Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine最新文献

{"title":"Perceptions, Knowledge and Practice of Self-Medication among Undergraduate Pharmacy Students in Malaysia: A Cross Sectional Study","authors":"R. Elkalmi, M. Elnaem, Ibrahim K Rayes, Ramez Mohamed Alkodmani, T. Elsayed, S. Jamshed","doi":"10.5530/JPPCM.2018.3.32","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5530/JPPCM.2018.3.32","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Awareness about health status has increased the prevalence of self-medication. Several factors play role in self-medication like gender, socioeconomic status, education level and frequency of illness. Objective: To explore the perceptions, knowledge and practice of self-medication among pharmacy students from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from October to December 2015. A convenience sample was taken from year 1 to year 4 of pharmacy students. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 21. Results: Of 462 questionnaires distributed, 379 were returned giving a response rate of (88.3%). The results show significant difference on the level of knowledge among pharmacy students from different academic levels (p Key words: Self-medication, Pharmacy students, Perception, Knowledge level, Malaysia.","PeriodicalId":16825,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82856527","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Patient’s Knowledge of Medications Misadventure Information in Saudi Arabia","authors":"Y. Alomi, Dima Ahmad Alaskari, Malak Mohammad Almelfi, Dima Badawi","doi":"10.5530/JPPCM.2018.3.43","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5530/JPPCM.2018.3.43","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To explore the Patient’s Knowledge of Medications Misadventure Information in Saudi Arabia. Methods: It is a 4-months cross-sectional survey of patient and Drug-related problem information in Saudi Arabia. The survey consisted of two-part, demographic data and second part forty-nine questions divided into four domains. It included domain 1: necessary information about patient medication, domain 2: patient information about the drug-related problem, domain 3: patient information about drug-related cost and domain 4: patient perception of medications. Midline Plus health information and DailyMed elements information from National Institute of Health United State of America used. The 5-point Likert response scale system was used. The survey was distributed through social media and at 500-bed pediatrics and maternity hospital in Asir region, at ambulatory care pharmacy. The authors did the patients interview with electronic survey documentation. The survey was made in an electronic format and it analyzed domain two through survey monkey system. Results: The total responders were (614) Saudi patient, the gender distribution 523 (86.7%) were females and 91(13.3%) were males. The majority of them in age (18-44) 78.3% and located at Asir region 325 (115%) and Riyadh region 163 (46.9%). The responders showed no adequate knowledge either complete or incomplete information about the adverse drug reaction either a general side effect of medications 343 (58.5%) only or potential adverse event about their medications 295 (51.2%). The responder showed that they are not aware of contraindication of medicines used with other diseases condition 253 (43.2%), drugs 264 (45.4%), food 277 (47.6 %) or laboratory test 285 (49.5%) and 320 (55.4%) with the herbal drug. The responders showed no adequate knowledge either complete or incomplete information about usage of medications for children 322 (56.46%) or elderly 301 (51.45%), drug use during pregnancy 329 (56.52%) or breastfeeding 319 (54.71%). Conclusion: More than fifty percent of the patients were not familiar with the essential drug-related problems information. It is potential to drug misadventures and cost burden in the society. Very comprehensive and urgent implementation of the patient medications education program in Saudi Arabia is needed. Key words: Patient, Knowledge, Misadventure, Medications, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia.","PeriodicalId":16825,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77091519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Healthcare Professional’s Knowledge about Drug Related Problems in Saudi Arabia","authors":"Y. Alomi, Dima Ahmad Alaskari, Malak Mohammad Almelfi, Dima Badawi","doi":"10.5530/JPPCM.2018.3.37","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5530/JPPCM.2018.3.37","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: To explore Healthcare professionals and Knowledge about Drug-related problems in Saudi Arabia. Methods: It is a 4-months cross-sectional survey of healthcare professionals and knowledge of medicines. The survey consisted of two-part, demographic information and second part forty-nine questions divided into four domains. It included domain one: Primary or essential information about healthcare providers medication, domain two: healthcare professionals information about the drug-related problem, domain three: healthcare professionals information about drug-related cost and domain four: Healthcare providers perception of medications. Medline Plus health information and Daily Med-INH elements information from National Institute of Health United State of America were used. The survey distributed through social media by using what’s App to more than one thousand healthcare professionals overall Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The survey was made in an electronic format, and it analyzed domain two : healthcare professional's information about the drug-related problem through survey monkey system. Results: The total responders were (188) Healthcare professionals. Of those 177 (95.16%) were Saudi and 9 (4.84%) were non-Saudi. The gender distribution 120 (63.83%) were females and 68 (36.17%) were males. The most of Healthcare professionals were pharmacist 93 (71.54%), followed by nurses 18 (13.85%) and physicians 15 (11.54%). The most type of medications used was anti-hypertension medicines, anti-diabetic