Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Community Pharmacists towards Cognitive Pharmaceutical Care Services in Tamil Nadu, India

Deepalakshmi, M; Devipriya, T.; Arun, KP; Ponnusankar, Sivasankaran

doi:10.4172/pharmaceutical-sciences.1000192

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“…Subsequently, only 10% of the respondents would contact their patients’ medical doctors to discuss the need to change the patients’ medication regimens when appropriate and only half of these respondents documented their interventions. These findings are similar with a study in India where majority of the community pharmacists did not contact the patients’ medical doctors on prescription issues [ 43 ]. A previous study in Malaysia also found that almost all (98.9%) the medical doctors in private clinics never had any interactions with community pharmacists [ 44 ].…”

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The extent and barriers in providing pharmaceutical care services by community pharmacists in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study

Loh

Chua

Karuppannan

2021

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background Since the introduction of pharmaceutical care concept by Hepler and Strand in 1990, community pharmacists worldwide have been realigning their roles from being product-focused to patient-orientated to improve patient's quality of life. The objectives of this study were to determine the type of services, with emphasis on the extent of pharmaceutical care services provided by community pharmacists and the barriers in providing such services in Malaysia. Methods A cross-sectional observational study was conducted using an online questionnaire. Community pharmacists in Malaysia were invited to participate in the study via emails. The questionnaire was structured based on the Malaysian Community Pharmacy Benchmarking Guidelines, the five practice principles of pharmaceutical care by the American Pharmacists Association and other studies. The online questionnaire was opened for 6 months, from April to September 2018. A reminder to participate was sent via email to the community pharmacists every fortnight. Results A total of 420 community pharmacists responded to the online questionnaire. Besides essential services such as treatment for minor illness, medicine dispensing and counselling, most of the respondents were providing health screening and monitoring (99.5%), selection and recommendation of health supplements (90.5%), patient medication review (68.8%), weight management (52.4%) and counselling on smoking cessation (51.0%). More than half (53.3%) of the respondents reported that they were providing pharmaceutical care services to patients with chronic diseases. Based on the practice principles of pharmaceutical care, the respondents were involved in patients' data collection (23.3%), medical information evaluation (18.6%), formulating a drug therapy plan (9.3%), implementing a drug therapy plan (4.5%), and monitoring and modifying the plan (18.3%). Lack of separation between prescribing and dispensing was perceived as the main barrier to the implementation of pharmaceutical care services by a majority of the respondents (84.0%). Conclusions The present study found that pharmaceutical care services provided by community pharmacists in Malaysia were inadequate compared to international practice principles. Areas that need improvement included collaboration with patients' other health care providers; more proactive management of patient's medicine regimen; having proper patient monitoring and follow-up mechanisms, and documentation.

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The extent and barriers in providing pharmaceutical care services by community pharmacists in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study

Loh

Chua

Karuppannan

2021

BMC Health Serv Res

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“…The high tendency of the participants of this study towards the dispensing activities is in line with a study from India that reports almost 78% of the respondents identified dispensing as the sole responsibility of a pharmacist (16) . The medication errors that may take place due to the illegibility of prescriptions have been an important concern, as more than one-third of community pharmacists who participated in a survey considered it as one of the contributing parameters in medication errors (17) .…”

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Attitude towards professional practice among community pharmacists’ in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Objectives: This study was directed to evaluate community pharmacists’ attitudes towards professional practice and determine their observed competence in various pharmaceutical activities. Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted in the city of Kuala Lumpur. The questionnaire contained 40 questions splitted into six sections that addressed several aspects of practice and demographic information. The study was involved in 223 licensed pharmacists who work in community pharmacies. Data were analyzed by using SPSS. Chi-square and Pearson’s correlation tests were used for statistical significance for dichotomous data. Key findings: Among the 233 respondents in managerial activities, 194 (87%) achieved the score good, and 5 (2.2%) had the score poor. In dispensing activities, 199 (89.2%) achieved the score good, and 5 (2.2%) had the score poor. In pharmaceutical care activities, 209 (93.7%) got the score good, and 4 (1.8%) got the score poor. In inter/intra professional activities, 108 (48.4%) got the score good, and 10 (4.5%) got the score poor. In public health activities, 153 (68.6%) got the score good, and 6 (2.7%) got the score poor whereas in the maintenance of competency activities, 160 (71.7%) got the score good, and 3 (1.3%) got the score poor. Conclusions: The highest of participants got a good attitude was 93.7% for pharmaceutical care activities while the highest of participants got poor attitude was 4.5% for inter/intra professional activities. The majority of the participants are accepting the activities to maintain competence.

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“…Only 10% (42) of the respondents would contact their patients' medical doctors to discuss the need to change the patients' medication regimens when appropriate and only half of these respondents documented their interventions. These ndings are similar to that of a study in India where a majority of the community pharmacists did not contact the patients' medical doctors on prescription issues [44]. A previous study in Malaysia also found that almost all (98.9%) the medical doctors in private clinics never had any interactions with community pharmacists [45].…”

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confidence: 87%

The Extent and Barriers in Providing Pharmaceutical Care Services by Community Pharmacists in Malaysia: a Cross-sectional Study

Loh

Chua

Karuppannan

2020

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Background: Since the introduction of pharmaceutical care concept by Hepler and Strand in 1990, community pharmacists worldwide have been realigning their roles from being product-focused to patient-orientated to improve patient's quality of life. The objectives of this study were to determine the type of services, with emphasis on the extent of pharmaceutical care services provided by community pharmacists and the barriers in providing such services in Malaysia.Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted using an online questionnaire. Community pharmacists in Malaysia were invited to participate in the study via emails. The questionnaire was structured based on the Malaysian Community Pharmacy Benchmarking Guidelines, the five practice principles of pharmaceutical care by the American Pharmacists Association and other studies. The online questionnaire was opened for 6 months, from April to September 2018. A reminder to participate was sent via email to the community pharmacists every fortnight.Results: A total of 420 community pharmacists responded to the online questionnaire. Besides essential services such as treatment for minor illness, medicine dispensing and counselling, most of the respondents were providing health screening and monitoring (99.5%), selection and recommendation of health supplements (90.5%), patient medication review (68.8%), weight management (52.4%) and counselling on smoking cessation (51.0%). More than half (53.3%) of the respondents reported that they were providing pharmaceutical care services to patients with chronic diseases. Based on the practice principles of pharmaceutical care, the respondents were involved in patients' data collection (23.3%), medical information evaluation (18.6%), formulating a drug therapy plan (9.3%), implementing a drug therapy plan (4.5%), and monitoring and modifying the plan (18.3%). Lack of separation between prescribing and dispensing was perceived as the main barrier to the implementation of pharmaceutical care services by a majority of the respondents (84.0%).Conclusions: The present study found that pharmaceutical care services provided by community pharmacists in Malaysia were inadequate in comparison with international practice principles. Areas that need improvement included collaboration with patients' other health care providers; more proactive management of patient's medicine regimen; having proper patient monitoring and follow-up mechanisms, and documentation.

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Community Pharmacists towards Cognitive Pharmaceutical Care Services in Tamil Nadu, India

Cited by 7 publications

References 5 publications

The extent and barriers in providing pharmaceutical care services by community pharmacists in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study

The extent and barriers in providing pharmaceutical care services by community pharmacists in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study

Attitude towards professional practice among community pharmacists’ in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The Extent and Barriers in Providing Pharmaceutical Care Services by Community Pharmacists in Malaysia: a Cross-sectional Study

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