Prof. (Mrs.) Mercy Naa Aduele Opare-Addo

Associate Professor

Dept: Pharmacy Practice
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Research Areas/Interests

 Health Seeking Behaviour, Medication Safety, Patient Safety, in persons with chronic diseases....~more

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Publications

    1. Radolf Ansbert Nortey, Irene Akwo Kretchy, Mercy Naa Aduele Opare-Addo,Informal over-the-counter supply of antibiotics in Ghana: A qualitative analysis of practices in community pharmacies, Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, Volume 21, 2026, 100696, ISSN 2667-2766,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsop.2025.100696.

    2. Irene A. Kretchy, Harriet A. Bonful, Michael Opoku-Mireku, Augustina Koduah, Mercy Opare-Addo, Afia F.A. Marfo , Deborah Atobrah , Hope K. Klobodu , Yakubu Alhassan f, , James-Paul Kretchy, Kwabena F.M. Opuni. Impact of caregivers’ perceptions of malaria on their hesitancy toward childhood malaria vaccination; Journal of Vaccines https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2026.128389

    3. Josephine Mensah, Afia Frimpomaa Asare Marfo, Mercy Naa Aduele Opare-Addo, Paul Obeng, Amos Amoako-Adusei, Karl Osei Afoduo, Bright Ansah Adjei, Pauline Boachie Ansah, Vivian Paintsil, Kwame Ohene Buabeng, Assessing Hydroxyurea Use in Sickle Cell Disease: Trends, benefits, and Barriers to Adherence in a Ghanaian Tertiary Hospital, Journal of Sickle Cell Disease, 2026;, yoag001, https://doi.org/10.1093/jscdis/yoag001
    4. Boateng, E., Owusu, H., P., Hedidor, G.K., Corquaye, O., Opare-Addo, M.N., Nkansah, F.A., Vandyck-Sey, P., Ankrah, D. and Ofei-Palm, C.N.K., 2025. Operational research improves compliance with treatment guidelines for empirical management of urinary tract infection: A before-and-after study from a primary health facility in Ghana. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 10(9), p.259. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed10090259
    5. Djochie, R.D.A., Anto, B.P. and Opare-Addo, M.N.A., 2025. Determinants of health-related quality of life in drug-susceptible tuberculosis patients in Ghana: a prospective observational study. Therapeutic Advances in infectious Disease ,2025, Vol 12:1-13https://DOI: 10.1177/20499361251343143

    6. Djochie RDA, Anto BP, Opare-Addo MNA, Boakye-Yiadom J. Factors influencing treatment success in drug-susceptible tuberculosis patients in Ghana: A prospective cohort study.PLOS Global Public Health.   2025 Feb 21;5(2):e0004146. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004146. PMID: 39982958

    7. IE Mozu, AFA Marfo, M Opare-Addo, Nana Ofori Adomako, Pauline Boachie-Ansah, Joseph Attakorah, John Abeeku Graham-Bannerman. Perspectives and Satisfaction of Consumers with Hypertension and Diabetes on Services Provided by Community Pharmacy -Journal of Patient Experience, 2024 DOI:10 1177/23743735241261237
    8. Suliasnaia Patricia Bruce, Mercy Naa Aduele Opare-Addo, Josephine Mensah, Janice Osei Donkor, Amos Amoako-Adusei, Angela Opoku-Bona, Afia Frimpomaa Asare Marfo, Bismark Attah-Adjepong; Knowledge and Perception of Pharmacists on Thyroid Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Study in Ghana; GCP Journal Volume 3, Number 2 Ghana College of Pharmacists . https://sharegoogle/yRObKHNi97Mob8iPr  June 2024
    9. Obed Kwabena Offe Amponsah, Aaron Courtenay, Nana Kwame Ayisi-Boateng, Ahmed Abuelhana, Douglas Aninng Opoku, Lawrence Kobina Blay, Nana Akua Abruquah, Annabella Bensusan Osafo, Charlotte Boachie Danquah, Phyllis Tawiah, Mercy Naa Aduele Opare-Addo, Alex Owusu-Ofori, and Kwame Ohene Buabeng Assessing the impact of antimicrobial stewardship implementation at a district hospital in Ghana using a health partnership model -JAC Antimicrobial Resistance 2023 Aug; 5(4): dlad084. Published online 2023 Jul 1 7. Doi: 10.1093/jacamr/dlad084
    10. Djochie, R.D.A., Anto, B.P. and Opare-Addo, M.N.A., 2023. Determinants of adverse reactions to first-line antitubercular medicines: a prospective cohort study. BMC Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice https://doi.org/10.1186/s40545-023-00577-6

    11. Owusu-Antwi, R., Danku, C.M., Buabeng, K.O. and Opare-Addo, M.N.A., 2023. Comparative Efficacy of Introducing Mood Stabilizers in Acute or Maintenance Treatment of Bipolar Disorder: An Observational Prospective Study. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies and Innovative Research, 11(5), pp.1700-1719. DOI: 10.53075/Ijmsirq/098877567556556

