Impact of medical prescription on the proper use of medications in patients of the Trujillo Regional Teaching Hospital 2023

• Autores: Rodríguez-Roldán, Sharon Marisol, Gutiérrez-Ramos, Miriam Elizabeth, Ruiz-Reyes, Segundo Guillermo, Gutiérrez-Abanto, Jefferson Alonso
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2025
• Institución: Universidad Nacional de Trujillo
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional de Trujillo
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.revistas.unitru.edu.pe:article/6823
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.unitru.edu.pe/index.php/RMT/article/view/6823
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Medical prescription; medication use; hospitalized patients; Prescripción médica; uso de medicamentos; pacientes hospitalizados

Objetive: To determine the relationship between medical prescription and drug use in patients of the Regional Teaching Hospital of Trujillo. Methods: Quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive-correlational study. A total of 302 prescriptions of SIS patients attended in the hospitalization pharmacy were evaluated by means of structured questionnaires and data collection, contrasted with the WHO indicators of rational drug use. Results: The level of medical prescription was good in 41.39%, fair in 34.77% and poor in 23.84%. Medication use was adequate in 57.62% and inadequate in 42.38%. Conclusion: Medical prescription is significantly related to the use of medications in hospitalized patients affiliated to the Comprehensive Health Insurance in the study hospital.