PMID- 28766354
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20171026
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 0006-9248 (Print)
IS  - 0006-9248 (Linking)
VI  - 118
IP  - 7
DP  - 2017
TI  - Risk perception of NSAIDs in hospitalized patients in Greece.
PG  - 427-430
LID - 10.4149/BLL_2017_083 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used 
      analgesics worldwide in different syndromes. There is a relevant evidence about 
      NSAIDs various adverse effects (AEs) on gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, renal, 
      pulmonary, nervous systems. Many of these problems are preventable with respects 
      to appropriate patient s risk perception. OBJECTIVES: The main goal of our study 
      was to examine drug risk perception with relation to participation factors as 
      comorbidities in patients. METHODS: A structured questionnaire was delivered to 
      124 patients hospitalized at Department of Internal Medicine in a selected 
      General Hospital in Greece. Data were evaluated using a descriptive statistics. 
      RESULTS: Low awareness of NSAID risk was recorded, with 45.16 % of respondents 
      unaware of any particular AEs. Lack of this knowledge appears to be attributed to 
      low communication of physicians and pharmacists with patients about possible risk 
      from comorbidity, over half of respondents (55.8 %) had history of hypertension, 
      and 25.9 % were diabetics, which would increase the risk of NSAID therapy. 
      CONCLUSION: Our study revealed a restricted knowledge about risk of NSAIDs in the 
      studied population and showed some important data related to the presence of 
      comorbidity in patients, which could potentiate the risk of cardiovascular AEs 
      (Fig. 5, Ref. 22).
FAU - Karakitsiou, M
AU  - Karakitsiou M
FAU - Varga, Z
AU  - Varga Z
FAU - Kriska, M
AU  - Kriska M
FAU - Kristova, V
AU  - Kristova V
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Slovakia
TA  - Bratisl Lek Listy
JT  - Bratislavske lekarske listy
JID - 0065324
RN  - 0 (Analgesics)
RN  - 0 (Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Analgesics/administration & dosage/*adverse effects
MH  - Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/administration & dosage/*adverse effects
MH  - Cardiovascular Diseases/chemically induced
MH  - Female
MH  - Gastrointestinal Diseases/chemically induced
MH  - Greece
MH  - *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - adverse effects cardiovascular risk.
OT  - non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
OT  - risk perception
EDAT- 2017/08/03 06:00
MHDA- 2017/10/27 06:00
CRDT- 2017/08/03 06:00
PHST- 2017/08/03 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/08/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/10/27 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.4149/BLL_2017_083 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Bratisl Lek Listy. 2017;118(7):427-430. doi: 10.4149/BLL_2017_083.