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Real-Life Active Surveillance of a Naphazoline/ Hypromellose Fixed Combination's Safety Profile in Peruvian Population. 在秘鲁人群中对萘唑啉/羟丙甲糖固定组合安全性的实时主动监测。
IF 2.9
Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice Pub Date : 2021-10-16 eCollection Date: 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.2147/IPRP.S332421
Homero Contreras-Salinas, Mariana Barajas-Hernández, Leopoldo Martín Baiza-Durán, Vanessa Orozco-Ceja, Lourdes Yolotzin Rodríguez-Herrera
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Medical Devices-Related Counseling Practices Among Community Pharmacists: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study from Saudi Arabia. 社区药剂师的医疗器械相关咨询实践:一项来自沙特阿拉伯的全国性横断面研究。
IF 2.9
Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice Pub Date : 2021-09-10 eCollection Date: 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.2147/IPRP.S310027
Ahmed Ibrahim Fathelrahman
{"title":"Medical Devices-Related Counseling Practices Among Community Pharmacists: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study from Saudi Arabia.","authors":"Ahmed Ibrahim Fathelrahman","doi":"10.2147/IPRP.S310027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/IPRP.S310027","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The current study was conducted to assess medical devices-related counseling practices among community pharmacists in Saudi Arabia.</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>This was a cross-sectional study conducted among community pharmacists from Saudi Arabia using a convenience sampling technique. An online questionnaire based on Google forms was used to collect data. Descriptive and inferential analyses were conducted using SPSS statistics 22. Student <i>t</i>-test, one way ANOVA, and Pearson correlation statistics were used where applicable. Results with a <i>p</i>-value of <0.05 were considered statistically significant.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One thousand and six community pharmacists responded to the survey. Males' rating of their ability to operate medical devices was significantly higher than females (overall average score of 3.8 versus 3.5, <i>p</i>=0.033). As years of experience increased there were slight but significant increases in the overall scores on ability to operate medical devices (<i>p</i>=0.002) and confidence to counsel patients about the devices (<i>p</i>=0.032). Those who got a board certification used devices for self-treatment significantly more than their counterparts (on average 6.9 devices versus 5.2, <i>p</i>=0.003). Those who received clinical training reported higher rates of ability to use/operate devices (<i>p</i>=0.011), confidence to counsel patients on devices (<i>p</i>=0.001), and counseling practice (<i>p</i>=0.044) than those who did not receive clinical training.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The present study revealed good to very good self-reported medical devices-related counseling practices. There is a need for more future rigorous research to evaluate pharmacists' actual practice in this area. Pharmacy educators and CPD programs should pay attention to updating pharmacists' knowledge and skills and improve their contribution to medical devices supportive services.</p>","PeriodicalId":45655,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice","volume":"10 ","pages":"113-125"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2021-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/b5/34/iprp-10-113.PMC8439968.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39424122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Pharmacist Provided Spirometry Services: A Scoping Review. 药剂师提供肺活量测定服务:范围审查。
IF 2.1
Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice Pub Date : 2021-08-28 eCollection Date: 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.2147/IPRP.S248705
Alexa Sevin Valentino, Emily Eddy, Zachary Woods, Lori Wilken
{"title":"Pharmacist Provided Spirometry Services: A Scoping Review.","authors":"Alexa Sevin Valentino, Emily Eddy, Zachary Woods, Lori Wilken","doi":"10.2147/IPRP.S248705","DOIUrl":"10.2147/IPRP.S248705","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Despite international guidelines' recommendations, spirometry is underutilized in the diagnosis and management of asthma and COPD. Spirometry may be an opportunity for trained pharmacists to meet the needs of patients with suspected or diagnosed lung conditions. The aim of this scoping review is to describe the literature including pharmacist provided spirometry services, specifically to identify: 1) the models of pharmacist provided spirometry services, and additional services commonly offered alongside spirometry, 2) pharmacist training and capability to obtain quality results, and (3) pharmacist, physician, and patient perspectives.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In September 2020, a comprehensive literature search in PubMed and EMBASE was conducted to identify all relevant literature on the topic of pharmacist provided spirometry services using the search term: \"pharmacist or pharmacy\" and \"spirometry or pulmonary function test or lung function test.\" Literature was screened using inclusion/exclusion criteria and selected articles were charted and analyzed using the themes above.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 27 records were included. The scoping review found that pharmacist provided spirometry has been conducted around the world in community pharmacies and clinic settings. Community pharmacists may increase access to spirometry screening; the lack of communication with primary care providers and remuneration are barriers that need to be overcome to optimize the utility of the service. Clinic-based services are interprofessional and collaborative, allowing a patient to receive the test, results, diagnosis, and medication changes in one visit. Following comprehensive training, pharmacists felt confident in their ability to perform spirometry and met quality standards at acceptable rates.