Study on Drug Usage, Storage and Wastage among Households in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India - A Cross-Sectional Study
Background: Improper drug storage is immensely prevalent in households. A significant number of families do not follow prescribed practices for maintaining the safety and efficacy of medications. Increased rates of unintentional poisoning, decreased drug efficacy, and the emergence of antibiotic re...
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Background: Improper drug storage is immensely prevalent in households. A significant number of families do not follow prescribed practices for maintaining the safety and efficacy of medications. Increased rates of unintentional poisoning, decreased drug efficacy, and the emergence of antibiotic resistance are just a few adverse consequences that might result from such negligence.
Methodology: A total of 213 households were selected using multi-stage random sampling techniques. A pretested structured questionnaire on drug storage, usage, wastage in the households was used and detailed interview was conducted with the participants.
Results: Majority of the participants 56.3% (120) belonged to the age group of 30- 40 years, most of the participants are graduates 39.4% (83). The prevalence of self-medication was 30.5%. Safe storage conditions with appropriate packing were used by 81.5% (167) of people. About 69.9% (149) has good knowledge on correct dosage of medications.91.2% (187) of households discard unused medications in the garbage. Commonly stored medicine was analgesics and antipyretics 21.6% (86). In this study Increasing age, Education and Family with senior citizens above 60 years have a strong association with storage condition of medicines at home.
Conclusions: This study shows 96.3% prevalence of in-home storage medication practices. Ensuring the efficacy, safety, and cost-effectiveness of medications requires proper management from storage to use and waste prevention.
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| spelling | doaj-art-a352ec4d9ab6424ebb9e1d0a89e7f2492025-02-06T06:05:14ZengMedsci PublicationsNational Journal of Community Medicine0976-33252229-68162025-02-01160210.55489/njcm.160220254852Study on Drug Usage, Storage and Wastage among Households in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India - A Cross-Sectional StudyNancy L0Palanivel Sundaram M1Logaraj M2Anantharaman VV3Kalaivanan R4Department of Community Medicine, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, SRMIST, Tamil Nadu, IndiaDepartment of Community Medicine, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, SRMIST, Tamil Nadu, IndiaDepartment of Community Medicine, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, SRMIST, Tamil Nadu, IndiaDepartment of Community Medicine, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, SRMIST, Tamil Nadu, IndiaDepartment of Community Medicine, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, SRMIST, Tamil Nadu, India Background: Improper drug storage is immensely prevalent in households. A significant number of families do not follow prescribed practices for maintaining the safety and efficacy of medications. Increased rates of unintentional poisoning, decreased drug efficacy, and the emergence of antibiotic resistance are just a few adverse consequences that might result from such negligence. Methodology: A total of 213 households were selected using multi-stage random sampling techniques. A pretested structured questionnaire on drug storage, usage, wastage in the households was used and detailed interview was conducted with the participants. Results: Majority of the participants 56.3% (120) belonged to the age group of 30- 40 years, most of the participants are graduates 39.4% (83). The prevalence of self-medication was 30.5%. Safe storage conditions with appropriate packing were used by 81.5% (167) of people. About 69.9% (149) has good knowledge on correct dosage of medications.91.2% (187) of households discard unused medications in the garbage. Commonly stored medicine was analgesics and antipyretics 21.6% (86). In this study Increasing age, Education and Family with senior citizens above 60 years have a strong association with storage condition of medicines at home. Conclusions: This study shows 96.3% prevalence of in-home storage medication practices. Ensuring the efficacy, safety, and cost-effectiveness of medications requires proper management from storage to use and waste prevention. http://www.njcmindia.com/index.php/file/article/view/4852StorageDrug usageWastageHouseholdSelf Medication |
| spellingShingle | Nancy L Palanivel Sundaram M Logaraj M Anantharaman VV Kalaivanan R Study on Drug Usage, Storage and Wastage among Households in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India - A Cross-Sectional Study National Journal of Community Medicine Storage Drug usage Wastage Household Self Medication |
| title | Study on Drug Usage, Storage and Wastage among Households in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India - A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full | Study on Drug Usage, Storage and Wastage among Households in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India - A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_fullStr | Study on Drug Usage, Storage and Wastage among Households in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India - A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Study on Drug Usage, Storage and Wastage among Households in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India - A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_short | Study on Drug Usage, Storage and Wastage among Households in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India - A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_sort | study on drug usage storage and wastage among households in chengalpattu tamil nadu india a cross sectional study |
| topic | Storage Drug usage Wastage Household Self Medication |
| url | http://www.njcmindia.com/index.php/file/article/view/4852 |
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