Patient recall of medication details in the outpatient clinic. Audit and assessment of the value of printed instructions requesting patients to bring medications to clinic

摘要

Objective: There is no ambiguity when a patient presents their medications in the correct packaging during a consultation and declares, "this is what I am taking, doctor, I take this many, at this time". The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence of consultations in which patients attend both "empty handed" and unsure of their treatment. A re-evaluation was made after a simple intervention.