title: Development of a data collecting tool to explore the consuming patterns of Chinese and Western medicines in Hong Kong.
abstract: Chinese and Western medicines are both consumed by citizens in Hong Kong. Safe medication practice, however, whether or not it is conducted by Hong Kong citizens, remains unknown. A data collecting tool was developed to explore the consuming patterns of medicines adopted by Hong Kong citizens. It is hoped that by using this tool, baseline information about the ways in which Hong Kong citizens consume their medicines can be explored. It is also hoped that the information will contribute to the educational planning of community-based safe medication practice. The objectives of this paper were thus to report the development of this data collecting tool and to discuss the use of the tool for the promotion of community-based safe medication practice.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: May S M
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Fok
authors.forename: Kitty
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Sonny H M
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Tse
authors.forename: Tony M F
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D004358:Drug Therapy; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D019338:Polypharmacy; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal