Home medicines reviews: a national survey of Australian accredited pharmacists health service time investment
Pharm. pract. (Granada, Internet)
; 19(3)jul.- sep. 2021. ilus, tab
Artigo
em Inglês
| IBECS
| ID: ibc-225575
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ES1.1
Localização: ES15.1 - BNCS
ABSTRACT
Background:
In Australia, polypharmacy and medication-related problems are prevalent in the community. Therefore, medicines safety initiatives such as the Home Medicines Review (HMR) service are critical to health care provision. While the evidence continues to expand around HMR service, little is known of accredited pharmacists experiences of HMR time investment.Objective:
This study aimed to explore accredited pharmacists experiences of HMR practice regarding time investment in the studys defined HMR Stages 1 (initial paper-based assessment and review), 2 (in-home patient-accredited pharmacist consultation), and 3 (HMR report collation, generation, completion, and provision to the patients General Practitioner, including any liaison time).Methods:
An electronic survey was developed and piloted by a panel of reviewers. Convenience sampling was used to distribute the final anonymous survey nationally via professional pharmacy organisations. Data were analyzed for frequency distributions and a chi-square test of independence was performed to evaluate any association between demographic variables relating to HMR time investment.Results:
There was a total of 255 survey respondents, representing approximately 10% of national accredited pharmacist membership. The majority were experienced accredited pharmacists who had completed >100 HMRs (73%), were female (71%), and aged >40 years (60%). Regarding time investment for a typical instance of HMR, most spent <30 minutes performing Stage 1 (46.7%), and 30-60 minutes performing Stage 2 (70.2%). In Stage 3, 40.0% invested 1-2 hours, and 27.1% invested 2-3 hours in HMR report collation and completion. Quantitative analysis revealed statistically significant (p=0.03) gender findings where females performed longer patient consultations than males (Stage 2) (AU)
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Coleções:
Bases de dados nacionais
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Espanha
Base de dados:
IBECS
Assunto principal:
Assistência Farmacêutica
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Polimedicação
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Conduta do Tratamento Medicamentoso
Limite:
Adulto
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Pharm. pract. (Granada, Internet)
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Queensland University of Technology(QUT)/Australia
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RMIT University/Australia