Open AccessAssessment of Drug Use Pattern among Hajj Pilgrims Saudi Arabia, 1439h (2018)
Author(s) -
Samar A. Amer,
AUTHOR_ID,
Sami I. Almudarra,
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Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international conference on public health and well-being
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
ISSN - 2659-2096
DOI - 10.32789/publichealth.2021.1009
Subject(s) - hajj , medicine , context (archaeology) , medical prescription , drug , mass gathering , medical emergency , environmental health , family medicine , public health , pharmacology , geography , islam , nursing , archaeology
Hajj pilgrimage is the biggest and longest mass gathering, thus increasing therisk of communicable and non-communicable diseases, so this study aimed to promoterational drug use and optimum provision of drugs among Hajj 1439 Pilgrims through thefollowing objectives: To determine the prevalence and the context of the drug's use andto assess the drug use patterns among pilgrims. METHODS: A cross-sectional study wascarried out on randomly selected 785 Hajj Pilgrims, stratified according to theircountries before their retrial in King Abdul Aziz Airport in Jeddah: The studiedpilgrims were 52.4 % male,43.9% had chronic diseases, only 70.4% of studied pilgrimsreceived medications, most of them were antibiotics 248 (33.8%), administrated orally470 (90.6%), for managing chronic diseases 341 (61.66%), only 50% had writtenprescription. Patient care indicators; more than 80% of pilgrims knowing the drug/scorrect dose, and 69.4 knowing the expired date. Facility indicators; 77% of studiedpilgrims reported accessibility of medications, and only 12.4% of the bought drugs hadbeen checked, and 20.3% complained of drug side effects mainly due to drugsunavailability. Conclusions; the drug use pattern is a prevalent and problematic issueamong pilgrims due to many factors.