Temesgen Geta Hardido, Christian Kebede, Tamirat Beyene
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Abstract
Background: Patients' knowledge of dispensed drugs is essential to prevent preventable patient mortality and facilitating their recovery from illnesses. Several studies have been conducted in Ethiopia, but the overall level of patients' exit knowledge about the dispensed drugs and associated factors has not been estimated. The objective of this review is to assess overall level patients' exit knowledge of dispensed drugs and associated factors in Ethiopia.
Methods and materials: Only articles published in English were included in this review. PubMed, EMBASE and CINAHL, Web of Science, Google Scholar, Scopus, Ethiopian University Repository Online, and the Cochrane Library are the main databases. The review included cross-sectional studies written in English that met the inclusion criteria. Using a random effects model, the overall level patients' exit knowledge of dispensed drugs was estimated. Additionally, funnel plots and Eggers' test were used to assess publication bias. STATA version 14 was used to perform all statistical analyzes.
Results: This review included 10 studies involving 3,431 patients in Ethiopia. In Ethiopia, the overall patients' knowledge towards dispensed drugs was 50.73% [95% CI (31.81; 69.66); I2 = 99.4%, P < 0.001]. The patients' exit knowledge of dispensed drugs was statistically associated with the education level of the patients and the availability of adequate drug information.
Conclusions: One in two patients has good knowledge of dispended drugs in Ethiopia. Therefore, patients need special attention when dispensing drugs and leaving a health facility. Furthermore, the Ethiopian government, pharmacists, and other stakeholders must take immediate action to improve patients' knowledge about dispensed drugs in Ethiopia and identified factors.
背景：患者对配药的了解对于预防可预防的患者死亡和促进他们从疾病中康复至关重要。在埃塞俄比亚进行了几项研究，但尚未估计患者对所分配药物和相关因素的总体知识水平。本综述的目的是评估埃塞俄比亚患者对配药和相关因素的总体知识水平。方法和材料：本综述仅纳入以英文发表的文章。PubMed、EMBASE和CINAHL、Web of Science、谷歌Scholar、Scopus、Ethiopian University Repository Online和Cochrane Library是主要的数据库。本综述纳入了符合纳入标准的英文横断面研究。采用随机效应模型估计患者对配药退出知识的总体水平。此外，采用漏斗图和Eggers检验评估发表偏倚。使用STATA version 14执行所有统计分析。结果：本综述纳入了10项研究，涉及埃塞俄比亚的3431例患者。在埃塞俄比亚，患者对配药的总体知晓率为50.73% [95% CI (31.81；69.66);结论：埃塞俄比亚每2名患者中就有1名患者对配药有良好的了解。因此，患者在配药和离开卫生机构时需要特别注意。此外，埃塞俄比亚政府、药剂师和其他利益相关者必须立即采取行动，提高患者对埃塞俄比亚配药和确定因素的了解。系统综述注册：https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42024544256，标识符：CRD42024544256。
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