WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Dr. Abeer M. Alharbi – MD*

ABSTRACT

Children with autism more often using medication to help controlling comorbid medical and behavior problems associated with the disorder. Pharmacist and physician are the primary source to Parents drug related information. The objectives of this study was to assess the extent of drug information delivered by pharmacist and physician and to assess what other resources parents use to get more information about the medication they use for their children with autism and to explore the influences of these resources on parent’s decision in using medication. Method; A cross sectional study was conducted on April 2016 (Autism awareness month), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, survey questionnaire was used to assess parent’s perceptions about drug information resource. A total of 100 participants responded and filled the questionnaire. Results showed that 38.30% the drug information delivered by primary doctor comparing to 28.72% delivered by pharmacist and 17.20% received information about side effect in which 15.30% were taught how to deal with the side effect by the pharmacist. Conclusion; study conclude that the information delivered by health care providers, pharmacist and doctors are rigorously inadequate for major disorder that could be potentially dangerous with subsequent increase risk of medication error that could lead to harmful results on child health.

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