Sidek, Siti Nur Farzana (2023) Knowledge and practice of unused medication disposal among patients in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (Hospital USM). Project Report. Universiti Sains Malaysia. (Submitted)
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Abstract
Proper way of disposing unused medication is really important as improper way of disposing it will give negative impact to the environment and will contribute to more medical wastage. A campaign regarding this issue is really important to educate and encourage users on how to properly dispose those unused medication, hence a cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the level of knowledge and practice of unused medication disposal among patients in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (Hospital USM). Data was collected using an adopted questionnaire from previous study. A total of 146 patients from Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria were involved to participate in this study. A convenient sampling method was used to choose the participants. Data collected were statistically analysed using Statistical Package Social Sciences (SPSS) software version of 27. This study shows that 70.5% of the respondents have low level of knowledge of unused medication disposal. Finding also shows there’s a significant relationship between the knowledge and the actual practice of unused medication disposal (p>0.05). Result also shows some of the 4 factors influenced actual practice of unused medication has a significant relationship (p<0.05). In conclusion, patients in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (Hospital USM) have insufficient knowledge of unused medication disposal and the authorities should take an action to promote and educate patients regarding this issue to get a better outcome.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Project Report) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | unused medication disposal |
| Subjects: | R Medicine R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica |
| Divisions: | Kampus Kesihatan (Health Campus) > Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan (School of Health Sciences) > Monograph |
| Depositing User: | Mr Abdul Hadi Mohammad |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jan 2025 03:27 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Feb 2025 07:51 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/61441 |
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