ORIGINAL

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