medicines, Skin medications and drugs for Respiratory Diseases. The healthcare professionals showed good knowledge either complete or incomplete information about the adverse drug reaction either a general side effect of medications 135 (74.2%) or potential adverse event about their medications 128 (69.9%). More than half of responders were familiar with drug overdose behaving 112 (60.86%) or first aid of drug poisoning 112 (61.87%). The responder showed not adequate awareness of contraindication of medicines used with other diseases condition 117 (63.24%), drugs 113 (61.74%), food 119 (64%) or laboratory test 120 (64.51%) and 103 (56.6%) with the herbal drug. The responders showed adequate knowledge either complete or incomplete information about the use of medications for children 131 (71.2%) or elderly 128 (69.56%), drug use during pregnancy 132 (72.1%) or breastfeed 128 (69.56%). Conclusion: One-third of healthcare professionals were not familiar with essential drug-related problems information. It is critical toward drug misadventures and cost burden in the society. Very comprehensive and urgent implementation of the healthcare professional’s education program about medications required in Saudi Arabia. Key word: Healthcare professional, Knowledge, Drug-related problems, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia.","PeriodicalId":16825,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75680908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Healthcare Professional’s Knowledge about Cost Related Medication Information in Saudi Arabia","authors":"Y. Alomi, Dima Ahmad Alaskari, Malak Mohammad Almelfi, Dima Badawi","doi":"10.5530/JPPCM.2018.3.38","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5530/JPPCM.2018.3.38","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: To explore the Healthcare Professionals and Knowledge of Medications cost in Saudi Arabia. Methods: It is a 4-months cross-sectional survey of healthcare professionals and knowledge of medicines. The survey consisted of two-part, demographic information and second part forty-nine questions divided into four domains. It included domain one: Primary or essential information about healthcare providers medication, domain two: healthcare professionals information about the drug-related problem, domain three: healthcare professionals information about drug-related cost and domain four: Healthcare providers perception of medications. All type of healthcare professionals included in the study. Medline Plus health information and DailyMed-INH elements information from National Institute of Health United State of America were used. The 5-point Likert response scale system was used. The questions were open and closed-ended. The survey was distributed through social media by using what’s App to more than one thousand healthcare professionals overall Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The survey was made in an electronic format and it analyzed domain three: healthcare professional’s information about drug-related cost through survey monkey system. Results: The total responders were (188) Healthcare professionals. Of those 177 (95.16%) were Saudi and 9 (4.84%) were non-Saudi. The gender distribution 120 (63.83%) were females and 68 (36.17%) were males. The most of Healthcare professionals were pharmacist 93 (71.54%), followed by nurses 18 (13.85%) and physicians 15 (11.54%). The most type of medications used was anti-hypertension medicines, anti-diabetic medicines, Skin medications and drugs for Respiratory Diseases. Also, the most number of medications taken either one 29 (15.85%) or two 17 (9.29%). The healthcare professionals showed good knowledge with both complete and incomplete information about drug storage at room temperature 148 (81.3%) or refrigerator 143 (77.7%), protect medication from light exposures 133 (72.3%) and how to behave with an expired medication 127 (70.5%). The healthcare professionals had not adequate information with both complete and incomplete information about prescription prices 110 (59.78%) and imperfect knowledge about Health insurance coverage of medications 69 (37.9%). The healthcare professional’s knowledge about missing of medications, led patient visit doctor clinic 35 (18.72%), visit the pharmacy 50 (27.47%), visit hospital emergency 17 (9.24%) hospital admission 20 (10.87%) or intensive care admission 8 (4.79%). Conclusion: Healthcare professional missed medication-related cost knowledge. Healthcare professionals may implicate in drug-related problems with burden cost. Healthcare providers demanded of Drug-related prices and drug cost awareness program in Saudi Arabia. Keyword: Healthcare professional, Knowledge, Cost, Medications, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia.","PeriodicalId":16825,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine","volume":"115 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80526235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Patient’s Perceptions and Attitude toward Medications in Saudi Arabia","authors":"Y. Alomi, Dima Ahmad Alaskari, Malak Mohammad Almelfi, Dima Badawi, A. Alshihri","doi":"10.5530/JPPCM.2018.3.44","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5530/JPPCM.2018.3.44","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To explore the Patients perceptions and attitudes toward Medications in Saudi Arabia. Methods: It is a 4-months cross-sectional survey of patient and basic knowledge of medicines. The survey consisted of two-part, demographic information and second part forty-nine questions divided into four domains. It included domain 1: Primary or essential information about patient medication, domain 2: patient information about the drug-related problem, domain 3: patient information about drug-related cost and domain 4: patient perception of medications. Medline Plus health information and Daily Med-INH elements information from National Institute of Health United State of America were used. The 5-point Likert response scale system was used. The questions were open and closed-ended. The survey distributed through social media and at 500-bed