Table 1 The domains, items and findings from the prescription quality checklist. (N = 9199)
Domains | Items | Availability N (%) |
|---|---|---|
General prescription quality | 1. Date of prescription | 8444 (91.8) |
2. Dose, route and timings clearly mentioned | 9154 (99.5) | |
3. Medical Diagnosis mentioned | 2298 (25.0) | |
Patient information quality | 4. Patient Age mentioned | 8709 (94.7) |
5. Patient Gender | 5157 (56.1) | |
6. Patient Height/Weight/BMI | 365 (4.0) | |
7. Patient Blood Pressure | 5268 (57.3) | |
8. Patient Blood sugar/HbA1c | 3178 (34.5) | |
Medication/Pharmacological intervention quality | Diabetes (N = 2730) | |
9. “Metformin” prescribed | 2103 (77.0) | |
10. Statins prescribed | 458 (16.8) | |
11. ACEI/ARB prescribed | 9 (0.3) | |
12. Use of more than one drug from same group | 48 (1.8) | |
Hypertension (N = 3373) | ||
13. Is patient on 24 h antihypertensive | 3196 (94.8) | |
14. ACEI/Beta Blocker/CCB/Thiazide Diuretics | 3196 (94.8) | |
Diabetes with Hypertension 9–14 (N = 3096) | ||
“Metformin” prescribed | 2257 (72.9) | |
Statins prescribed | 889 (28.7) | |
ACEI/ARB prescribed | 1387 (44.8) | |
Use of more than one drug from same group | 9 (3.1) | |
Is patient on 24 h antihypertensive | 2887 (93.2) | |
ACEI/Beta Blocker/CCB/Thiazide Diuretics | 2887 (93.2) | |
Lifestyle modification advice/Additional Points | 15. Tobacco cessation advice | 5 (0.1) |
16. Weight reduction | 17 (0.2) | |
17. Alcohol consumption cessation | 6 (0.1) | |
18. Salt restriction | 5 (0.1) | |
19. Improving physical activity | 5 (0.1) |