Adi-Tekelezan Community Hospital, Ministry of Health Eritrea, Adi-Tekelezan, Eritrea
Department of Pharmacy, Hazhaz Zonal Referral Hospital, Asmara, Eritrea.
BMJ Open. 2024 Apr 11;14(4):e084168. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084168.
This study aimed to assess the administration technique of eye medications, its determinants and disposal practices among ophthalmic outpatients.
An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted.
Brhan Aini Ophthalmic National Referral Hospital in Asmara, Eritrea.
Samples of ophthalmic outpatients aged 18 years who visited Brhan Aini Ophthalmic National Referral Hospital in Asmara, Eritrea. Systematic random sampling was used to select the study participants.
Data were collected from August 2021 to September 2021, using an interview-based questionnaire. The collected data were entered and analysed using CSPro (V.7.3) and SPSS (V.26), respectively. Descriptive statistics and independent samples t-test were performed. -values less than 0.05 were considered as significant.
A total of 333 respondents with a mean age of 56.4 (SD: 18.76) years were recruited in the study. More than half of the respondents (57.4%) did not have any information on the time interval between two successive eye medications. However, only 16.5% of the respondents managed to close their tear ducts after the administration of eye medication. The mean (SD) score for proper administration of eye medication was 4.16 (1.07) out of 7.0. Female sex (p=0.002), the absence of glaucoma (p=0.035) and the presence of cataract (p=0.014) were significant determinants of the proper administration technique of eye medication. The most favoured disposal practice for unused and/or expired eye medications was disposing of regular garbage (79.9%).
This research revealed that there was an inappropriate administration technique and disposal practices of eye medications among ophthalmic outpatients. This requires immediate attention from policy-makers, programme managers and healthcare professionals to ensure the appropriate use of eye medications by the patients.
本研究旨在评估眼科门诊患者的眼部药物给药技术、影响因素及处置方式。
分析性横断面研究。
厄立特里亚阿斯马拉的 Brhan Aini 国家眼科转诊医院。
选择年龄在 18 岁及以上、在厄立特里亚阿斯马拉的 Brhan Aini 国家眼科转诊医院就诊的眼科门诊患者作为研究对象。采用系统随机抽样方法选择研究对象。
数据收集于 2021 年 8 月至 9 月，采用基于访谈的问卷进行。使用 CSPro（V.7.3）和 SPSS（V.26）分别录入和分析收集的数据。采用描述性统计和独立样本 t 检验进行分析。P 值小于 0.05 被认为具有统计学意义。
共招募了 333 名平均年龄为 56.4（SD：18.76）岁的受访者。超过一半的受访者（57.4%）不知道两次连续眼部用药之间的时间间隔。然而，只有 16.5%的受访者在使用眼部药物后成功关闭泪道。眼部药物正确使用的平均（SD）得分为 7.0 分中的 4.16（1.07）分。女性（p=0.002）、无青光眼（p=0.035）和白内障（p=0.014）是影响眼部药物正确使用技术的显著决定因素。对于未使用和/或过期的眼部药物，最受欢迎的处理方式是将其丢弃到普通垃圾中（79.9%）。
本研究表明，眼科门诊患者在眼部药物给药技术和处置方式上存在不当之处。这需要政策制定者、项目管理者和医疗保健专业人员立即关注，以确保患者正确使用眼部药物。
