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The development of Oral Cancer Therapies (OAT) raises the question of the therapeutic adherence of patients, put in difficulty by the isolation of the patient in the management of treatment and adverse reactions. Accompanying processes are developing, such as Pharmaceutical Consultations (PC), whose monitoring and education objectives are multiple. The PCs and their implementation are presented here, as well as the first results at 15months. The scope of the PCs was first defined, as well as their organization and supporting documents. A patient's medication history is carried out before the PC, then analyzed. The initial PC incorporates a discussion about patient's health habits, followed by information on the OAT, which is closed by the delivery of a follow-up diary. The follow-up PCs, distributed over the course of the first year following the initiation, allow to correct the erroneous knowledge of the patient, to support him in his difficulties and to detect any adverse effects. From May 2019 to August 2020, 81.2% of the 32 patients who initiated OAT took part in CP. A pharmacotherapeutic problem is encountered in 65.4% of them and a drug interaction with alternative or complementary medicines in 62.5% of patients which consuming. The PCs developed provide new elements compared to the recommendations and provide support for patients with toxicities that weaken their medical care throughout their care pathway.
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Farmácia , Humanos , Masculino , Preparações Farmacêuticas , Encaminhamento e Consulta , Assistência ao Paciente , Hospitais de EnsinoRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: Patients treated with oral anticoagulants need an adapted education in order to optimize the management of these treatments. The objective was to assess the knowledge of patients before and after a pharmaceutical interview carried out by pharmacy students on digital tablets at the hospital. METHODS: A prospective study took place in the cardiology department, with a first phase from December 2016 to June 2018. Patient's knowledge were assessed during a pharmaceutical interview; additional informations were done for unacquired concepts. The second phase took place in October 2018, and patient's knowledge were assessed during a phone call for patients who had at least given one wrong answer on the four selected questions. RESULTS: Sixty-eight and twenty-two patients were included respectively for phases 1 and 2 (mean age=70±3.4; treatments number=8.2±0.9). 36 patients were treated by Vitamin K antagonists and 32 by direct oral anticoagulants. 57% of patients with oral anticoagulants gave a good answer for principles of the treatment and the surveillance during phase 1, and 33% for signs of overdose. A significant improvement for the 22 patients with poor knowledge was observed in phase 2 (1.73 vs. 2.5; P=0.006). CONCLUSIONS: The playful interview improves the patient's knowledge over time. Developing the relationship between the hospital and community pharmacists would allow us to optimize the patient follow-up.
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Anticoagulantes , Farmacêuticos , Administração Oral , Idoso , Anticoagulantes/efeitos adversos , Anticoagulantes/uso terapêutico , Hospitais , Humanos , Preparações Farmacêuticas , Estudos Prospectivos , Vitamina KRESUMO
The evolution of patient management has led the pharmacist to change gear and get closer to the patient. To better ensure these missions, several educational and support programs have emerged: "Advice", "consultations" and "pharmaceutical interviews", "shared medication report" or "therapeutic patient education", all these programs are intended "guarantee the best conditions for initiation, monitoring and compliance as well as evaluation of treatment", taking into account the wishes and needs of patients. Although these programs have similarities, there are significant differences (i.e. regulatory, functional, organisational, educational). The aim here is to clarify the various support programs in order to better know their fields of application and put them into practice.
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Administração dos Cuidados ao Paciente/organização & administração , Farmacêuticos , Farmácia , Humanos , Educação de Pacientes como Assunto , Encaminhamento e ConsultaRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: The oral route is becoming increasingly important in the panel of anti-cancer therapeutics, but it generates difficulties (adherence, management of adverse effects...). In order to secure medication management, the pharmaceutic team chose to set up pharmaceutical consultations. Its objectives are multiple: understanding of treatment for better adherence, pharmaceutical analysis, enhancement of the city-hospital link. This work presents the setting up of the pharmaceutical consultations and makes an assessment after one year. METHODS: The initial step was a meeting with institutional health professionals who work with patients to define the place, the objectives, and the patients targeted by the pharmaceutical consultation. The targeted patients are all patients receiving temozolomide and some patients initiating oral chemotherapy, considered at risk, on medical solicitation. Documents were created to standardize practices in the team from the collection of information and pharmaceutical analysis until the conduct of the consultation and the consultation report (integrated into the computerized patient's medical file). Activity indicators were defined and collected. RESULTS: Over one year, 65 pharmaceutical consultations were conducted, of which 23 % resulted in pharmaceutical interventions. The average duration of consultation was 34minutes. The whole team (four pharmacists and two residents) was involved in this activity. CONCLUSIONS: Pharmaceutical consultations help secure medical care of patients, providing tools, dedicated and personalized time, pharmaceutical analysis, etc. Ultimately, the goal is to accompany the patient throughout his treatment by having follow-up pharmaceutical consultations, in collaboration with community pharmacists thanks to the city-hospital link that we have established.
