Inadequate storage of medicines at home is a common health problem in the community. Therefore, it is important to promote this issue through interesting media to increase knowledge related to medication storage. This study aims to compare conventional media (leaflet) with motion graphics in increasing knowledge of drug storage at home. Quasi-experimental research with a pretest-posttest design was applied to 45 housewives with similar education levels. In the initial stage, the leaflet group (23 people) and the motion graphic group (22 people) were given a pretest about medication storage, then were intervened with the media for 5 minutes, we're given a post-test afterward. The results showed there were significant differences in medication storage knowledge between groups that were exposed to motion graphics and leaflets (p-value=0,029). The median score of the knowledge in the motion graphic group was significantly higher (85,71) than the leaflet group (71,43). Motion graphics might be beneficial as an educational media to deliver message related to effective drug management for the community, especially housewives.

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Poor drug storage at home may lead to physicochemical degradation of drugs and in further cases, irrational drug use. This study aims to investigate the tendency of inappropriate storage, the purpose and type of drugs kept at home, as well as predicted risk factors. Methods: Study involved 295 households as respondents obtained from multistage cluster sampling. Structured questionnaire was utilized to gain the data and logistic regression analyses were employed to estimate the factors association with improper storage. Results: Out of 295 respondents, 269 (91.2%) were females, unemployed (228; 77.3%), aged under 45 years old (162; 54.9%), and most had only attained secondary level of education or less (273; 92.5%). Out of 2571 drug items stored, the most common drug was analgesics (581; 22.6%). Antibiotics account for approximately ten percent item stored at home. Most of drugs kept at home were intended for future use (1265; 49.2%). There were 82 households kept ethical drugs without prescriptions. The risk of inadequate drug storage was significantly increased with older age (adjusted OR= 0.591, 95% CI 0.342-1.021, p=0.05) and employment status (adjusted OR=0.418, 95% CI 0.229-0.760, p=0.004). The average number of drugs kept at home had correlation with chronic disease treatment in the family (p=0.046) and when no children under 5 years of age (p=0.033). Conclusions: poor home drug storage require further patient education to prevent drug misuse and preserve the good quality of drugs.

Inappropriate drug storage at home is a common health problem in the community. Improper storage of drugs may affect the quality of the drug. Pharmacist, as a drug informer, plays an important role in providing education about how to store medicines. This study aims to develop educational media in the form of motion graphics and analyze the effect of media to improve the knowledge of drug storage in housewives. The research was conducted in three stages; media development, content revision, and media testing. The media was developed with drug storage material compiled by two experts. Then the content, appearance, and duration are evaluated. To find out the influence of the media in increasing knowledge about drug storage, quasi-experimental was applied with a one-group pretest-posttest design in October 2019 for 28 housewives. From the results of snowball sampling, it is known that the average age of respondents was 43 years, with a range of 18-58 years and the majority were high school graduates (67.9%). Knowledge of respondents was assessed using a knowledge questionnaire. The motion graphic media has a significant influence on increasing the knowledge of housewives regarding the correct storage of drugs. This is indicated by a significant difference in the pretest (67.85) and posttest scores (83.67) after watching 3-minute motion graphic shows (p = 0.001, Cl 95%).

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