pediatrics and maternity hospital in Asir region, at ambulatory care pharmacy. The authors did the patients interview with electronic survey documentation. The survey was made in an electronic format and it analyzed domain four patient perception of medications through survey monkey system. Results: The total responders were (614) Saudi patient. The gender distribution 523 (86.7%) were females and 91(13.3%) were males. The type of medication used was for Diabetes, Hypertension, Skin and Respiratory diseases. More than half of responders sometimes had difficulties in reading drug name 374 (61.6%) and 126 (20.8%) cannot know the expiration date of Medications. The responders showed that 207 (34%) takes their medication without any prior information, 276 (45.44%) described drug to the person had the same disease and 325 (53.8%) use the medication without any prescription. Also; 328 (53.3%) of responders stopped their medication when they feel better and 274 (44.9%) of them they completed entire medication course of therapy. The responders displayed that 310 (50.9%) believed that Drug Information given by health care was not enough and 238 (39.3%) of responders thought that their medication knowledge was not sufficient. Conclusion: There were a wrong perception and attitudes toward medications. It may lead to diseases progress, not a useful medicine and occurrence of drug-related morbidity and mortality. Global and general improvement in understanding of medications knowledge through patient counseling is mandatory. Key word: Patient, Perceptions, Attitudes medications, Ministry of health, Saudi Arabia.","PeriodicalId":16825,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78524118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Phase IV Clinical Trials of Biosimilars for Cancer: Extrapolation of the ‘Basket Concept’ of Trials","authors":"Jayesh Bhatt, M. Krishnappa, D. Parmar","doi":"10.5530/jppcm.2018.3.31","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5530/jppcm.2018.3.31","url":null,"abstract":"Of late, the concept of ‘basket trials’, testing the effect of a single drug in multiple indications is receiving increased attention.[1] Can this concept be extrapolated to the clinical development of biosimilars? Majority of the regulatory agencies have the provision for the approval of biosimilars for one or more additional indications based on the concept of extrapolation without necessarily conducting trials in those indications.[2-4] Read More","PeriodicalId":16825,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81206896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Can Diabetes Self-Management Program Improve Patients’ Knowledge? A Real Life Evaluation Study of Lebanese Diabetic Adults","authors":"Abeer El-Haddam, S. Hallit, E. B. Raad","doi":"10.5530/JPPCM.2018.3.33","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5530/JPPCM.2018.3.33","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: The objective was to assess the effect of the Advanced National Standards for DSME program in improving the knowledge of Lebanese elderly diabetic patients. Secondary objectives were to test the influence of pharmacist counseling on managing these patients’ lifestyle and assess health perceptions that affect diabetic patients for effective management through the Health Belief Model (HBM). Methods: This cross-sectional study, conducted from February until May 2016 in different community pharmacies, enrolled 206 patients. Results: All knowledge items scores increased significantly from pre to post counselling (p Key words: DSME, Health belief model, Education, Program, Diabetes mellitus.","PeriodicalId":16825,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76494618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Analysis of Computer-Generated Drug Label Errors in a Tertiary Care Hospital","authors":"Ahmed A. Abusham, H. AlRawahi","doi":"10.5530/JPPCM.2018.3.35","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5530/JPPCM.2018.3.35","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Electronic Systems and recommendations have been developed to facilitate the medication dispensing process, but on the other hand, they may generate dispensing errors themselves. This study is meant to assess the computer-generated drug label errors (CGDLEs). Objective: The main objective of this study is to identify the pattern and assess the significance of CGDLEs in a tertiary care hospital. Methodology: A total of 292 computer-generated drug label errors involving 169 patients and 61 medications were researched over 3 months (from January 1, 2017, to Mar 30, 2017) in a 500-bed tertiary care hospital. Collected data included patient demographics, type of error, error-related medications, time taken to resolve the error, station where error was identified and the clinical significance of the error. Analyses were conducted using STATA® v14.2 with descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Thirty eight percent of the detected CGDLEs were considered major. Patients age ranged between 0.2 to 97 years (M+SD=36.4+24.3). Errors within the age group of 0.2 to 2 years represented 7.89% of the total errors. Errors within the age group of 61 years and above represented 21.91% of the total errors. Duration of therapy represents 34.59% of the total errors, followed by instructions for use (29.45%) and drug dose (19.86%). The major CGDLEs commonly include medications like tacrolimus (17.69%), methotrexate (16.81%) and ciclosporin (15.40%). Conclusion: A considerable proportion of all CGDLEs was observed. Many of these errors were serious and could directly affect the wellbeing of patients. Fortunately, these errors were captured before reaching patients. Urgent assessment of the system that generates such labels is required. Key words: Computer-generated drug label, Dispensing errors, Medication errors.","PeriodicalId":16825,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90008429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Healthcare Provider’s Perception and Attitude of Medications in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia","authors":"Y. Alomi, Dima