Prescribing Patterns and Drug Related Problems of Opioid Analgesics and Adjuvant Medications in Patients with End-stage Cancer Receiving Palliative Care Management at a Community Hospital (original) (raw)

Objective : To determine prescribing pattern on opioids analgesics and adjuvant medications among patients with last-stage cancer receiving palliative care. Drug related problems (DRPs) and their causes, and factors potentially associated with the DRPs were also investigated. Methods : In this retrospective descriptive study, patients with end-stage cancer were selected. Data were collected from inpatient medical records, outpatient medical record and home visit record for 1 year. That were explored and evaluated drug related problem by The PCNE classifications v.7.0 then summarized and analyzed by descriptive statistics and Chi - square test at a significance level of P -value < 0.05. Results: There are 35 inpatients, the majority were male (21 cases or 60% of all patients) with an average age of 61.46 ± 14.98 years. The most diagnosed disease was liver cancer. DRPs during in hospitalization were found with an average of 1.17 DRPs per patient. The most common DRP the effect of d...