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Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Neoplasias/tratamento farmacológico , Encaminhamento e Consulta , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Antineoplásicos Alquilantes/administração & dosagem , Antineoplásicos Alquilantes/uso terapêutico , Prestação Integrada de Cuidados de Saúde , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Oncologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Equipe de Assistência ao Paciente , Farmacêuticos , Temozolomida/administração & dosagem , Temozolomida/uso terapêuticoRESUMO
In accordance with the recommendations of the HPST law of 21st July 2009, the retail pharmacists heavily put a lot into new missions, concerning as well prevention and screening as therapeutic education of patient. In that context, two types of pharmaceutical conversations relative to patient's therapeutic training were primarily planned : the first one concerns patients with thrombosis' risk treated by oral anticoagulants (antivitamin K or direct oral anticoagulant), whereas the second one is intended to asthmatics cured by corticoids' inhalation. Then the publication in 2017 and 2018 respectively of amendments no 11 et 12 to the National convention of 4th April 2012 organizing relationships between titular pharmacists and health insurance planned a third type of support called « shared checkup of medication ¼. It is a matter of program of personalized pharmaceutical monitoring intended to patients at least 65 years old and suffering from one or several long-lasting affection(s), and also to patients at least 75 years old and chronically treated by at least five different active substances. Those new pharmaceutical conversations aim on the one hand to improve observance of chronic medications - current by elderly patients - and on the other hand to prevent drug iatrogenesis - favored by polymedication - while reasserting the major role of the retail pharmacist as health professional.
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Educação de Pacientes como Assunto , Farmácias , Farmacêuticos , Adulto , Idoso , Serviços Comunitários de Farmácia , França , Humanos , Doença Iatrogênica/prevenção & controle , Legislação FarmacêuticaRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: Since 2013 French community pharmacist are involved in pharmaceutical care program (PCP) for patients treated with vitamin K antagonist (VKA). While PCPs are now extending to other patient populations, we aimed to evaluate pharmacists' perception after 2-years implementation and leading of PCP. METHODS: A prospective investigational survey from 1st August to 31st December, 2015 from 400 community pharmacies in Champagne-Ardenne Region. Survey focuses on 3 points: first about implementation and leading of PCP; secondly about patient's population description; finally on the global perception by CP about new tasks. RESULTS: Among n=47, 72% of pharmacists performed VKA PCP. Almost all received appropriate training (96%). Remuneration appears to be insufficient given the time spent for 73%. Ninety-five percent met patient's refusal mainly because of interest lacking or time lacking (54% and 22%, respectively). Pharmacists reported 3 main lacks of knowledges of patients: drugs, which increase drug-drug interaction risk (28%), VKA overdose effects (27%) and VKA-food interactions (23%). Overall view of pharmacist for PCP appears to be positive (81%) in part because of improvement of pharmacist-patient relationship perception for 66%. CONCLUSIONS: Community pharmacists' perception for PCP for patients treated by VKA is broadly positive. However, organizational or economic constraints can lead to a decreasing adherence by pharmacists to PCPs. A global issue about amount of compensation and communications campaigns to patients and others health professionals will be useful in order to reinforced PCP implementation and leading taxonomy.
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Anticoagulantes/uso terapêutico , Serviços Comunitários de Farmácia , Assistência Farmacêutica , Farmacêuticos , Vitamina K/antagonistas & inibidores , Anticoagulantes/efeitos adversos , Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde , Humanos , Estudos ProspectivosRESUMO
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major concern of public health. The pharmacist is known as a health practitioner involved in prevention and therapeutic education. Our study aimed at defining the impact of community pharmacists' interventions for preventing and screening CKD. In our observational prospective study of 5 months conducted in 109 community pharmacy, we included 2 groups of patients: A (therapeutic optimization): CKD patients and B (CKD screening): population at risk. In group A, we included 354 patients, mainly women (51.2%), in stage 3 of CKD, mean age 73 years old, with hypertension alone (40.6%) or associated with diabetes (44%). About 70% of the patients had a follow up by a nephrologist and 45% of them were good adherent according to the Morisky-Green self-report. However, approximately 20% of patients did not have nephroprotective treatments in their regimen although they were on stage 3 or 4 CKD patients, and about half of them were not aware of medical situations at risk. Concerning group B, 532 patients were included. The pharmaceutical interventions screened 10% of patients with a GFR<60mL/min/1.73m2. The community pharmacists' interventions helped to optimize the therapeutic management of CKD patients and in the early screening of patients at risk. More studies are needed to extrapolate our observations to a larger population.
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Farmacêuticos , Insuficiência Renal Crônica/diagnóstico , Insuficiência Renal Crônica/prevenção & controle , Idoso , Feminino , França , Taxa de Filtração Glomerular , Humanos , Masculino , Programas de Rastreamento , Estudos ProspectivosRESUMO
PURPOSE: To describe pharmacists' interventions made at patients hospital discharge from Department of Hypertension. METHODS: This is a single-center and prospective study over an 8-week period. At hospital discharge, the pharmacist compared pre-admission and inpatient medications with discharge orders and written instructions. Pharmacists' interventions were then classified in 4 categories. All variances and discrepancies were discussed with the prescribing physician when possible. RESULTS: Over the 8-week period, 154 cases were analyzed. Pharmacists' interventions at discharge underwent 48 times on 21% of the patients (n=33) but none was clinically relevant. Among these 48 cases, 40% (n=19) were rated as "inappropriate administration", 27% (n=13) were classified as "incomplete prescription", 19% (n=9) were "variances" and 4% (n=2) were due to "omission prescription". In 10% of the cases (n=5), discrepancies appeared without any possible further analysis as no discussion with the prescriber occurred. CONCLUSION: One fifth of all patients analyzed was the subject of a pharmacists' intervention. The complementary action of the pharmacist improves the consistency of the prescriptions and strengthens patient safety.