Community pharmacists’ opinions and practice of pharmaceutical care at chain pharmacy and independent pharmacy in China

Xi, Xiaoyu; Huang, Yuankai; Lu, Qianni; Ung, Carolina Oi Lam; Hu, Hao

doi:10.1007/s11096-019-00802-w

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“…Similarly, many participants (40.6%) strongly believed that 'adequate training should be provided to community pharmacists on antimicrobial use,' which shows a positive perception of participants regarding ASPs. Many studies have already demonstrated that ASPs are vital for reducing antimicrobial substitution [35][36][37][38]. It is, therefore, critical for the government to accelerate the implementation of ASPs in community settings.…”

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Knowledge, attitude, and practices of community pharmacy staff toward antimicrobial stewardship programs: a cross-sectional study from Northeastern China

Feng

Hayat

Zhe

et al. 2020

Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy

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Background: Antimicrobial resistance is one of the most significant challenges of the twenty-first century, and the illegal sale of antimicrobial drugs at community pharmacies is a driver of antimicrobial resistance. This study explores the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of pharmacy staff toward antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs). Methods: We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study among community pharmacy staff in Northeastern China, from April 1 to 31 May 2019, using a self-administered KAP questionnaire comprising 20 items. The data analysis was carried out by employing Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests. Results: A response rate of 98.5% (394/400) was obtained. The majority of participants (94.9%) demonstrated a good understanding of antimicrobial use, but they lacked an adequate understanding of ASPs. Nearly half of the participants (40.6%) reported that they sold antimicrobials to patients without a prescription. Education level, age, occupation, and experience were all significantly associated (P < 0.05) with participants' median ASPs scores. Besides, the presence of a licensed pharmacist (OR 46.327, 95% CI 2.443-878.451, P = 0.011) was the main factor associated with the pharmacy staff's understanding of antimicrobial use policies. Conclusions: The participants' knowledge of antimicrobials was good, and their attitudes regarding ASPs were positive, but their practices regarding ASPs were poor.

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Knowledge, attitude, and practices of community pharmacy staff toward antimicrobial stewardship programs: a cross-sectional study from Northeastern China

Feng

Hayat

Zhe

et al. 2020

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“…10 Confronting these urgent matters, community pharmacists are good candidates to continuously support the proper provision of diabetes care outside the institutional setting. 11 Undoubtedly, more and more efforts and positive impacts of pharmacists on improving diabetes or its co-morbidities management have been recognized. 12 Pharmacists can play the following roles in the comprehensive management of diabetic patients, including improving patient medication compliance, ensuring the rationality of patients' home medication, providing medication education for patients, and participating in medication monitoring for diabetic patients.…”

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Understandings, Attitudes, and Barriers About Diabetes Care: Analysis of Factors Influencing Community Pharmacists in China

Jia¹,

Pei²,

Yang³

et al. 2021

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Purpose Diabetes mellitus (DM) has been known as a major chronic health problem in China. Suboptimal management of diabetic patients may incur serious complications, even death. The quality of post-hospital care has a good relationship with community pharmacists. However, data describing the current situation from care between community pharmacists and patients in China are lacking. Our article is to investigate community pharmacists’ activities, evaluate their attitudes towards providing diabetes care, assess their understandings, and identify perceived barriers. Methods A survey divided into four parts was carried out randomly in China. The part of basic characteristics, understandings, and pharmacists’ perceived barriers was rated with a few listed choices scales, while the Likert scale was used to identify on the part of attitudes. Quantitative data were shown in frequency and valid percent. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and non-parametric test conducted on data. A P-value ≤0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results A total of 737 surveys were collected. The respondent pharmacists maintained a simply moderate understanding of diabetes care and the pharmaceutical services provided met basic needs rather than clinical ones, though they showed a good momentum towards providing better service. The respondent pharmacists considered patients lacking knowledge on self-management, shortage of funds as the main barriers. Conclusion Efforts are supposed to make to expand pharmacists’ scope of practice, lessen patients’ reluctance, and create platforms for pharmacists receiving further education.

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“…The evidence in other LMICs demonstrated that pharmacist working in chain pharmacies had a better understanding and attitude towards pharmaceutical care and provided more advanced services as compared to their colleagues working in individual pharmacies 16. Nevertheless, there is a paucity of research investigating the performance of pharmacists working in chain community pharmacies in Indonesia.…”

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Assessment of pharmacists’ knowledge, attitude and practice in chain community pharmacies towards their current function and performance in Indonesia

Athiyah¹,

Setiawan²,

Nugraheni³

et al. 2019

Pharm Pract (Granada)

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Background:The introduction of universal healthcare coverage in 2014 has affected the practice of community pharmacies in Indonesia. Studies regarding the practice of pharmacist in the chain community pharmacy setting in Indonesia are very limited. The chain community pharmacies in Indonesia are operated and controlled by the same management. The chain community pharmacies usually show better services compared to independent community pharmacies in Indonesia.Objective:The study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of pharmacist working in chain community pharmacy towards their current function and performance in delivering pharmacy servicesMethods:A cross-sectional study using questionnaires was conducted between January and March 2017 in KF, one of the largest chain community pharmacies in Indonesia. The total sampling method was used in the recruitment process. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-Test and one-way ANOVA. The KAP scores were assessed and categorized as “poor”, “moderate” and “good” based on the standardized scoring system.Results:A total of 949 KF’s pharmacists (100% response rate) were participated in the study. The majority of pharmacists showed a good score in terms of knowledge and attitude, which is in contrast to practice as majority only obtained a moderate score. Working experience, age and the availability of standard operating procedures (SOP) for both dispensing and self-medication services were found to be statistically significant (p<0.005) aspects to KAP of pharmacists in delivering pharmacy services.Conclusions:This study identified several important aspects that could affect the KAP of pharmacists working in chain community pharmacies in Indonesia. Specific policies should be conceived to improve the competencies of pharmacist and to ensure the compliance with the SOP and standardization system within pharmacy sector.

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Community pharmacists’ opinions and practice of pharmaceutical care at chain pharmacy and independent pharmacy in China

Cited by 29 publications

References 22 publications

Knowledge, attitude, and practices of community pharmacy staff toward antimicrobial stewardship programs: a cross-sectional study from Northeastern China

Knowledge, attitude, and practices of community pharmacy staff toward antimicrobial stewardship programs: a cross-sectional study from Northeastern China

Understandings, Attitudes, and Barriers About Diabetes Care: Analysis of Factors Influencing Community Pharmacists in China

Assessment of pharmacists’ knowledge, attitude and practice in chain community pharmacies towards their current function and performance in Indonesia

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