Ahmad Alaskari, Malak Mohammad Almelfi, Dima Badawi","doi":"10.5530/jppcm.2018.3.40","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5530/jppcm.2018.3.40","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To explore Healthcare provider’s perception of medications in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methods: It is a 4-months cross-sectional survey of healthcare professionals and knowledge of medicines. The survey consisted of two-part demographic information and second part forty-nine questions divided into four domains. It included domain one: Primary or essential information about healthcare providers medication, domain two: healthcare professionals information about the drug-related problem, domain three: healthcare professionals information about drug-related cost and domain four: Healthcare providers perception of medications. All type of healthcare professionals included in the study. Medline Plus health information and DailyMed-INH elements information from National Institute of Health United State of America were used. The survey was distributed through social media by using what’s App to more than one thousand healthcare professionals overall Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The survey was made in an electronic format and it analyzed domain four: Healthcare provider’s perception of medications through survey monkey system. Results: The total responders were (188) Healthcare professionals. Of those 177 (95.16%) were Saudi and 9 (4.84%) were non-Saudi. The gender distribution 120 (63.83%) were females and 68 (36.17%) were males. The most of Healthcare professionals were pharmacists 93 (71.54%), followed by nurses 18 (13.85%) and physicians 15 (11.54%). The responders showed that 60 (32.26%) takes their medication without any prior information, 110 (59.14%) described drug to the person had the same disease and 130 (70.27%) use the medication without a prescription. Also, 65 (35.33%) of responders stopped their medication when they feel better and 116 (63.04%) of them completed entire medication course of therapy. The responders displayed that 119 (63.98%) believed Drug Information given by health care was not enough and 68 (36.56%) of responders thought that their medication knowledge was not enough. Conclusion: To better educate clinicians and pharmacists about medications, some professionals Should be resourced. These resources include information specific to classes of medications and medication types that have high specific potential, as well as suggestions on how to assess function and Counsel Participant’s information and knowledge of Medication’s Perception. Key words: Healthcare professional, Perception, Attitudes, Medications, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia.","PeriodicalId":16825,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86628249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Patient’s Knowledge of Drug-Related Cost Information in Saudi Arabi","authors":"Y. Alomi, Dima Ahmad Alaskari, Malak Mohammad Almelfi, Dima Badawi","doi":"10.5530/JPPCM.2018.3.42","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5530/JPPCM.2018.3.42","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To explore the Patient’s Knowledge of medicines related cost information in Saudi Arabia. Methods: It is a 4-months cross-sectional survey of patient and basic knowledge of medicines. The survey consisted of two-part, demographic information and second part forty-nine questions divided into four domains. It included domain 1: Primary or essential information about patient medication, domain 2: patient information about the drug-related problem, domain 3: patient information about drug-related cost and domain 4: patient perception of medications. Medline Plus health information and DailyMed-INH elements information from National Institute of Health United State of America were used. The 5-point Likert response scale system was used. The questions were open and closed-ended. The survey distributed through social media and at 500-bed pediatrics and maternity hospital in Asir region, at ambulatory care pharmacy. The hospitals were accredited by Saudi Center for Healthcare organization (CBAHI) and Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation from the United States of America (USA). The authors did the patients interview with electronic survey documentation. The survey was made in an electronic format and it analyzed domain three patient information about drug-related cost through survey monkey system. Results: The total responders were (614) patients with Saudi 564 (96.1%) and Non-Saudi 23 (3.9%) nationalities. The gender distribution 523 (85.2%) were females and 91 (14.8%) were males. The most type of medications used was anti-diabetic and anti-hypertension medicines, Skin medications and drugs for Respiratory Diseases. The responders showed good knowledge about drug storage at room temperature 380 (64.7%) or refrigerator 378 (64.7%), protect medication from light exposures 335 (57.56%) and how to behave with an expired medication 328 (59.85%). The patient had not adequate information about prescription prices 294 (49.83%) and imperfect knowledge about Health insurance coverage of medications 198 (32.53%). The patients showed that missing of medication knowledge led them to visit doctor clinic 114 (20%), visit the pharmacy 180 (32.4%), visit hospital emergency 40 (7.4%), hospital admission 77 (13.9%) or intensive care admission 23 (4.3%). Conclusion: The patients missed medication cost knowledge in Ministry of Health organization. Drug-related prices and medication cost awareness are demanding for Saudi patient to prevent drug-related hospital admission, patient’s shares in the drug therapy plan to choose the appropriate medications to improve patient adherence and improve clinical outcomes and patients’ quality of life. Key words: Patient, Knowledge, Medications, Cost, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia.","PeriodicalId":16825,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82228984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}