Publication: Knowledge and practice of unused medication disposal among patients in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (Hospital USM)
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Date
2023-06
Authors
Sidek, Siti Nur Farzana
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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.