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Spirometry is an opportunity for pharmacists to improve evidence-based practice for screening and diagnosing lung conditions along with providing comprehensive services to complement testing. Data around provider and patient perspectives is limited and should be further investigated to determine if providers and patients would value and collaborate with pharmacists providing spirometry services.</p>","PeriodicalId":45655,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice","volume":"10 ","pages":"93-111"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2021-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/44/d9/iprp-10-93.PMC8409516.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39404041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Expert Consensus on a List of Inappropriate Prescribing after Prescription Review in Pediatric Units in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. 专家对阿比让儿科单位处方审查后不适当处方清单的共识,Côte科特迪瓦。
IF 2.9
Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice Pub Date : 2021-08-27 eCollection Date: 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.2147/IPRP.S322141
Elisée Doffou, Christelle Avi, Kouassi Christian Yao, Danho Pascal Abrogoua
{"title":"Expert Consensus on a List of Inappropriate Prescribing after Prescription Review in Pediatric Units in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.","authors":"Elisée Doffou,&nbsp;Christelle Avi,&nbsp;Kouassi Christian Yao,&nbsp;Danho Pascal Abrogoua","doi":"10.2147/IPRP.S322141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/IPRP.S322141","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Inappropriate prescribing (IP) includes inappropriate prescription and omission of prescription. IP can adversely affect the quality of health care in pediatric units. A list of IP taking into account frequently encountered drug-related problems (DRPs) can be useful to optimize prescriptions in pediatrics. The aim of this study was to validate by expert consensus a list of IP after a prescription review in pediatric units in Abidjan.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A list of IPs was developed from a prescription review of inpatients and outpatients aged 1 month to 15 years and followed in pediatric units at teaching hospitals of Abidjan during 16 months. A two-round Delphi method was used to validate a qualitative list of IPs by experts according to their level of agreement on a six-point Likert scale of 0-5 (0, no opinion; 5, strongly agree). Only propositions obtaining the agreement (rating 4 or 5) of >70% of experts who gave a non-zero rating for the first round and 80% for the second round were retained.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A qualitative list of 54 IPs was drawn up from 267 DRPs detected after prescription review of 4,992 prescription lines for 881 patients. Our panel comprised 22 pediatricians (96%) and one clinical pharmacist (4%). Mean agreement ratings were 4.43/5 (95% CI 4.39-4.48) and 4.6/5 (95% CI 4.56-4.64), respectively, during the first Delphi round and the second (<i>p</i><0.001). At the end of the first round, all items submitted (54) were retained, including 13 items that had been reworded. In the second round, 20 experts participated and two IPs (4%) were not retained for the final list. This list comprised 52 IPs (44 inappropriate prescriptions and eight omissions of prescription).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The list of IP validated in this study should help in the detection of DRPs and optimize prescriptions in pediatric units in Côte d'Ivoire.</p>","PeriodicalId":45655,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice","volume":"10 ","pages":"79-91"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2021-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/c8/4c/iprp-10-79.PMC8407673.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39382102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Reply to Letter to the Editor Regarding Article: "Considering the Potential Benefits of Over-The-Counter Naloxone" [Response To Letter]. 关于文章“考虑非处方纳洛酮的潜在益处”致编辑的回复[回复信]。
IF 2.9
Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice Pub Date : 2021-07-09 eCollection Date: 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.2147/IPRP.S327403
Kirk E Evoy, Lucas G Hill, Corey S Davis
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Response to "Considering the Potential Benefits of Over-the-Counter Naloxone" by Evoy et al [Letter]. Evoy等人对“考虑非处方纳洛酮的潜在益处”的回应。
IF 2.9
Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice Pub Date : 2021-06-30 eCollection Date: 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.2147/IPRP.S324498
Brian Fuehrlein
{"title":"Response to \"Considering the Potential Benefits of Over-the-Counter Naloxone\" by Evoy et al [Letter].","authors":"Brian Fuehrlein","doi":"10.2147/IPRP.S324498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/IPRP.S324498","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45655,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice","volume":"10 ","pages":"75-76"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/25/41/iprp-10-75.PMC8256108.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39162792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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How is Information from ABC-VED-FNS Matrix Analysis Used to Improve Operational Efficiency of Pharmaceuticals Inventory Management? A Cross-Sectional Case Analysis. abc - ed - fns矩阵分析的信息如何用于提高药品库存管理的操作效率?横断面案例分析。
