Pharmacology, Pediatrics and Organic Chemistry, Miguel Hernandez University, San Juan de Alicante, Spain.
Paediatrics Department, General University Hospital of Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
BMC Pediatr. 2023 Jul 31;23(1):380. doi: 10.1186/s12887-023-04106-x.
This study aimed to identify the perceptions and attitudes of pediatricians and parents/caregivers regarding medication errors at home, and to compare the findings from the two populations.
This was a cross-sectional survey study. We designed a survey for working pediatricians and another one for parents or caregivers of children aged 14 years and younger. The survey's questions were designed to assess provider and parental opinions about the difficulty faced by parents providing medical treatment, specific questions on medication errors, and on a possible intervention program aimed at preventing pediatric medication errors. Pediatrician and parent responses to matching questions in both surveys were compared.
The surveys were administered in Spain from 2019 to 2021. In total, 182 pediatricians and 194 families took part. Most pediatricians (62.6%) and families (79.3%) considered that managing medical treatment was not among the main difficulties faced by parents in caring for their children. While 79.1% of pediatricians thought that parents consulted the internet to resolve doubts regarding the health of their children, most families (81.1%) said they consulted healthcare professionals. Lack of knowledge among parents and caregivers was one of the causes of medication errors most frequently mentioned by both pediatricians and parents. Most pediatricians (95.1%) said they would recommend a program designed to prevent errors at home.
Pediatricians and families think that medical treatment is not among the main difficulties faced by parents in caring for their children. Most pediatricians said they would recommend a medication error reporting and learning system designed for families of their patients to prevent medication errors that might occur in the home environment.
本研究旨在了解儿科医生和家长/照顾者对家庭用药错误的看法和态度，并比较这两个群体的发现。
这是一项横断面调查研究。我们为在职儿科医生设计了一份调查问卷，为 14 岁及以下儿童的家长或照顾者设计了另一份调查问卷。调查问卷的问题旨在评估提供者和家长对家长提供医疗服务所面临的困难的看法、关于用药错误的具体问题，以及关于旨在预防儿科用药错误的可能干预方案。比较了儿科医生和家长对两份调查中匹配问题的回答。
该调查于 2019 年至 2021 年在西班牙进行。共有 182 名儿科医生和 194 个家庭参与了调查。大多数儿科医生（62.6%）和家庭（79.3%）认为，管理医疗并不是父母照顾孩子时面临的主要困难之一。虽然 79.1%的儿科医生认为父母会上网查询有关孩子健康的疑问，但大多数家庭（81.1%）表示他们会咨询医疗保健专业人员。儿科医生和家长都认为，家长和照顾者缺乏知识是导致用药错误的主要原因之一。大多数儿科医生（95.1%）表示，他们会推荐一个旨在预防家庭用药错误的方案。
儿科医生和家庭认为，医疗并不是父母照顾孩子时面临的主要困难之一。大多数儿科医生表示，他们会推荐一个针对患者家属的用药错误报告和学习系统，以预防可能在家中环境中发生的用药错误。
