Patients' perception of pharmaceutical services available in a community pharmacy among patients living in a rural area of the United Kingdom
Pharm. pract. (Granada, Internet)
; 14(3): 0-0, jul.-sept. 2016. tab
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em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
Patients' opinion about prevalence of pharmaceutical services available in a community pharmacy among patients living in a rural area of the United Kingdom. The secondary objective was to identify appropriate action(s) to enhance patients awareness of pharmaceutical services in rural areas.Methods:
A self-administered, anonymous questionnaire was distributed to patients visiting a community pharmacy in Eye, Suffolk, United Kingdom between July and August, 2015. The main inclusion criterion was living in a rural area. Comparisons were performed using chi-square tests and logistic regression.Results:
The study included 103 respondents 70 women (69.0%) and 33 men (32.0%), aged 16-85 years. Most respondents declared the primary tasks of a community pharmacy were dispensing medicines (86.4% of respondents) and repeat dispensing (72.8% of respondents). Additionally, 23.3% of respondents treated minor ailments at the pharmacy, including bacterial/viral infections, minor injuries, stomach problems, and allergies. The Medicines Use Review service was the only advanced service used in this pharmacy (12.6% of respondents), primarily by men. Younger patients were more familiar with the term of pharmaceutical care (p<0.05; OR=0.33).Conclusions:
Only a few pharmaceutical services are utilized by people living in rural areas in the UK, namely prescription dispensing, repeat dispensing, and sale of medications that support self-care for minor ailments. We found an overall poor awareness of the expanded variety of pharmaceutical services encouraged by the community pharmacy contract introduced in the UK in 2005. Therefore, politicians, pharmacists, and pharmacy experts should actively promote these advanced pharmaceutical services in rural areas (AU)RESUMEN
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Coleções:
Bases de dados nacionais
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Espanha
Contexto em Saúde:
Agenda de Saúde Sustentável para as Américas
Problema de saúde:
Objetivo 11 Desigualdades e iniquidades na saúde
Base de dados:
IBECS
Assunto principal:
Farmácias
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Serviço de Farmácia Hospitalar
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
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Serviços Comunitários de Farmácia
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo prognóstico
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Pesquisa qualitativa
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Fatores de risco
Aspecto:
Equidade e iniquidade
Limite:
Adolescente
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Adulto
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Idoso
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Pharm. pract. (Granada, Internet)
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Medical University of Gdansk/Poland
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Nicolaus Copernicus University/Poland