Caracterización de las consultas de Indicación Farmacéutica en 30 farmacias comunitarias del área metropolitana de Costa Rica / Characterization of Minor Illness Service inquires in 30 metropolitan community pharmacies in Costa Rica
Pharm. care Esp
; 18(1): 16-27, 2016. graf, tab
Article
in Es
| IBECS
| ID: ibc-149613
Responsible library:
ES1.1
Localization: BNCS
RESUMEN
Introducción: La IndF es un servicio que tiene características particulares según país. Conocerlas permite una mejor toma de decisiones. Objetivo: Caracterizar las consultas de IndF con el fin de tener un primer perfil de ellas. Material y métodos: Estudio piloto descriptivo transversal multicéntrico, realizado durante dos meses en 30 farmacias comunitarias del Área Metropolitana de Costa Rica. Resultados: Se caracterizaron 1 538 consultas de IndF. Las principales características de los pacientes fueron: rango de edad de 18 a 40 años (56,8%), ausencia de medicamentos concomitantes (74,8%), ausencia de medicamentos con anterioridad para el tratamiento del PS consultado (64,8%), ausencia de otros PS asociados (73,7%), así como ausencia de alergias a medicamentos (91,9%) o alimentos (80,9%). Los principales usuarios fueron los propios pacientes (76,40%). El PRM mayoritario fue el PS insuficientemente tratado (70,8%). Los principales PS, en general, tuvieron una duración menor a siete días (68,1%), y destacaron las enfermedades respiratorias (27,8%), digestivas (16,8%) y osteomusculares (11,3%). La principal intervención farmacéutica fue indicar y dispensar un medicamento (92,3%). El principal grupo de la clasificación ATC dispensado fue el sistema músculo esquelé- tico (35,7%). Conclusión: Las principales consultas fueron por PS relacionados con los sistemas respiratorio, digestivo y osteomuscular, destacando que el principal usuario fue el propio paciente, en un rango de edad de 18 a 40 años y que la intervención farmacéutica mayoritaria fue la indicación y dispensación de medicamentos de los sistemas musculoesquelético, respiratorio y digestivo
ABSTRACT
Introduction: The Minor Illness Service has specific characteristics according to the country. Knowing them improves pharmacists decisionmaking. Objective: To characterize the Minor Illness Service inquiries in order to build their first national profile. Material and methods: During two months, it was carried out a cross-sectional multicenter pilot study in 30 community pharmacies in Costa Rica metropolitan area. Results: Overall, 1538 Minor Illness Service inquiries were characterized. Participants main characteristics were: age range of 18-40 years (56.8%), absence of simultaneous use of other medications (74.8%) or past use of other medications to treat the currently reported health problem (64.8%). Furthermore, patients did not report any other health-related problem (73.7%) and no drug (91.9%) or food (80.9%) allergies were described. In addition, the main user of this service was the own patient (76.40%), and the most frequently mentioned drug-related problem was the insufficiently treated health problem (70.8%). Health problems reported were mostly associated with respiratory (27.8%), digestive (16.8%) and musculoskeletal diseases (11.3%) with an average duration of less than seven days (68.1%). Pharmacists main intervention was based on indicating and dispensing a medication (93.3%). Using the ATC classification, medications for the muscular system were the most commonly dispensed (35.7%). Conclusion: The Minor Illness Service inquiries were linked to respiratory, digestive and muscular systems health problems including patients in the 18-40 age range as the main users of the service. Pharmacists main intervention was the indication of medications for the above mentioned systems
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Collection:
06-national
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ES
Database:
IBECS
Main subject:
Pharmaceutical Services
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Drug Prescriptions
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Epidemiological Monitoring
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
America central
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Costa rica
Language:
Es
Journal:
Pharm. care Esp
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article