Follow-up of patients receiving a pharmaceutical care service in Sweden

Montgomery, Anna T.; Sporrong, Sofia Kälvemark; Tully, Mary P.; Lindblad, Åsa Kettis

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2710.2008.00965.x

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“…Practitioners did not routinely introduce themselves by name, which is more professional and respectful to the patients. Emphasising the possibility of receiving followup evaluations at the initial consultation of the PC service could potentially increase the moderate follow up rate [30] in this service.…”

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Counselling behaviour and content in a pharmaceutical care service in Swedish community pharmacies

et al. 2010

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Objective To characterise the counselling behaviour of practitioners providing a pharmaceutical care (PC) service in community pharmacy, and to describe the content of the consultations. Setting Community pharmacies in Sweden. Methods Non-participant observations, including audio recording, of five practitioners in five different pharmacies counselling 16 patients, were analysed qualitatively using an iterative, stepwise, interpretivist approach. Main outcome measure Descriptions of counselling behaviour and content of consultations. Results The counselling behaviour was characterised by attempts to understand the patients' narratives by listening and asking questions and a willingness to help. The computer often had an important role in consultations, being used for documentation and as a supportive tool for identification of drug-drug interactions. The practitioners often took command in the initial phase of the consultation, and omitted to determine the patients' most urgent drug-related needs.However, counselling behaviour that identified and focused on the patient's needs, giving the computer little attention during the consultation was also observed. Practitioners provided vague descriptions of the purpose and outline of the service. Consultations included a wide variety of issues, which potentially could help patients' achieve optimal outcomes of medical treatment. Conclusion The practitioners provided important advice and different forms of support to patients. Focus on the computer screen limited their abilities to practise patient centred care.

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Counselling behaviour and content in a pharmaceutical care service in Swedish community pharmacies

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“…The pharmacy business itself might encourage pharmacists to provide pharmaceutical care service for the purpose of publicity and marketing of their business. The age of the responsible pharmacist also plays a crucial role in providing pharmaceutical care services 6,7. To implement pharmaceutical care under such circumstances and its effects is considered a challenge to pharmacy associations, managers, and individual pharmacists who are in a position to improve this element of patient care 8.…”

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Evaluation of the community pharmacist´s behavior towards a prescription of antidiabetic and antiasthma drugs

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Al-Hilwani

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Pharmacy Practice (Internet)

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*Objective: The objective of this study is to assess the performance of community pharmacist towards antidiabetic and antiasthma prescriptions, and also to assess the lack of information provided by community pharmacists regarding patient counseling and missing data, using a simulated patient technique. Methods: A prescription including antidiabetic and antiasthma drugs was used by simulated patient to assess community pharmacist's performance in 194 pharmacies. A performance assessment sheet was used to measure the patient counseling process. A quantitative descriptive and comparative analysis was done for the collected data. Pearson chi-square test (crosstabs) was used with a level of significance 95%). Results: The analysis of the 194 pharmacies visited revealed that most of the pharmacists were male (61%), Arabs (35%) and Indians (55%) with some other nationalities. The dispensing time in the pharmacy ranged between 2 to 10 minutes. Spending time with patients was not affected by gender (p-value 0.087), slightly affected by nationality (p-value 0.04), and highly affected by age (p-value 0.002) leaning towards older pharmacists who spent more time with patients than younger pharmacists. Most pharmacists (90%) started preparing the prescription once they received the prescription with no actual prescription screening. fifty five percent of the pharmacists asked about the duration of the treatment after preparing the prescription. ninety six percent did not counsel patients about diet, exercise and lifestyle changes. Less than 40% asked if the prescription was intended to be used for the same patient. EVALUACIÓN DEL COMPORTAMIENTO DE LOS FARMACEUTICOS COMUNITARIOS ANTE UNA PRESCRIPCIÓN DE ANTIDIABÉTICOS Y ANTIASMÁTICOS RESUMENObjetivo: El objetivo de este estudio es evaluar la actuación de los farmacéuticos comunitarios ante una prescripción de antidiabéticos y antiasmáticos, así como evaluar la falta de información proporcionada por los farmacéuticos comunitarios en relación al consejo a paciente y datos omitidos, utiizando una técnica de paciente simulado. Métodos: Un paciente simulado utilizó una receta que incluía medicamentos antidiabéticos y antiasmáticos para evaluar la actuación de los farmacéuticos comunitarios en 194 farmacias. Para medir el proceso de aconsejamiento del paciente, se utilizó una hoja de control de actuación. Con los datos recogidos se realizó un análisis descriptivo cuantitativo. Se utilizaron pruebas chi-cuadrado de Pearson (crosstabs) con un nivel e significación del 95%. Resultados: El análisis de las 194 farmacias visitadas reveló que la mayoría e los farmacéuticos eran hombres (61%), árabes (35%) e Indios (55%) con algunas otras nacionalidades. El tiempo de dispensación en la farmacia osciló entre 2 y 10 minutos. El tiempo pasado con los pacientes no estuvo afectado por el género (p=0,087), ligeramente afectado por la nacionalidad (p=0,04), y altamente afectado por la edad (p=0,002), aumentando hacia los mayores farmacéuticos, que pasaban más tiempo que los jóvenes. La ...

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“…Educational intervention is part of pharmacotherapy follow‐up and contributes to better clinical outcomes as pharmaceutical interventions can enhance adherence to treatment . A retrospective study in Sweden showed that follow‐up interventions led to a better‐perceived outcome in 46.3% of cases …”

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Pharmacotherapy follow-up: Role in active malaria surveillance in a travel medicine centre outside the transmission area in Brazil

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Follow-up of patients receiving a pharmaceutical care service in Sweden

Abstract: This study demonstrates that the total number of patients enrolled in a PC service predicts whether follow-up evaluations will take place or not more than do patient characteristics.

Cited by 17 publications

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Counselling behaviour and content in a pharmaceutical care service in Swedish community pharmacies

Counselling behaviour and content in a pharmaceutical care service in Swedish community pharmacies

Evaluation of the community pharmacist´s behavior towards a prescription of antidiabetic and antiasthma drugs

Pharmacotherapy follow-up: Role in active malaria surveillance in a travel medicine centre outside the transmission area in Brazil

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