Skip to content
Research Article Open access CC BY 3.0

Assessment of Antimalarial Drug Use among the Patients in a Tertiary Hospital in Northern Part of Nigeria

Modupe I Builders, Emmanuel Ogbole, Jonah Y Peter

International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · pp. 283–291 · Published 22 Aug 2013

10.9734/IJTDH/2013/4581

Abstract

Aims: To assess the pattern of antimalarial drug use among the patients attending the teaching hospital in Jos North local Government of Nigeria. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Tertiary hospital in Jos North Local Government of Plateau state of Nigeria, between July and September, 2012. Methodology: A sample size of 441 male and female patients was selected into this study using a universal sampling. Information on the knowledge, attitudes and practices with respect to antimalarial drug use were obtained with the aid of a pre-tested interviewer-administered questionnaire. Data was analyzed using the SPSS software. Results: Four hundred and forty one (441) patients completed the questionnaire. Respondent knowledge of malaria with respect to description of malaria decreased (42.7% to 0.2%). Almost all the patients were able to describe the causes and symptoms of malaria. One hundred and sixty nine (38.3%) frequently treated their malaria with Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine (SP) combination, Three hundred and eighty two (86.6%) reported to have used oral preparation, almost half of the respondents (47.6%) obtained these medications from many sources apart from hospitals, only two hundred and forty eight reported to comply to treatment. Majority of the participants always used some methods for the prevention of malaria Conclusion: Concerted effort should be made to educate the population on malaria as well as the importance of drug adherence.

Assessment malaria antimalarial drug use patients tertiary hospital.

References (19)

  1. 1 Medical need, scientific opportunity and the drive for antimalarial drugs [DOI]
  2. 2 Improving adherence to malaria treatment for children: the use of pre‐packed chloroquine tablets vs. chloroquine syrup [DOI]
  3. 3 Self-reported use of anti-malarial drugs and health facility management of malaria in Ghana [DOI]
  4. 4 Knowledge and behaviour as determinants of anti-malarial drug use in a peri-urban population from malaria holoendemic region of western Kenya [DOI]
  5. 5 From control to eradication of malaria: the end of being stuck in second gear? [DOI]
  6. 6 Geographic inequities in provision and utilization of malaria treatment services in southeast Nigeria: Diagnosis, providers and drugs [DOI]
  7. 7 Malaria Treatment Services in Nigeria: A Review [DOI]
  8. 8 A Survey of Antimalarial Drug Use Practices among Urban Dwellers in Abeokuta, Nigeria
  9. 9 Antimalarial drug utilization by women in Ethiopia: a knowledge-attitudes-practice study.
  10. 10 Knowledge and Beliefs about Malaria on the Pacific Coastal Plain of Guatemala [DOI]
  11. 11 Sensitivity of Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine and sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine in Nigerian children.
  12. 12 Antimalarial drug use among caregivers in Ghana.
  13. 13 A Survey of Antimalarial Drug use Practices among Urban Dwellers of Abeokuta in South West Nigeria
  14. 14 A study of knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of a rural community on malaria and the mosquito vector.
  15. 15 Impact of mass media campaigns on the knowledge and attitudes of pregnant Nigerian women towards HIV/AIDS [DOI]
  16. 16 Measuring malaria drug efficacy and transmission intensity [DOI]
  17. 17 6. Perspectives and constraints on chemotherapy and practical considerations in the use of vaccines [DOI]
  18. 18 ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS: A REVIEW
  19. 19 Patients� Attitudes Towards Analgesic Usage in Nsukka Community

Cited by 3

Antimalarial drug utilization pattern amongst staff of three health facilities in Rivers State, Nigeria

B. M. Bagbi, C. V. Ukwe, M. O. Adibe · African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology · 2021

Showing 1 of 3 known citations — external sources report more than can currently be individually listed.

Related research

Article metrics

Real usage data collected on this platform.

44

Page views

0

PDF downloads

5

Outbound clicks

3

Citations

Views over time

Views by country

Approximate, from request IP at view time — not citizenship or institution. Countries with fewer than 5 views are grouped as "Other".

Traffic sources

Referring site, by host.

Views and downloads exclude known bots/crawlers. Citations combines this platform's own DOI-resolved index with each external source's own reported total — see Cited by above for individually listed citing works. Last refreshed 0 seconds ago.