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Multicenter Study
. 2022 Jul;105(7):2234-2239.
doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2022.02.010. Epub 2022 Feb 17.

Improving knowledge on safe medication management of inpatient children and adolescents: a pre-post study

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Multicenter Study

Improving knowledge on safe medication management of inpatient children and adolescents: a pre-post study

Carmen D'Amore et al. Patient Educ Couns. 2022 Jul.
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Abstract

Objective: The primary aim of this study was to assess the impact of an education intervention on knowledge regarding medication use in hospitalized children and adolescents.

Methods: A pre-post multicentre study was conducted in pediatric wards of the hospitals in Lazio Region between July 2019-March 2021. An in-person education intervention was provided to hospitalized patients aged 6-15 years, able to understand spoken and written Italian language. Topics included: correct intake and management of medications at home. Prior and after the education intervention, we evaluated patient knowledge with a self-administered test.

Results: One-hundred-and-four (n = 104) patients participated in the study. In the pre-education period, 79.8% of the patients answered correctly to at least 60% of the questions of the test; the lowest number of correct answers concerned medication intake (36.5%; 33.6%), food-drug interactions (44.2%), appropriate indication to use of antibiotics (36.5%) and antibiotic resistance (55.8%). After the education intervention, 100% of the patients completed the test correctly.

Conclusion: The education intervention increased knowledge on several areas of interest, in children of different age-groups and including patients with chronic diseases.

Practice implications: Children's education is essential to encourage gradual transfer of responsibility for medication use, in ways that respect parental responsibilities and the health status and capabilities of the child.

Keywords: Adolescent; Children; Education Intervention; Knowledge; Medication.

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