DRUG INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR OF WOMEN WITH GYNAECOLOGICAL DISORDERS

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dc.contributor.authorQUADIR, R. O.
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-03T08:58:17Z
dc.date.available2015-02-03T08:58:17Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThe study reports the findings of a survey conducted between October 2008 and September 2009 to look closely at the informational needs of some female outpatients concerning drugs prescribed for them and sources of information concerning those drugs. It involved in-depth interviews, which consist a sample of 35 patients attending regular outpatients 'gynaecological clinics on appointment in Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria. This was carried out mainly to find out how current information corresponds with patients ' needs and to recommend possible areas of improvement. Likely information sources included television and radio programmes, newspapers and magazines, journals, patients, family members, pharmacist, book and libraries. It concludes that majority of patients are not aware of the necessity of thorough information about their drays, thus availability of more information might encourage them to realize the importance of having more knowledge about prescribed drugs and their effects on patients..en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5999
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherLIBRARY AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT FORUMen_US
dc.subjectDRUG,en_US
dc.subjectINFORMATION,en_US
dc.subjectSEEKINGen_US
dc.subjectBEHAVIORen_US
dc.subjectWOMEN,en_US
dc.subjectGYNAECOLOGICAL DISORDERS,en_US
dc.titleDRUG INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR OF WOMEN WITH GYNAECOLOGICAL DISORDERSen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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