Zelal Kharaba, Sedq A Moutraji, Rama A Al Khawaldeh, Yassen Alfoteih, Ahmad Z Al Meslamani
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Abstract
Objectives: The study aimed to investigate the impact of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the roles of hospital and community pharmacists in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and to assess how COVID-19 has affected their roles concerning medication dispensing and review, patient education, and telepharmacy services.
Methods: This was a face-to-face questionnaire-based study. A convenient sampling technique was used to collect responses from 428 licensed community and hospital pharmacists across the UAE. The study tool is a structured questionnaire. Data were cleaned and analysed through SPSS Version 26.
Results: In terms of medication dispensing practice, 314 (73.4%) and 210 (49.1%) of pharmacists reported an increase in the dispensing of over the counter (OTC) medicines and antibiotics after COVID-19, respectively. Of the pharmacists included in the study, 380 (88.8%) and 328 (76.6%) reported an elevation in the engagement in patient education and medication review after COVID-19, respectively. On the other hand, 247 (57.7%) and 179 (41.8%) of pharmacists reported that the frequency of their pharmaceutical interventions and physicians' acceptance of those interventions increased after COVID-19, which was significantly associated (p=0.01) with pharmacists' ability to intervene on the dosage regimen of COVID-19 patient.
Conclusion: Pharmaceutical care in the UAE has evolved after COVID-19, particularly in the aspects of medications dispensing, telepharmacy, and patient-centered services..
目的:本研究旨在调查2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)对阿拉伯联合酋长国(UAE)医院和社区药剂师角色的影响，并评估2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)如何影响他们在药物调剂和审查、患者教育和远程药房服务方面的角色。方法:采用面对面问卷调查法。采用方便的抽样技术收集了阿联酋428名有执照的社区和医院药剂师的答复。研究工具是一份结构化问卷。通过SPSS Version 26对数据进行清理和分析。结果:在药品调剂实践方面，314名(73.4%)和210名(49.1%)药师报告新型冠状病毒肺炎后非处方药(OTC)和抗生素的调剂有所增加。在纳入研究的药师中，380名(88.8%)和328名(76.6%)分别报告在新冠肺炎后参与患者教育和药物审查的程度有所提高。另一方面，247名(57.7%)和179名(41.8%)的药师报告在新冠肺炎后其药物干预的频率和医师对这些干预的接受度均有所增加，这与药师干预新冠肺炎患者给药方案的能力显著相关(p=0.01)。结论:2019冠状病毒病后，阿联酋的药学服务得到了发展，特别是在药品调剂、远程药房和以患者为中心的服务方面。
期刊介绍：
Pharmacy Practice is a free full-text peer-reviewed journal with a scope on pharmacy practice. Pharmacy Practice is published quarterly. Pharmacy Practice does not charge and will never charge any publication fee or article processing charge (APC) to the authors. The current and future absence of any article processing charges (APCs) is signed in the MoU with the Center for Pharmacy Practice Innovation (CPPI) at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Pharmacy. Pharmacy Practice is the consequence of the efforts of a number of colleagues from different Universities who belief in collaborative publishing: no one pays, no one receives. Although focusing on the practice of pharmacy, Pharmacy Practice covers a wide range of pharmacy activities, among them and not being comprehensive, clinical pharmacy, pharmaceutical care, social pharmacy, pharmacy education, process and outcome research, health promotion and education, health informatics, pharmacoepidemiology, etc.
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