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  title info:
    title: Assessing the prescribing trends and patterns of oral benzodiazepines at outpatient pharmacy of Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan (HTAA), Kuantan, Pahang
  name:
    name part: Fatin Azzyati Pakururazi
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author
  name:
    name part: Norny Syafinaz Ab Rahman
    role:
      role term: degree supervisor
  name:
    name part: Che Suraya Mohd Zin
    role:
      role term: degree supervisor
  name:
    name part: Zaswiza Mohamad Noor
    role:
      role term: degree supervisor
  name:
    name part: International Islamic University Malaysia
    name part: Department of Computational and Theoretical Sciences
  genre: Theses, IIUM local
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: my
    date issued: 2020
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    extent: xv, 150 leaves : illustrations ; 30cm.
  abstract: The vast use of benzodiazepines has been a prime cause for concern to healthcare professionals and policy makers around the world. Nevertheless, there is a paucity of literature concerning benzodiazepines prescribing practice in Malaysia. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the prescribing trends and patterns of oral benzodiazepines at the outpatient pharmacy of Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan, Pahang and assess the association between patient demographic characteristics with the prescribing patterns. The study conducted retrospectively using data of prescriptions issued from January 2014 until December 2016. The data were assembled using a data collection form and transferred to STATA® software for cleaning, processing and analysis. The descriptive analysis was used to report the demographic characteristic of the patients, prescriber's speciality, number of patients and prescriptions, as well as the type of benzodiazepine, duration of action, onset of action, dosing schedule, duration of supply, concurrent medications and diagnosis. Throughout the study period, we observed a drop of 12.6% number of prescriptions from 2014 (n=1956) to 2016 (n=1709). Likewise, the number of patients receiving benzodiazepines was also decreased by approximately 13% from 2014 (n=676) to 2016 (n=584). The defined daily dose (DDD/1000 patients/year) also showed a decreasing trend in which 1.9% and 7.25% decrease was observed in 2015 and 2016 respectively. Alprazolam, short-acting benzodiazepines and anxiolytics (N05BA) were the most frequently prescribed with 39.67%, 40.32% and 82.32% respectively. Approximately, 69.64% (n=6,218) of benzodiazepines prescribed were for a 15-30 days duration, while 57.28% (n=5,115) of benzodiazepines were prescribed with fixed dosing schedule rather than as per needed (PRN) dosing. Majority (81.53%, n=7,280) prescriptions generated were from the psychiatric and mental health department, and about 90.5% (n=8,081) of prescriptions were written with a di…
  note: by Fatin Azzyati binti Pakururazi
  note: Abstracts in English and Arabic.
  note: "A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences(Pharmacy Practice)." --On title page.
  note: Thesis (Ph.D)--International Islamic University Malaysia, 2020.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 112-129).
  subject:
    geographic code: a-my---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan
  subject:
    topic: Benzodiazepines
  subject:
    topic: Pharmacy
    geographic: Malaysia
  classification: RM666.B42
  identifier: http://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/10221
  record info:
    record content source: UIAM
    record creation date: 200812
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng