Community pharmacists' involvement in smoking cessation: familiarity and implementation of the National smoking cessation guideline in Finland

Kurko, Terhi; Linden, Kari; Pietilä, Kirsi; Sandström, Patrick; Airaksinen, Marja

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-444

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“…This finding is consistent also with previous research on the familiarity of the current care guideline on smoking cessation among community pharmacists in Finland: 47% of the respondents were familiar with the guideline 4 years after its’ original publication and 1 year after its update in 2007. 27 Similarly, a study from England found that the local current care guideline or COPD management was read by approximately 47% of community pharmacists. 28 …”

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Community pharmacists’ knowledge of COPD, and practices and perceptions of medication counseling of COPD patients

Heikkilä¹,

Parkkamäki²,

Salimäki³

et al. 2018

COPD

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Background and purposeCOPD is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although medication counseling interventions by pharmacists have been found to support the management of COPD, little is known about pharmacists’ knowledge concerning COPD and regular practices and perceptions concerning medication counseling of COPD patients. The purpose of this study was to research these topics among Finnish community pharmacists.Materials and methodsIn January 2017, an electronic survey was e-mailed to Finnish community pharmacies (n=741) via the Association of the Finnish Pharmacies. One pharmacist from each pharmacy, preferably a specialist in asthma, was invited to answer the survey.ResultsCompleted responses were received from 263 pharmacists (response rate =35%), of whom 196 pharmacists were specialists in asthma. Response rate among asthma pharmacists was 42%. Pharmacists were positive about their role in medication counseling and in support of the self-management of COPD patients. COPD-related knowledge was self-assessed as being good and was on a good level in respect of basic facts. However, almost half (46%) of the pharmacists did not know that COPD is considered a national public health issue, and ~50% of the pharmacists were not familiar with the current care guideline on COPD. Medication counseling was found to be more medicinal product-driven and less advisory concerning lifestyle changes such as smoking cessation and physical exercise.ConclusionAlthough the pharmacists’ knowledge of COPD was good on general topics, there were some gaps in their knowledge on the current care guideline and status of the disease. Pharmacists should more systematically individually target medication counseling according to patients’ needs. In addition, lifestyle treatments, including smoking cessation and physical exercise, should be part of the medication counseling.

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Community pharmacists’ knowledge of COPD, and practices and perceptions of medication counseling of COPD patients

Heikkilä¹,

Parkkamäki²,

Salimäki³

et al. 2018

COPD

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“…As community pharmacists are in locations where patients could easily access, evidence in many countries has shown the success of smoking cessation services provided by community pharmacists [ 8 , 9 ]. Smoking cessation services were provided by health care workers, including pharmacists in many countries, such as in the UK, USA, Finland, as well as Thailand [ 5 , 6 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 ].…”

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A National Survey of Community Pharmacists on Smoking Cessation Services in Thailand

Chinwong

2018

Pharmacy

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Providing smoking cessation services is one role of community pharmacists in Thailand. This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate activities and barriers related to smoking cessation services provided in community pharmacies in Thailand, as well as to compare these activities and barriers between those pharmacists providing and those not providing smoking cessation services. A postal questionnaire was conducted to collect information from community pharmacists across Thailand. In all, 413 valid responses were received from 5235 questionnaires, giving a 7.9% response rate. Of the 413 respondents, 152 (37%) pharmacists provided smoking cessation services in their pharmacy. The activities of smoking cessation services varied. Time for counseling each smoker varied, a mean of 15.1 ± 10.9 min (range 1–60) per person for the first time, and 8.9 ± 6.7 min (range 1–30) for each follow-up visit. Community pharmacists, providing smoking cessation services, were more likely to have pharmacist assistants, be a member of the Thai Pharmacy Network for Tobacco Control, and have more than 1 pharmacist on duty. The most dispensed pharmaceutical product for smoking cessation was nicotine gum. Their most perceived barriers were being unable to follow-up and inadequate staff. In conclusion, only a minority of community pharmacists in Thailand are engaged in smoking cessation activities, even though some perceived barriers existed.

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“…Since almost half of the respondents showed to have a poor knowledge, there is a need for an increase in awareness among pharmacists about COPD (particularly clinically related guidelines) and better counseling that should be more patient oriented. This is supported by several studies where it was shown that pharmacists as well as other health-care providers who were aware of the current care guideline or participated in learning activities used the information more extensively for the benefit of the patients [45,47,59]. In addition, a systematic review showed that community pharmacists can successfully screen patients at risk of COPD and have a positive impact on those patients [60].…”

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“…Other reported studies in Europe identified that the level of knowledge is suboptimal. Therefore, continuing education must be implemented to help pharmacists cope with the new guidelines and above all know how to transfer this knowledge into evidence-based counseling [47,48].…”

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Lebanese Community Pharmacists toward Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Hallit¹,

Zeidan²,

Saade³

et al. 2020

JEGH

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Inclusion of a pharmacist showed that pharmacy-led patient education can positively impact treatment outcome, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) knowledge, medication adherence, quality of life, significant reduction in hospital admission rates, and emergency department visits. The objectives were to assess the degree of COPD knowledge in Lebanese community pharmacists as well as their attitudes and practice toward disease management. Between January and May 2018, a cross-sectional survey enrolled 709 Lebanese community pharmacists. A committee was created to build up the questionnaire; it was composed of two physicians (one infectious disease specialist and one pulmonologist) and eight pharmacists, with long expertise in community and hospital pharmacy. It comprised 12 questions assessing knowledge, 12 questions for attitude, and 13 questions for practice. Higher attitude (b = 0.56) and higher practice (b = 0.41) were associated with higher knowledge score. Higher knowledge (b = 0.10) and practice (b = 0.16) scores as well as female gender (b = 0.60) were significantly associated with higher attitude scores. Higher knowledge (b = 0.13) and higher attitude (b = 0.19) showed significant association with higher practice scores. Female gender (b = −0.94), however, was significantly associated with decreased practice score. Our study highlights the importance of assessing the capabilities of pharmacists of achieving their support role in COPD patients. In order to improve community pharmacists' knowledge of COPD, ultimately improving patient outcomes, further education is crucial.

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Community pharmacists' involvement in smoking cessation: familiarity and implementation of the National smoking cessation guideline in Finland

Cited by 11 publications

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Community pharmacists’ knowledge of COPD, and practices and perceptions of medication counseling of COPD patients

Community pharmacists’ knowledge of COPD, and practices and perceptions of medication counseling of COPD patients

A National Survey of Community Pharmacists on Smoking Cessation Services in Thailand

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Lebanese Community Pharmacists toward Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Community pharmacists&rsquo; knowledge of COPD, and practices and perceptions of medication counseling of COPD patients

Community pharmacists&rsquo; knowledge of COPD, and practices and perceptions of medication counseling of COPD patients

A National Survey of Community Pharmacists on Smoking Cessation Services in Thailand

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Lebanese Community Pharmacists toward Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Community pharmacists’ knowledge of COPD, and practices and perceptions of medication counseling of COPD patients

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