ABSTRACT
The aim: To study medical and pharmaceutical specialists’ approaches to outpatient injection treatment and their impact on the quality of medical care.
Materials and methods: The object of the study was the answers of health care professionals (n=1408) to the questions on the use of injectable pharmacotherapy in personal treatment, listed in a specially designed questionnaire on a single protocol. System analysis, questionnaire survey, statistical, comparative-and-analytical methods were used.
Results: The quality of outpatient injectable pharmacotherapy, according to the results of a survey of medical and pharmaceutical specialist, can be considered inappropriate, as in 52.9% of respondents the local adverse reaction were significantly more likely to develop compared to the respondents who did not have any local adverse reaction (χ2=21.7819, p<0.05). Most often, the following complications of injectable pharmacotherapy occurred in the analyzed respondents: pain – 45.8%; hardening – 28.3% and reddening – 21.7%. When conducting home-based treatment, 42.8% of the respondents involved persons without medical education for the execution of procedures, which is significantly more frequent (χ2=26.5556, p<0.05) in comparison with the respondents who invited medical personnel (27.0%) and used the method of self-injection (30.2%).
Conclusions: The results of a survey of medical and pharmaceutical specialists revealed that home-based injectable treatment, based mainly on their own experience, is common in the occupational environment of health care professionals.
The aim. To establish the prevalence of PMS symptoms and evaluate the medication management of this disorder in Lviv.Materials and methods. The objects of the study were: scientific publications related to the problem of PMS; the results (n=105) of the survey. Methods applied: systematization, generalization, comparison, questionnaire. The statistical analyses (descriptive statistics, univariable analysis using simple logistic regression, multiple logistic regression) were performed with SPSS Trial.Results. The prevalence of PMS among the surveyed was high (83.8 %). The most common complaints are abdom-inal and/or low back pain (46.6 %) and increased irritability/aggression (43.2 %). Almost half (46.6 %) of women who experienced PMS consult a pharmacist, and only 23.9 % seek medical advice. At the same time, 87.5 % (n=77) of women (among those suffering from PMS) use medicines to alleviate/eliminate the symptoms of PMS. Nonste-roidal anti-inflammatory drugs (77.6 %), sedatives (36.8 %), and complex herbal remedies that affect the genital system (18.4 %) are the most common drugs for PMS.Choosing the way of PMS management, 44.8 % of women would prefer herbal medicines to synthetic ones. Both previous using of synthetic drugs for PMS and adverse drug reactions to synthetic drugs have a statistically signif-icant contribution to a positive attitude towards herbal remedies (p=0.004 and p=0.026, respectively).Conclusion. PMS is a common medical and social issue. Achieving effective and safe medication management of PMS requires the joint participation of a physician, pharmacist, and the patient in terms of compliance and lifestyle adjustments.
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Станом на сьогоднішній день зафіксовано понад 600 мільйонів випадків зараження вірусом COVID-19, з них 5 мільйонів – в Україні. Хвороба спричинила пандемію по всьому світу, викликавши велику кількість смертей, крім того, багато людей відчуло на собі наслідки так званого «постковідного синдрому», який часто виникає після перенесеного ковіду та має широкий спектр симптомів та негативних наслідків для організму.