[The long-term record card, instrument for evaluating prolonged treatments].
OBJECTIVE
To find out the quality of extended treatments as recorded on the long-treatment medical record cards of the users of Chantrea Health Centre (Pamplona).


METHODS
This was a descriptive crossover study. SITE. An urban Primary Care centre.


METHODS
The record cards filled in by registered nurses and physicians during one week in May 1990 were chosen. No prior notice was given to the rest of the team. Overall, 370 record cards were studied.


RESULTS
The average of drugs per person is 2.93 + 1.81, with significant differences for those over 65 years old (p less than 0.01). Regarding the quality indicators used: 78% of the medicines are included in the Primary Care Guide; 79.5% of those studied only took one drug; drugs were administered orally in 83% of cases; occasional concomitant medication was detected on 22.7% of the record cards and potential interactions existed on 35% of the cards.


CONCLUSIONS
A therapeutic level, which was acceptable in terms of the indicators used, was supposed. For the Primary Care team to reflect jointly on prescriptions was thought to be important. The question was posed of a training programme for all doctors working in the area.
Arroyo Aniés
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MP
Centro de Salud de Chantrea, Pamplona.
Cortés Ugalde
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F
Cariñanos Chavaque
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JJ
Sáenz Bañuelos
J J
JJ
D000368:Aged; D004358:Drug Therapy; D004363:Drug Utilization; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors
La cartilla de largo tratamiento, instrumento de evaluación de los tratamientos prolongados.