Employing the nominal group technique to explore the views of pharmacists, pharmacy assistants and women on community pharmacy weight management services and educational resources†

Fakih, Souhiela; Marriott, Jennifer Lillian; Hussainy, Safeera Yasmeen

doi:10.1111/ijpp.12218

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“…Nonetheless, pharmacists’ and GPs’ attitudes towards extended services in this review reflected international findings, where pharmacists in North America, Asia, Australasia, South America and Europe were also enthusiastic towards the concept of providing extended services (Dosea et al., ; Fang, Yang, Feng, Ni, & Zhang, ; Kinsey, Scahill, Bye, & Harrison, ; Kjome, Sandberg, & Granas, ; Schindel et al., ). Moreover, lack of awareness (Bjorkman, Viberg, Rydberg, & Stalsby Lundborg, ; Fakih, Marriott, & Hussainy, ; Freeman, Cottrell, Kyle, Williams, & Nissen, ; Wibowo, Sunderland, & Hughes, ), issues with community pharmacy premises (Babiker, Carson, & Awaisu, ; Bjorkman et al., ; Donald et al., ; Gray, Chamberlain, & Morris, ; Hattingh, Emmerton, Ng Cheong Tin, & Green, ; Murphy et al., ), lack of management support (Casserlie & Mager, ; Donald et al., ; Kinsey et al., ; Tsao et al., ; Watkins, McKee, Hughes, & Pfeiffenberger, ) and remuneration (Donald et al., ; Gray et al., ; Kinsey et al., ; Watkins et al., ) have also been found in other countries. Many pharmacists elsewhere also stressed the need for sufficient pharmacy staff (Casserlie & Mager, ; Gray et al., ; Kinsey et al., ; Murphy et al., ; Tsao et al., ), and pharmacists’(Donald et al., ; Jorgenson, Laubscher, Lyons, & Palmer, ; Watkins et al., ; Wibowo et al., ) and GPs’ (Bryant, Coster, Gamble, & McCormick, ; Dhillon et al., ; Tan, Stewart, Elliott, & George, ) views confirmed poor engagement between pharmacists and GPs.…”

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Solidarity or dissonance? A systematic review of pharmacist and GP views on community pharmacy services in the UK

Hindi

Jacobs

Schafheutle

2018

Health Soc Care Community

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There has been a strong policy emphasis over the past decade on optimising patient-centred care and reducing general practitioners' (GPs') workload by extending community pharmacy services and collaboration between pharmacists and GPs. Our aim was to review current evidence of pharmacists' and GPs' views of extended community pharmacy services and pharmacists' roles in the United Kingdom (UK). A systematic review was undertaken looking at UK studies investigating pharmacists' and/or GPs' views of community pharmacy services or roles from 2005 to 2017. A range of databases were searched including EMBASE, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA), PsycINFO, Science Direct and The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL). In addition, reference lists of included studies were screened and grey literature was searched. Following the application of inclusion/exclusion criteria, the quality of papers was critically analysed, findings were extracted into a grid and subjected to narrative synthesis following thematic analysis. The search strategy yielded a total of 4,066 unique papers from which 60 were included. Forty-seven papers covered pharmacists' views, nine combined both pharmacists' and GPs' views and four covered GPs' views. Study designs included interviews (n = 31, 52%), questionnaire surveys (n = 17, 28%) and focus groups (n = 7, 12%). Three main themes emerged from the data: "attitudes towards services/roles", "community pharmacy organisations" and "external influences". Pharmacists and GPs perceived a number of barriers to successful implementation and integration of pharmacy services. Moreover, collaboration between pharmacists and GPs remains poor despite the introduction of extended services. Overall, extending community pharmacy services require quality-driven incentives and joint working between community pharmacists and GPs to achieve better integration within the patient's primary care pathway.

