坐剤の使用に関する幼児および小児の母親の意識調査と問題点の解析

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When suppositories were prescribed for pediatric patients, they are inserted into the rectum of the patient by the mother in most cases. Therefore, counselling on the proper use of suppositories is essential. In an attempt to facilitate counselling for drug use, we surveyed via questionnaire how the mothers (ranging 26-39 years) of pediatric inpatients (2.5 months-15 years) of the University of Tokyo Hospital use suppositories. The collection ratio of the questionnaire was 100% (42 of 42). The suppositories exhibiting a systemic action such as antipyretic were used in 80% of patients. The directions for use of suppositories were not well appreciated in 15% of mothers. Twenty percent of mothers experienced trouble when inserting the suppositories into their children, and 54% of the trouble was "discharge after insertion of the suppository". Most of this discharge occurred within 30 minutes after insertion. When the discharge occurred with a stool, 64% of the mothers coped with the trouble as "suspended the use of the suppository" and 36% as "inserted a new one", and so on. Our results indicate that the study dealing with the problem of the loss of suppositories from the rectum is essential for the proper therapy of patients.
日本医療薬学会の論文
1994-12-20