Perceptions and expectations of health care providers towards clinical pharmacy services in a mental health hospital in Qatar

Eltorki, Yassin; Abdallah, Oraib; Omar, Nabil E.; Zolezzi, Monica

doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2019.03.018

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“…Throughout the United States, pharmacists have crafted interventions designed to prevent, identify, and manage opioid misuse and abuse [35]. Also, Eltorki et.al, 2019 reported that physicians and nurses have mostly positive perceptions and expectations from clinical pharmacists at the psychiatric hospital [36]. In Australia, The Pharmaceutical Society's Mental Healthcare Framework recognizes pharmacists as primary health care professionals who have an important role to play within MH care.…”

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Psychiatric Pharmacy: New Role of Pharmacists in Mental Health

Mohiuddin¹

2019

SARJPS

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Psychiatric disorders are one of the major causes of global burden of diseases. Stigma remains a major impediment in the delivery of mental healthcare. It has been found across various studies that attitudes of doctors of other specialties and other healthcare professionals also contribute to stigma due to their lack of knowledge and awareness about psychiatry and mental health problems. The number of mental health professionals remains abysmally low. Community pharmacists are accessible, knowledgeable, and capable of providing mental health promotion and care in communities. This may not be a role that is recognized by the public, and men in particular. However, psychotherapy paired with medication is the most effective way to promote recovery. Examples include: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Exposure Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, etc. Pharmacists can play a key role by providing mental health medication management support to improve access and address patients' mental health needs.

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Psychiatric Pharmacy: New Role of Pharmacists in Mental Health

Mohiuddin¹

2019

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“…Throughout the US, pharmacists have crafted intercessionsdesigned to prevent, identify, and manage opioid misuse and abuse [227]. Also, Eltorki et.al, 2019 reported that physicians and nurses have mostly positive perceptions and confidencefrom clinical pharmacists at the psychiatric hospital [228]. In Australia, The Pharmaceutical Society's Mental Healthcare Framework admits pharmacists as primary health care professionals who have a significant role to play within MH care.…”

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Clinical Pharmacists in Chronic Care

Mohiuddin¹

2019

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Pharmacy practice has changed significantly lately. The professionals have the chance to contribute straightforwardly to patient consideration so as to lessen morbimortality identified with medication use, promoting wellbeing and preventing diseases. Healthcare organizations worldwide are under substantial pressure from increasing patient demand. Unfortunately, a cure is not always possible particularly in this era of chronic complications, and the role of physicians has become limited to controlling and palliating symptoms.The increasing population of patients with longterm conditions are associated with high levels of morbidity, healthcare costs and GP workloads. Clinical pharmacy took over an aspect of medical care that had been partially abandoned by physicians. Overburdened by patient loads and the explosion of new drugs, physicians turned to pharmacists more and more for drug information, especially within institutional settings. Once relegated to counting and pouring, pharmacists headed institutional reviews of drug utilization and served as consultants to all types of health-care facilities. In addition, when clinical pharmacists are active members of the care team, they enhance proficiency by: Providing critical input on medicine use and dosing. Working with patients to solve problems with their medications and improve compliance.

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“… 30 In Qatar, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) incorporated clinical pharmacy services (CPS) at most settings (inpatient, outpatient and community) as of January 2014. 31 In the United Arab Emirates, more clinical pharmacy training programs have been put in place to meet the high demand for pharmacists in the country. In October 2008, Gulf Medical University launched the Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program to meet the high need of clinical pharmacy activities.…”

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Applicability of American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) competencies to clinical pharmacy practice in Egypt

Khalil

Elberry

Hussein

et al. 2020

Pharm Pract (Granada)

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Background: The American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) prepared clinical pharmacist competencies that have specific recommendations. Recently, many efforts to advance clinical pharmacy services in Egypt exist. The literature revealed that no country has assessed the extent of applicability of ACCP competencies in its current pharmacy practice setting. Egyptian pharmacists can provide feedback about applicability of such competencies in clinical pharmacy settings in Egypt. Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the extent to which ACCP competencies were implemented by Egyptian clinical pharmacists and therefore evaluate development of clinical pharmacy practice in Egypt. The study also investigated factors affecting the applicability of such competencies in the current clinical pharmacy practice setting in Egypt. Methods: Four hundred and ninety-five randomly selected clinical pharmacists from several hospitals were invited to participate in a cross sectional survey using a self-administered validated questionnaire composed of 31 questions classified into six domains. This questionnaire was designed to determine the pharmacists’ perception about applicability of ACCP competencies to clinical pharmacy practice in Egypt. Results: The response rate was 64% as 317 out of 495 pharmacists completed the questionnaire. These pharmacists were categorized according to age; gender; qualifications; years of previous work experience, years since BSc. and type of hospitals they are currently working at. Analysis of data revealed the professionalism domain to have the highest percentage of acceptance among pharmacists, while the system-based care & population health domain had the lowest percentage of acceptance. Results also showed that qualifications of participants did not affect their response in three domains; “Direct Patient Care”, “Systems-based Care & Population Health” and “Continuing Professional Development” (p=0.082, 0.081, 0.060), respectively. Nevertheless, qualifications of participants did affect their response in the other three domains; “Pharmacotherapy Knowledge”, “Communication” and “Professionalism” (p<0.05). The age of pharmacists, gender, years of previous work experience, and graduation year did not affect their responses in all six domains. The type of hospital they are currently working at, though, affected their responses where, there was a highly statistically significant increase of the mean score of all domains among participants working at the NGOs/private hospitals compared to governmental hospitals (p<0.001). Conclusions: Egyptian pharmacists generally apply high percentage of ACCP competencies but the provided clinical pharmacy services need to be improved through applying the standards of best practice.

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Perceptions and expectations of health care providers towards clinical pharmacy services in a mental health hospital in Qatar

Cited by 17 publications

References 19 publications

Psychiatric Pharmacy: New Role of Pharmacists in Mental Health

Psychiatric Pharmacy: New Role of Pharmacists in Mental Health

Clinical Pharmacists in Chronic Care

Applicability of American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) competencies to clinical pharmacy practice in Egypt

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