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Solidarity or dissonance? A systematic review of pharmacist and GP views on community pharmacy services in the UK

Hindi

Jacobs

Schafheutle

2018

Health Soc Care Community

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“…Importantly, previous research has reported that modest weight loss (3–5 kg), such as that achieved in this scoping review, can improve surrogate markers of cardiovascular disease . Moreover, studies examining the perceptions of patients, obesity experts and pharmacists and other pharmacy team members revealed a positive perception of pharmacists’ role in weight and obesity management …”

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Weight management counselling among community pharmacists: a scoping review

Rosenthal

Ward

Teng

et al. 2018

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

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“…18 This process has been shown to be a valid methodology to achieve consensus of participants in healthcare research, including research of opinions regarding community pharmacy. [19][20][21] The 12 participants in two focus groups were registered pharmacists recruited using notices in newsletters of professional organisations. The participants included seven pharmacists working in community practice, two pharmacists working in hospital practice, two pharmacists performing medication reviews (a further three pharmacists were credentialed to do reviews) and one pharmacist working as a practice development pharmacist with a professional association.…”

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Identification of major factors in Australian primary care pharmacists’ practice environment that have a bearing on the implementation of professional models of practice

Jackson

Hussainy

Kirkpatrick

2017

Aust. Health Review

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Objective The aim of the present study was to describe an environmental framework for pharmacists in primary care in Australia and determine the major factors within that environment that have the greatest bearing on their capacity to implement patient-focused models of professional practice. Methods A draft framework for pharmacists' practice was developed by allocating structures, systems and related factors known to the researchers or identified from the literature as existing within pharmacists' internal, operational and external environments to one of five domains: Social, Technological, Economic, Environmental or Political [STEEP]. Focus groups of pharmacists used an adapted nominal group technique to assess the draft and add factors where necessary. Where applicable, factors were consolidated into groups to establish a revised framework. The three major factors or groups in each domain were identified. The results were compared with the enabling factors described in the profession's vision statement. Results Seventy-eight individual factors were ultimately identified, with 86% able to be grouped. The three dominant groups in each of the five domains that had a bearing on the implementation of professional models of practice were as follows: (1) Social: the education of pharmacists, their beliefs and the capacity of the pharmacist workforce; (2) Technological: current and future practice models, technology and workplace structures; (3) Economic: funding of services, the viability of practice and operation of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme; (4) Environmental: attitudes and expectations of stakeholders, including consumers, health system reform and external competition; and (5) Political: regulation of practice, representation of the profession and policies affecting practice. Conclusions The three dominant groups of factors in each of the five STEEP environmental domains, which have a bearing on pharmacists' capacity to implement patient-focused models of practice, correlate well with the enabling factors identified in the profession's vision statement, with the addition of three factors in the Environmental domain of stakeholder attitudes, health system reform and external competition. What is known about the topic? The extensive range of patient-focused professional programs developed for application by pharmacists in primary care in Australia has yet to be widely implemented. What does this paper add? Factors both within and beyond the pharmacists' immediate practice environment that have a bearing on the uptake of professional programs have been identified and prioritised using a structured thematic approach. What are the implications for practitioners? The results demonstrate the need for a multifactorial approach to the implementation of professional models of practice in this setting.

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Employing the nominal group technique to explore the views of pharmacists, pharmacy assistants and women on community pharmacy weight management services and educational resources†

Abstract: Pharmacists, pharmacy assistants and women feel that community pharmacies have a definite role to play in weight management. Pharmacy-specific weight management educational resources that are readily available to pharmacy staff and women are highly desirable.

Cited by 17 publications

References 25 publications

Solidarity or dissonance? A systematic review of pharmacist and GP views on community pharmacy services in the UK

Solidarity or dissonance? A systematic review of pharmacist and GP views on community pharmacy services in the UK

Weight management counselling among community pharmacists: a scoping review

Identification of major factors in Australian primary care pharmacists’ practice environment that have a bearing on the implementation of professional models of practice

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