HUO Ji-ping, WANG Xiao-ling, YANG Xing-hua, WANG Xing-he, ZHENG Ai-ping, YANG Jian, XU Xin-wen, ZHANG Hong, YU Guo-chao, YAN Jin-ling, MA Shu-li, DONG Lin, XIE Juan, YANG Hui, PENG Jing, HUANG Jie, MA Chun-yan, ZHAO Rui-ling, REN Yan-li, ZHANG Shan, MA Zhi-min, SHEN Kun-ling, ZHAO Zhi-gang
Objective To explore the need of primary caregivers on medication for children, and promote medication safety for children. Methods The purposive sampling method was used, and an electronic questionnaire survey on children's medication needs among pediatric caregivers in 104 hospitals from June 1 to August 31, 2018 was conducted.SPSS 25 software was used for data analysis. Cronbach's α coefficient and KMO value was used as evaluation indexes for reliability and validity of the questionnaire, respectively. Results A totall of 49 982 valid questionnaires showed that primary caregivers obtained drugs' information mainly from physicians (59.11%), pharmacists (55.09%) and drugstore clerks (42.87%).The highest proportion of pediatric drugs was purchased according to doctors' prescriptions (70.82%). Attentions on pediatric drugs were mainly concentrated in security (77.57%), effectiveness (56.52%), brand (52.25%), and whether to be included in the drug list of national basic medical insurance reimbursement(79.91%).Fruit granules (54.43%) and liquid formulations (51.11%) were the most acceptable dosage forms for children.Training about the preparation and administration of drugs in family medicine cabinet(68.63%), rational use of common medicines(64.91%), and the training of children's emergency knowledge(43.19%)were needed.Medication knowledge on safety medication, antibiotics, fever, and cold were needed at the highest level. Conclusion Safety, efficacy, palatability of dosage forms and whether to be included in the drug list of national basic medical insurance reimbursement was important factors for medication chooseing for children.Caregivers had a high demand for medication knowledge for children's medication knowledge. Medical institutions should further strengthen the education and popularization of medication knowledge for children, in order to promote the safety medication for children.