Khảo sát tình hình tuân thủ dùng thuốc giảm đau trên bệnh nhân can thiệp nha khoa ngoại trú tại Bệnh viện Trung ương Quân đội 108

Abstract

Objective: To survey pain medication adherence and difficulties in outpatients after dental intervention. Subject and method: Cross-sectional study, using questionnaires through face-to-face or telephone protocols. Result: Mean age of 259 patients was 63 years; Tooth destruction was the most common dental intervention (42.8%). The majority of patients were moderate (86.1%) and mild (13.9%). The most common analgesic regimen used at the department was paracetamol alone (73.0%). The rate of patients not adherence was 23.2%; 19.3% patient descriptions were incorrect in the instructions for using medicine. The main difficulties in taking the medication the patient chooses were: Pain is a natural progression of the disease that must be tolerated, painkillers should only relieve pain, should not be used continuously even when in pain, fear of side effects when using painkillers. Conclusion: Nearly 1/5 of patients do not manually use analgesic; The main difficulties from patients in pain management after dental surgery include: The belief that painkillers should only be taken when in pain, trying to endure pain, and fear of side effects.