Assessing prescriber’s awareness of essential medicine list, hospital drug formulary and utilization of standard treatment guidelines in a tertiary healthcare facility in North-Central Nigeria

Peer review under responsibility of Alexandria University Faculty of Medicine.

Figures & data

Table 1 Socio-demographic Characteristics of respondents.

Variable	Frequency (n = 70)	Percent (%)
Age (years)
21–30	26	37.1
31–40	37	52.9
>40	7	10
Gender
Female	20	28.6
Male	50	71.4
Years of service
0–5	37	52.9
6–10	24	34.3
11–15	6	8.6
>15	3	4.3
Cadre
Medical Officer	35	50
Registrar	31	44.3
Consultant	4	5.7
Area of practice
Ear Nose & Throat (ENT)	1	1.4
Surgery	1	1.4
Dental Surgery	5	7.1
Accident and Emergency (A&E)	5	7.1
Paediatrics	7	10
Obstetrics & Gynaecology	10	14.3
Internal Medicine	12	17.1
Specialty clinics	13	18.6
Family Medicine (GOPD)	16	22.9

Table 2 Respondent's awareness of Essential Medicine List (EML), Hospital Drug Formulary (HDF) and Utilization of Standard Treatment Guidelines.

	Yes (%)	No (%)	Not sure (%)	No response (%)
Awareness of EML	36(51.4)	25(35.7)	7(10)	2(2.9)
Possesion of EML	54(77.1)	11(15.7)	2(2.9)	3(4.3)
Awareness of HDF	29(41.4)	22(31.4)	4(5.7)	15(24.1)
Presciption using generic names	56(80)	12(17.1)	2(2.9)	0
Possesion of STG	21(30)	49(70)	0	0
Need a copy of STG	53(78.6)	13(18.6)	1(1.4)	1(1.4)