    12. Thomas Opoku Darkwah, Daniel Kwame Afriyie Jacqueline Sneddon Alison Cockburn, Mercy Naa Aduele Opare-Addo, Benjamin Tagoe, Seth Kwabena Amponsah; Assessment of prescribing patterns of antibiotics  using National Treatment Guidelines and World Health Organization prescribing Indicators at the Ghana Police Hospital: a pilot study, Pan African Medical Journal. Volume 39, Article 222,02 Aug. 2021/ 10.11604/pamj.2021.39.222.29569

    13. Adomako NO, Marfo AF,Opare-Addo MNA, Nyamekye N, Owusu-Daaku FT. Blood Pressure Control, Accessibility, and Adherence to Antihypertensive Medications: Patients Seeking Care in Two Hospitals in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Hindawi: International Journal of hypertension. 2021 Jul 15;2021 : https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/9637760
    14. Harrison MA, Marfo FA, Opare-Addo MNA, Ankrah DN, Acheampong F, Nelson F, Buabeng KO. Anti-hypertensive medication access and affordability and their association with blood pressure control at a teaching hospital in Ghana Pan African Medical Journal. 2021; 39:184. 08 Jul 2021
    15. Kwakye, A. O., Buabeng, K. O., Opare-Addo, M N. A. and Owusu-Dabo, E.  Knowledge of hypertension and diabetes comorbid patients about their medication in a municipal hospital in Ghana; African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology;  Article Number: 8EA9C0266432 https://doi.org/10.5897/AJPP2021.5232
    16. Opare-Addo MNA, Mensah J, Donkor JO, Amoako-Adusei A, Opoku-Bona A. Knowledge and experience of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study in Tema, Ghana. Int J Community Med Public Health 2021;8:1022-36
    17. Opare-Addo MNA, Osei FA, Buabeng KO, et al. Healthcare services utilisation among patients with hypertension and diabetes in rural Ghana. Afr J Prm Health Care Fam Med. 2020;12(1), a2114. https://doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v12i1.2114
    18. Opare-Addo Mercy N. A; Mensah Josephine, Owusu Aboagye Grace, A Case of Schizophrenia in a Young Male Adult with no History of Substance Abuse: Impact of Clinical Pharmacists’ Interventions on Patient Outcome; Hindawi Case Reports in Psychiatry : Volume2020, Article ID 3419609, https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/3419609
    19. Josephine Mensah 1*, Mercy N. A. Opare –Addo, Franklin Acheampong 3 , N A. Adu Aryee: Utilization of Parenteral Antibiotics at the General Surgery Unit of a Tertiary Teaching Hospital in Ghana. Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences 18(4): 1-15, 2018; Article no.JAMPS.45290 ISSN: 2394-1111
    20. Mercy NA OPARE-ADDO , Kwame O BUABENG , Afia F MARFO,  Francis Adjei OSEI,  Ellis OWUSU-DABO , Daniel ANSONG, Berko P. ANTO,  Joseph M. BOAHENG , Isaac NYANOR :Source of Medicines and Medicine Information By Self-Reported Persons Living With Hypertension and Diabetes In Rural and Urban Ghana. www.pharmacypractice .org (eISSN:1886-3655 ISSN:1885-642X)
    21. Gborgblorvor D, Opare-Addo MN Edzeamey Fj, Wiredu OK, Sampong Bb, Asamoah GD Ako AK: Emergency Preparedness for communicable Diseases in Public Hospitals in the Kumasi metropolis of the Republic of Ghana  International Journal of Natural Disasters & Health Security (IJNHS) ISSN 2572-7540 http:scidoc.org/IJNHS.php
    22. Botchway E. A., Opare – Addo M. N.A.  Lartey S. Y.  Improving Infection Prevention and Control Using Design as a Basis in the Surgical Eye Centre of Excellence Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital: International Journal of Architecture and Design, ISSN: 2051-5820, Vol.26, Issue.2 1203 , Oct 2015
    23. Bernard Asamoah Barnie, Paa Kobina Forson, Mercy Naa Aduele Opare-Addo, John Appiah-Poku, Gyikua Plange Rhule, George Oduro, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie And Peter Donkor:  Knowledge and Perceptions of Health Workers’ Training on Ethics, Confidentiality and Medico-Legal Issues : Journal of Clinical Research & Bioethics 2015 ,6:
    24. Afia F A Marfo, Frances T Owusu-Daaku,  Mercy Opare -Addo,  Ibrahim I Saana Ghanaian Hypertensive Patients Understanding of Their Medicines and Life Style Modification for Managing Hypertension : International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences ISSN- 0975-1491 Vol 6, Issue 4, 2014

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