Prevalence of drug-related problems in self-medication in Danish community pharmacies

Frøkjær, Bente; Bolvig, Tina; Griese, Nina; Herborg, Hanne; Rossing, Charlotte

doi:10.24926/iip.v3i4.277

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“…The finding was approximate to that reported by Hassali et al [14] in Malaysia (62.7%). As for personal behavior if experienced adverse reactions with medicines, 60.4% and 26.5% of the participants said that they consult treating doctor and pharmacist respectively, this is in accordance with a study conducted in Danish population which revealed that 73% and 35.2% consulting doctor and pharmacist respectively if experienced adverse reactions [15].…”

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Self-Medication among Adults in Minia, Egypt: A Cross Sectional Community-Based Study

Ghazawy¹

2017

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Self-medication may be associated with side effects and increases the chance of drug interactions and also affects the adherence to treatment and quality of life. This study aims at determining the pattern of self-medication, identifying knowledge, attitude and self-reported practices concerning the usage of the drugs and identifying demographic factors that could influence self-medication practices among the general population in El-Minia, Egypt. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 422 randomly selected adults using a multi-stage random sampling technique. Data were collected by using a structured interview questionnaire. Respondents who had practiced some sort of self-medication during the past month were 73% of the sample. The commonest cause of self-medication, illness, was perceived as minor (59.7%). The most common perceived illness for self-medication was common cold (90.6%). Older respondents (>40 years) were about twice more likely to practice self-medication than younger ones. Similarly, professionals in their work were 3.4 times more likely to practice self-medication than unemployed individuals. Self-medication is a relatively frequent problem in Minia and interventions at different levels are required.

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Self-Medication among Adults in Minia, Egypt: A Cross Sectional Community-Based Study

Ghazawy¹

2017

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“…The earlier German study documented DRPs in 17.6% of all cases [21]. The earlier Danish study documented DRPs in 21.0% of OTC medication customers [13]. Both studies showed a higher occurrence of identified DRPs in OTC medication customers than this study.…”

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“…In an earlier Danish study mapping DRPs in OTC medication customers, identified by pharmacy technicians and community pharmacists, the most frequent counselling subjects were "counselling on self-medication", "personal care" and "recommendation of a drug/product" [13]. There are similarities between the findings in the two Danish studies because "counselling on self-medication" can cover both of the following subjects: "drug/product use" and "effect of the drug", which were the two most frequent counselling subjects for customers requesting OTC medication or presenting a symptom in this study.…”

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Pharmacy Technicians’ Contribution to Counselling at Community Pharmacies in Denmark

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(1) Background: pharmacy technicians are the largest group of staff at Danish community pharmacies and play a vital role in counselling customers on prescription medication, over-the-counter (OTC) medication and non-medical products. This is the first study carried out to specifically analyse how they contribute to counselling and identification of drug-related problems (DRPs) at Danish community pharmacies. (2) Methods: seventy-six pharmacy technicians from 38 community pharmacies registered data on all of their customer visits for five days, over a four-week period, between January and March 2019. Data were analysed in SPSS version 24. (3) Results: 58.9% of all registered customers (n = 10,417) received counselling. They identified DRPs for 15.8% of all registered customers (n = 2800). Counselling by pharmacy technicians solved, or partially solved, problems for 70.4% of customers with DRPs. Pharmacy technicians estimated that 25.2% of customers receiving counselling (n = 2621) were saved a visit to the general practitioner (GP). (4) Conclusions: as community pharmacists get more involved in complex services, it would be necessary to expand the roles of pharmacy technicians. Pharmacy technicians contribute to medication safety via counselling, and identifying and handling DRPs for all customers. This study documents the role of pharmacy technicians in customer counselling at Danish community pharmacies. It provides evidence to researchers and policy makers to support discussions on the future role of pharmacy technicians at community pharmacies.

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“…Other relevant study conducted in Danish reveals a potential of CPs to document DRPs among customers who request for over-the-counter medication, demonstrating a list of DRPs such as inappropriate choice of self-medication, adverse medication events, duplicate medication therapy, interaction between medications, medication is taken too long or too short, contraindication and wrong use of medication [37]. The outcome of the study is the same as our study when the spectrum of those DRPs is also identified among our control patients who ask for self-medication.…”

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Starz-Drp: A Tool for Pharmacy Triage Services

Nordin

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Hassali

2017

Asian J Pharm Clin Res

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Objective: The aims of this study are to demonstrate a feasibility study, using an approach, known as STARZ-DRP to counsel people about health complaints and identify drug-related problem (DRPs).Methods: This study involved community pharmacists (CPs) in the state of Penang, Malaysia, randomly selected as study and control groups, recruiting patients to involve in this study according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, excepting for control group which were conducted by trained interviewers. The patients had to involve in two-phase study, baseline and post-study. The study pharmacists had been trained to follow the framework known as STARZ-DRP.Results: Nine CPs agreed to involve in this study, were randomly selected as study (n=5) and control (n=4), recruiting 617 and 636 patients (study, control) accordingly. More male (study = 52.7%; control = 58.2%) were recruited. Cough (study = 23.0%) and nasal problem (control = 29.9%) were indicated as the highest chief complaint by the patients. 81.8% and 37.1% of study and control patients should be referred to general practitioners. Significant differences were observed when comparing the mean ± standard deviation of DRPs between the groups and baseline versus post-study. Conclusion:STARZ-DRP is promoted as a tool to make triaging decision with evidence base at community pharmacy settings.

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Prevalence of drug-related problems in self-medication in Danish community pharmacies

Cited by 14 publications

References 18 publications

Self-Medication among Adults in Minia, Egypt: A Cross Sectional Community-Based Study

Self-Medication among Adults in Minia, Egypt: A Cross Sectional Community-Based Study

Pharmacy Technicians’ Contribution to Counselling at Community Pharmacies in Denmark

Starz-Drp: A Tool for Pharmacy Triage Services

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