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MIND
LINES
AGAINST
GUIDELINES
IN
TREATMENT
OF
MALARIA
…
ARTÍCULO
Mind
lines
against
guidelines
in
treatment
of
malaria.
A
Comparative
Cross
Sectional
Study
from
Pakistan
Madeeha
Malik*,
Mohamed
Azmi
Ahmad
Hassali,
Asrul
Akmal
Shafie,
Azhar
Hussain.
Discipline
of
Social
and
Administrative
Pharmacy,
School
of
Pharmaceutical
Sciences,
Universiti
Sains
Malaysia,
11800
Minden,
Penang,
Malaysia.
e--mail:
mady_sweet1@yahoo.com
Recibido
el
1
de
septiembre
de
2012
ABSTRACT
A
comparative,
cross--sectional
study
was
designed
to
assess
the
adherence
of
prescribers
with
national
standard
treatment
guidelines
for
malaria
in
all
the
twenty
public
and
private
tertiary
healthcare
facilities
in
the
two
cities
of
Pakistan.
A
total
of
600
patient
encounters
were
assessed
with
the
national
standard
treatment
regimen
for
malaria.
No
significant
difference
at
(p
=
0.05)
was
observed
among
adherence
of
prescribers
having
different
designations
and
levels
of
experience
with
standard
treatment
regimen
for
malaria
in
the
two
cities.
The
results
of
the
present
study
showed
low
adherence
of
prescribers
with
standard
treatment
regimen
for
malaria
in
Pakistan.
Palabras
clave:
Adherence;
Malaria;
Pakistan;
Standard
treatment
guidelines.
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