Analysis on Current Situation of Medication Family-management in Pediatric Out-patients

OBJECTIVE To understand the current situation of medication family-management of outpatient in a children's hospital of Nanjing, analyze the problems in medication family-management, improve the medication family-management level of children's guardians. METHODS To use a self-designed questionnaire to conduct random sampling among the guardians of outpatient children. RESULTS In the out-patient families participating in this survey, 81.0% had many guardians involving in the management of medication for children, 47.2% had temporary guardians such like teacher, 40.3% would not get to know the medical situation of the children from temporary guardians, 63.8% did not compliant the prescription even in the case of being known treatment, dosage and frequency, especially in terms of treatment, 21.8% did not follow it; 80.3% prepared medicine at home, and 57.9% self-used them. CONCLUSION The accuracy of medical information cannot be guaranteed in outpatient children from the hospital, the children's guardians are lack of the ability to use drug correctly and correct concept of medication, the medication family-management level needs to be improved, self-medical in children is at risk. The pharmaceutical care should be combined with the internet to improve the medication family-management level and ensure children's safe and reasonable medication in future.