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Development of a Data Collecting Tool to Explore the Consuming Patterns of Chinese and Western Medicines in Hong Kong
May SM Fok
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Kitty Chan
Lecturer, School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Sonny HM Tse
Lecturer, School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Tony MF Chan
Lecturer, School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 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.
Keywords
consuming patterns, Chinese and western medicines, data collecting tool, safe medication practice
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