The impact of pharmacist intervention on the use of activated vitamin D in a tertiary referral hospital in Malaysia

Siow, Jing Yong; Lai, Pauline Siew Mei; Chua, Siew Siang; Chan, Siew Pheng

doi:10.1211/ijpp.17.05.0008

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“…Yet there is evidence for pharmacist-based interventions improving health. Specifically, success has been reported with pharmacist-based interventions for medication adherence,23 medication misuse,24 medication disposal,25 diabetes management,26 stroke prevention,27 blood pressure control,28 vaccinations,11 and disease management 29. Further, pharmacy settings have a well-known community presence, and a major role in medication adherence, drug interaction/adversity education, and medication issues 30.…”

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Alcohol and prescription drug safety in older adults

Zanjani

Hoogland

Downer³

2013

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BackgroundThe objectives of this study were to investigate older adults’ knowledge of prescription drug safety and interactions with alcohol, and to identify pharmacists’ willingness to disseminate prescription drug safety information to older adults.MethodsThe convenience sample consisted of 48 older adults aged 54–89 years who were recruited from a local pharmacy and who completed surveys addressing their alcohol consumption, understanding of alcohol and prescription drug interactions, and willingness to change habits regarding alcohol consumption and prescription drugs. To address pharmacist willingness, 90 pharmacists from local pharmacies volunteered and answered questions regarding their willingness to convey prescription drug safety information to older adults.ResultsOlder adults reported low knowledge of alcohol and prescription drug safety, with women tending to be slightly more knowledgeable. More importantly, those who drank in the previous few months were less willing to talk to family and friends about how alcohol can have harmful interactions with prescription drugs, or to be an advocate for safe alcohol and prescription drug use than those who had not had a drink recently. Pharmacists reported that they were willing to convey prescription drug safety information to older adults via a variety of formats, including displaying or distributing a flyer, and directly administering a brief intervention.ConclusionIn this study, older adults were found to have inadequate knowledge of prescription drug safety and interactions with alcohol, but pharmacists who regularly come in contact with older adults indicated that they were ready and willing to talk to older adults about prescription drug safety. Future research should focus on interventions whereby pharmacists disseminate prescription drug safety information to older adults in order to improve healthy prescription drug and alcohol behavior and reduce medical and health costs associated with interactions between alcohol and prescription drugs.

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Alcohol and prescription drug safety in older adults

Zanjani

Hoogland

Downer³

2013

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The effect of pharmacist-provided non-dispensing services on patient outcomes, health service utilisation and costs in low- and middle-income countries

Pande

Hiller

Nkansah

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The impact of pharmacist interventions on osteoporosis management: a systematic review

2011

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SummaryWe completed a systematic review of the literature to examine the impact of pharmacist interventions in improving osteoporosis management. Results from randomized controlled trials suggest that pharmacist interventions may improve bone mineral density testing and calcium intake among patients at high risk for osteoporosis.IntroductionPharmacists play a key role in many healthcare systems by helping patients manage chronic diseases. We completed a systematic review of the literature to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that have examined the impact of pharmacy interventions in narrowing two gaps in osteoporosis management: identifying at-risk individuals and improving adherence to therapy.MethodsWe searched the electronic databases of EMBASE, HealthStar, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, MEDLINE, and PubMed from database development to April 2010, examined grey literature, and completed manual searches of reference lists to identify English-language research that examined osteoporosis management interventions within pharmacy practice. Results from RCTs were abstracted and assessed for bias.ResultsWe identified 25 studies that examined pharmacist interventions in osteoporosis management: 16 cohort, 5 cross-sectional, 1 historical/ecological control, and 3 RCTs. RCT interventions included osteoporosis educational and counseling programs, screening by pharmacists based on risk factor assessment or bone mineral density testing, and physician contact or recommendations for patients to follow-up with a general practitioner. Results from the three RCTs suggest that pharmacist interventions may improve bone mineral density testing (targeted screening) and calcium intake among patients at high risk for osteoporosis. However, two of the three RCTs had high risk of bias, and no study examined the impact of pharmacist intervention on osteoporosis treatment adherence.ConclusionsData support the potential role for pharmacists to help reduce gaps in osteoporosis management through improved identification of high-risk patients. More research is needed to examine pharmacist interventions on osteoporosis treatment adherence.

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The impact of pharmacist intervention on the use of activated vitamin D in a tertiary referral hospital in Malaysia

Cited by 5 publications

References 17 publications

Alcohol and prescription drug safety in older adults

Alcohol and prescription drug safety in older adults

The effect of pharmacist-provided non-dispensing services on patient outcomes, health service utilisation and costs in low- and middle-income countries

The impact of pharmacist interventions on osteoporosis management: a systematic review

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