IF 2.9
Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice Pub Date : 2021-06-24 eCollection Date: 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.2147/IPRP.S310716
Tafesse Gizaw, Awol Jemal
{"title":"How is Information from ABC-VED-FNS Matrix Analysis Used to Improve Operational Efficiency of Pharmaceuticals Inventory Management? A Cross-Sectional Case Analysis.","authors":"Tafesse Gizaw,&nbsp;Awol Jemal","doi":"10.2147/IPRP.S310716","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/IPRP.S310716","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The categorization of inventories using various techniques optimizes the efficiency of warehouse operations. The ABC (always, better, and control); VED (vital, essential, and desirable); and FNS (fast-, normal-, and slow-moving) analyses provide items according to cost significance, criticality value, and consumption rate respectively. Thus, this study aimed to identify the categories of items requiring focused managerial control, priority, and replenishment intervals, as well as to evaluate whether the ABC-VED-FNS matrix is fit for effective and efficient inventory control of the Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Agency (EPSA).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An institution-based cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 393 pharmaceuticals distributed by the EPSA-Jimma hub. The annual sales list with respective total quantity and unit price was collated from the logistics data records to perform the ABC analysis. The VED data were generated from the agency's pharmaceutical procurement list. To perform FNS analysis, we take into account the number of issue transactions as well as the average monthly consumption pattern for each item. Microsoft office Excel 2013 statistical functions were used to analyse the collated data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The ABC-VED analysis revealed that 187 (47.58%) of category I items account for 90% annual sales value; of which the highest proportion (63%) was AV items (36, 9%). Remarkably, there was no desirable (D) commodity that belongs to Class A. From the ABC-VED-FNS matrix analysis, category I consisted of 12 combinations with 187 (47.6%) items. Moreover, 28 (7.13%) items (CDN = 4 and CDS = 24) constituted category-III.</p><p><strong>Conclusion and recommendation: </strong>The ABC-VED-FNS matrix analysis can help organization implement inventory control policies and techniques, narrow down a group of items that require more managerial monitoring and control, prioritize a storage location (pick-face) plan, minimize the time and labor cost of put-away, picking, and packing, and dictate when products should be reordered or replenished.</p>","PeriodicalId":45655,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice","volume":"10 ","pages":"65-73"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2021-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/90/e7/iprp-10-65.PMC8238545.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39058220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 10
Evaluation of Rational Use of Medicine Using WHO/INRUD Core Drug Use Indicators at Teda and Azezo Health Centers, Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia. 使用世卫组织/INRUD核心用药指标评价埃塞俄比亚西北部贡达尔镇泰达和阿泽佐卫生中心的合理用药情况。
IF 2.9
Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice Pub Date : 2021-06-21 eCollection Date: 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.2147/IPRP.S316399
Faisel Dula Sema, Esubalew Delie Asres, Belaynesh Dubale Wubeshet
{"title":"Evaluation of Rational Use of Medicine Using WHO/INRUD Core Drug Use Indicators at Teda and Azezo Health Centers, Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia.","authors":"Faisel Dula Sema,&nbsp;Esubalew Delie Asres,&nbsp;Belaynesh Dubale Wubeshet","doi":"10.2147/IPRP.S316399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/IPRP.S316399","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Despite medicines are a major contributor to the health and well-being of the community, irrational use of medicines is being a serious public health crisis with significant harmful implications for patients, healthcare systems, and communities as a whole.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study was aimed at evaluating the rational use of medicine using the World Health Organization/Network of Rational Use of Drugs (WHO/INRUD) core drug use indicators at Teda and Azezo health centers of Gondar town, northwest Ethiopia.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1200 prescription papers retrospectively, and 60 patients prospectively at two health centers of Gondar town, northwest Ethiopia from May 01/2019 to April 30/2020. The data were collected using a standard data collection checklist. Data were analyzed using SPSS<sup>®</sup> version 24. The data were analyzed descriptively by using mean, frequency, and proportion.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Prescribing indicators: From a total of 2595 prescribed medicines, 94% of them were prescribed by generic name; percent encounters with injection was 9.5±0.28%, percent encounters with antibiotics was 73.85±0.35%, and 100% of medicines were prescribed from the essential medicine list of Ethiopia. Patient care indicators: Only 16.7% of the patients knew the correct dosage of their medications, and 17.5% of dispensed medicines were adequately labeled. From the prescribed medications, only 77.17% were actually dispensed. Average consultation and dispensing time were 5.35 minutes and 40.24 seconds, respectively. Facility-specific indicators: Only 83.5% of key medicines were available in the health centers.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>According to the WHO/INRUD core drug use indicators, rational medicine use is not achieved in terms of most components of the prescribing, patient care, and facility-specific indicators. Therefore, both health centers should work towards promoting the rational use of medicines.</p>","PeriodicalId":45655,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice","volume":"10 ","pages":"51-63"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2021-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/d7/e7/iprp-10-51.PMC8232866.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39121385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 16
