著者

向井 淳治 岸本 典子 坂本 竜平 竹原 涼子 名徳 倫明 奥田 広志

出版者

一般社団法人日本医療薬学会

雑誌

医療薬学 (ISSN:1346342X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.44, no.9, pp.471-477, 2018-09-10 (Released:2019-09-10)

参考文献数

2

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As part of standardizing the prescription format of oral drugs, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has stipulated that the amounts of oral drugs in prescriptions should be described as “amounts-per-dose” and not as “amounts-per-day.” However, because of the sense of resistance among physicians arising from concerns of increases in medical accidents and work volume, the transition from “amounts-per-day” prescription to “amounts-per-dose” prescription has not been implemented in most facilities. We conducted a survey to investigate the attitudes of physicians in our hospital toward the “amounts-per-dose” prescription and changes in their attitudes by the provision of appropriate information to them. The same questionnaire consisting of 15 items reflecting the “amounts-per-dose” prescription was conducted before and after the presentation of references related to the “amounts-per-dose” prescription to the physicians. The survey results were analyzed by two-way repeated measures analysis of variance using “clinical departments” and “presentation of references” as factors. No interactions were observed. Only two items in the “clinical departments” factor showed significant differences in the main effects, whereas six items in the “presentation of references” factor showed significant differences in the main effects. All of these items showed positive changes after the presentation of references. These results demonstrated that physicians' sense of resistance to the “amounts-per-dose” prescription was derived from a lack of appropriate information and that their sense of resistance was alleviated after being appropriately informed.