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Impact of medicine-related information on medicine purchase and use by literate consumers
AIMS: To measure impact of information, education, and communication intervention (IEC) on rational medicine use, purchase, and stocking behavior. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a pre- and post-design, interventional study. Base data were collected in first visit, using pre tested questionnaire fro...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4118537/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25097282 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.135956 |
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author | Thawani, Vijay R. Gharpure, Kunda J. Sontakke, Smita D. |
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description | AIMS: To measure impact of information, education, and communication intervention (IEC) on rational medicine use, purchase, and stocking behavior. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a pre- and post-design, interventional study. Base data were collected in first visit, using pre tested questionnaire from 500 respondents, who were of either gender, English speaking, at least graduates, permanent residents, and willing to participate. IEC was framed based on problems identified from this data. First intervention was handouts distributed in the second visit, containing information on cost saving in medicine purchase. Second intervention was a lecture session on medicine prices, rational use of medicines, and tips on saving on medicine purchase. Five articles about medicine use and price differences were published in the local newspaper, over 10 days, formed third intervention. After 1 month, post-intervention data was collected using same instrument with some additional questions. Results were analyzed by Chi-square test using Graph Pad prism Version 3.0. RESULTS: Awareness about price variation, self-medication, expiry period, generic and brand quality increased post-intervention. Attitudes toward new, costly, brands, injections, sharing and reusing old prescriptions changed post-intervention. Behavioral changes in stocking habits, adherence to doctors’ advice, getting cash memo, comparing prices, reading labels, were seen post-intervention. CONCLUSION: People carry false notions about medicines which influence their use and habits. This intervention successfully changed behavior and could bring awareness on many aspects of medicine use. |
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spelling | pubmed-41185372014-08-05 Impact of medicine-related information on medicine purchase and use by literate consumers Thawani, Vijay R. Gharpure, Kunda J. Sontakke, Smita D. Indian J Pharmacol Short Communication AIMS: To measure impact of information, education, and communication intervention (IEC) on rational medicine use, purchase, and stocking behavior. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a pre- and post-design, interventional study. Base data were collected in first visit, using pre tested questionnaire from 500 respondents, who were of either gender, English speaking, at least graduates, permanent residents, and willing to participate. IEC was framed based on problems identified from this data. First intervention was handouts distributed in the second visit, containing information on cost saving in medicine purchase. Second intervention was a lecture session on medicine prices, rational use of medicines, and tips on saving on medicine purchase. Five articles about medicine use and price differences were published in the local newspaper, over 10 days, formed third intervention. After 1 month, post-intervention data was collected using same instrument with some additional questions. Results were analyzed by Chi-square test using Graph Pad prism Version 3.0. RESULTS: Awareness about price variation, self-medication, expiry period, generic and brand quality increased post-intervention. Attitudes toward new, costly, brands, injections, sharing and reusing old prescriptions changed post-intervention. Behavioral changes in stocking habits, adherence to doctors’ advice, getting cash memo, comparing prices, reading labels, were seen post-intervention. CONCLUSION: People carry false notions about medicines which influence their use and habits. This intervention successfully changed behavior and could bring awareness on many aspects of medicine use. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4118537/ /pubmed/25097282 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.135956 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Pharmacology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Short Communication Thawani, Vijay R. Gharpure, Kunda J. Sontakke, Smita D. Impact of medicine-related information on medicine purchase and use by literate consumers |
title | Impact of medicine-related information on medicine purchase and use by literate consumers |
title_full | Impact of medicine-related information on medicine purchase and use by literate consumers |
title_fullStr | Impact of medicine-related information on medicine purchase and use by literate consumers |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of medicine-related information on medicine purchase and use by literate consumers |
title_short | Impact of medicine-related information on medicine purchase and use by literate consumers |
title_sort | impact of medicine-related information on medicine purchase and use by literate consumers |
topic | Short Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4118537/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25097282 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.135956 |
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