Doping Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Pharmacists in Dessie, Northeast Ethiopia. 埃塞俄比亚东北部德西地区药师兴奋剂知识、态度与实践
IF 2.9
Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice Pub Date : 2021-05-31 eCollection Date: 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.2147/IPRP.S311204
Haftom Gebregergs Hailu, Mengistie Yirsaw Gobezie, Abdu Tuha, Ruth Mulugeta, Solomon Ahmed Mohammed
{"title":"Doping Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Pharmacists in Dessie, Northeast Ethiopia.","authors":"Haftom Gebregergs Hailu,&nbsp;Mengistie Yirsaw Gobezie,&nbsp;Abdu Tuha,&nbsp;Ruth Mulugeta,&nbsp;Solomon Ahmed Mohammed","doi":"10.2147/IPRP.S311204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/IPRP.S311204","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Doping includes tampering, possession; trafficking; administration, assisting, encouraging, aiding, conspiring a prohibited substance, and an anti-doping rule violation. Doping in sports is increasing and diversifying involving physiological, mechanical, and pharmacological techniques and becoming a serious public health problem. Pharmacy professionals have a vital role in the fight against doping. This study assessed the knowledge, attitude, and practice of pharmacists on the use of doping agents by sportsmen and women.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A community-based cross-sectional descriptive study was done targeting community pharmacists of Dessie city, Northeast Ethiopia. Structured questionnaires were distributed and collected between April and March of 2018. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. Linear regression was used and the level of statistical significance was set at a <i>p-</i>value <0.05.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 61 pharmacy professionals who participated in the study, 46 (75.4%) were males and 15 (24.6%) were females. Only 25 (41.0%) and 13 (21.3%) of the respondents said they watch and play sport regularly, respectively. The majority of the participants, 50 (82%), supported the prohibition of performance-enhancing drugs in sport. The majority of the respondents, 55.7%, agree that pharmacists are a potential source of doping agents. Only 27.9% of them mentioned World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) as the source of information about doping agents. Regarding identifying the WADA status of 13 agents, the average score out of 13 was 4.95, while 80.3% of them scored less than or equal to seven. Factors associated with knowledge of participants were being male (β = 4.48, p= 0.02) and regularly watching sport (β = 2.64, p= 0.01).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Even though the pharmacists' low knowledge score revealed that they need further specialized training on doping and anti-doping, majority of them support banning doping substances from sport. Pharmacy curriculum developers should consider incorporating specific topics or courses about doping agents.</p>","PeriodicalId":45655,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice","volume":"10 ","pages":"43-50"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/07/cd/iprp-10-43.PMC8178700.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39093001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 4
The Role of the Pharmacist in the Care of Patients with Chronic Pain. 药剂师在慢性疼痛患者护理中的作用。
IF 2.9
Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice Pub Date : 2021-04-30 eCollection Date: 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.2147/IPRP.S248699
Laura Murphy, Karen Ng, Pearl Isaac, Jaris Swidrovich, Maria Zhang, Beth A Sproule
{"title":"The Role of the Pharmacist in the Care of Patients with Chronic Pain.","authors":"Laura Murphy, Karen Ng, Pearl Isaac, Jaris Swidrovich, Maria Zhang, Beth A Sproule","doi":"10.2147/IPRP.S248699","DOIUrl":"10.2147/IPRP.S248699","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pharmacists across the healthcare continuum are well positioned to collaborate with patients to effectively manage their chronic pain. Evidence supports positive outcomes when pharmacists undertake these roles; however, there are barriers preventing uptake across the profession. This paper aims to expand awareness of the breadth of these roles, including pharmaceutical care provision, interprofessional collaboration, pain and medication education, support for patients in self-management and acceptance of responsibility to be culturally responsive and decrease stigma. Pharmacists are accessible healthcare professionals and can improve the care of patients with chronic pain.</p>","PeriodicalId":45655,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice","volume":"10 ","pages":"33-41"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2021-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/6b/a2/iprp-10-33.PMC8096635.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38958000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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