The contribution of goal specificity to goal achievement in collaborative goal setting for the management of asthma

How do community pharmacists conceptualise and operationalise self-care support of long-term conditions (LTCs)? An English cross-sectional survey

“…Other barriers to providing self‐care support should be addressed similarly by recognising and understanding how they are perceived by pharmacists and developing appropriate evidence‐based interventions to tackle them. Despite these barriers, some studies have demonstrated that many aspects of self‐care support of LTCs could be implemented in routine community pharmacy . This study showed that community pharmacists recognise the importance of providing many of the self‐care support activities and this presents a unique opportunity for the profession to re‐examine and develop a coherent strategy to address these barriers.…”

“…[16] Recent studies have, however, provided evidence that pharmacists can routinely help patients with LTCs to set and achieve specific LTC goals if collaborative goal setting is incorporated into community pharmacy's routine strategy for managing LTCs. [42] Pharmaceutical care planning, a key stage in the chronic medication service (CMS) provided by community pharmacists in Scotland [43] has shown some promise and may be an important model to improve community pharmacy's involvement in collaborative care planning and ongoing patient care.…”

A qualitative study exploring community pharmacists' awareness of, and contribution to, self-care support in the management of long-term conditions in the United Kingdom

“…However, a recent study provided evidence that pharmacists can help patients with asthma to set and achieve their asthma management goals if collaborative goal setting is incorporated into community pharmacy's strategy for managing asthma. 85 Also, proactive follow-up is an essential part of collaborative care planning, to review and reinforce goals set with patients. Yet, this study found that it is not undertaken routinely and systematically in community pharmacy, unless a service such as the NMS was being provided.…”

A pharmacy asthma service achieves a change in patient responses from increased awareness to taking responsibility for their asthma

“…[22,23,28] For example, participants highlighted a change in their attitude towards the use of preventer medications, and their clinical outcomes reflected this, with an increase in preventer use and asthma control at the end of the service. Further, they also reported an increased awareness and understanding of asthma and its management, especially on completion of the service.…”