{"title":"Pilot of a pharmacist-delivered habit-based intervention to support medication adherence in primary care.","authors":"Matthew Witry, James Hoehns, L Alison Phillips","doi":"10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.09.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.09.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Informed by the Extended Common Sense Model, this study aimed to pilot a pharmacist-led intervention to promote medication adherence through habit formation compared to standard education.</p><p><strong>Procedures: </strong>Patients new to medication were recruited in two phases. During Phase 1, the pharmacist provided standard education (control). In Phase 2, the pharmacist added a habit-formation component by completing a habit worksheet with patients. Surveys measuring medication beliefs, habit strength, and adherence were completed at baseline and 100 days later. Cues from the habit worksheets were coded and analyzed.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>The habit intervention group (N = 17) showed no significant difference from the control group (N = 16) in medication-taking habit strength (p = 0.37) or self-reported adherence (MARS-5) (p = 0.47) at follow-up. Habit strength was the only significant predictor of adherence (MARS-5)(p = 0.02), while necessity beliefs predicted missed doses (p = 0.03).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>High levels of habit strength and adherence may result from high baseline adherence levels. Further research should target patients with known non-adherence or without established medication routines.</p><p><strong>Clinical trial: </strong># NCT06230978.</p>","PeriodicalId":48126,"journal":{"name":"Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145058846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Contributing factors of pediatric medication errors involving high-alert medications: A qualitative content analysis of self-reported medication safety incidents.","authors":"Sini Kuitunen, Mari Saksa, Anna-Riia Holmström","doi":"10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.09.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.09.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>High-alert medications can cause severe medication errors (MEs) in pediatrics. A comprehensive understanding of the factors contributing to errors is needed to establish risk management actions.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To analyze incident reports involving high-alert medications and describe the contributing factors (CFs) of MEs in pediatrics.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective document analysis study utilizing an abductive qualitative content analysis of self-reported medication safety incidents concerning high-alert medications at a pediatric university hospital from 2018 to 2020. Incident reports (n = 426) were first subjected to an inductive qualitative content analysis to identify and categorize CFs, then quantified by frequencies and percentages, and ultimately deductively categorized based on the elements of the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS) model. The analysis was first conducted by one independent researcher, then reviewed by a second researcher, and later reviewed by the entire research group.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 933 CFs were identified, concerning 85.0 % (n = 362/426) of the incident reports. The most common main categories of CFs pertained to verifying the correct drug (11.1 %; n = 104/933), medications and pharmaceuticals (10.6 %; n = 99/933), and resourcing (10.5 %; n = 98/933). Over half of the CFs were linked to SEIPS elements involving tasks (39.6 %, n = 370) and tools and technologies (20.8 %, n = 194).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The CFs of pediatric MEs involving high-alert medications are multifaceted and have a wide impact on the entire system design, from organizational strategies to individual tasks. Risk management actions and further studies addressing pediatric-specific challenges are required to ensure the most optimal systemic defenses, enabling proactive monitoring error-provoking conditions in clinical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":48126,"journal":{"name":"Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145041764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Health Belief Profiles and Nonadherence to Oral Anticancer Medication in Cancer Survivors: A Latent Profile Analysis","authors":"Meng-Jung Wen , Olayinka Shiyanbola","doi":"10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.03.020","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.03.020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48126,"journal":{"name":"Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy","volume":"21 11","pages":"Page e29"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144925637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Counseling in Bulgarian pharmacies –Expectation vs Perception","authors":"Hristina Lebanova , Svetoslav Stoev , Elitsa Lalkova","doi":"10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.02.073","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.02.073","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48126,"journal":{"name":"Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy","volume":"21 11","pages":"Page e24"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144926155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christina Ljungberg Persson , Anna Strigård , Nelli Sagitov , Carina Tukukino , Staffan A. Svensson , Naldy Parodi López , Susanna M. Wallerstedt
{"title":"Pharmacist action at the pharmacy checkpoint before safe drug dispensation to older people","authors":"Christina Ljungberg Persson , Anna Strigård , Nelli Sagitov , Carina Tukukino , Staffan A. Svensson , Naldy Parodi López , Susanna M. Wallerstedt","doi":"10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.03.030","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.03.030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48126,"journal":{"name":"Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy","volume":"21 11","pages":"Page e32"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144926648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Expanding pharmacist role in the management of opioid use disorder through extended-release buprenorphine administration, a qualitative analysis","authors":"Hung Nguyen , Sumaiya Ahsan , Feng Chang","doi":"10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.03.031","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.03.031","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48126,"journal":{"name":"Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy","volume":"21 11","pages":"Page e32"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144926649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luana Mifsud Buhagiar , Lara Giudice , Maria Mamo , Amar Abbas , Audrey Magri , Anthony Serracino Inglott
{"title":"Strengthening multidisciplinary approaches against antimicrobial resistance: A collaborative initiative reflecting on science, policy, regulatory and clinical practices","authors":"Luana Mifsud Buhagiar , Lara Giudice , Maria Mamo , Amar Abbas , Audrey Magri , Anthony Serracino Inglott","doi":"10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.02.035","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.02.035","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48126,"journal":{"name":"Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy","volume":"21 11","pages":"Page e10"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144926681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of a medication use review service in Swiss community pharmacies: “Médicaments à Jour?”","authors":"Mathilde Escaith , Sarah Rondeaux , Noelia Amador-Fernández , Jérôme Berger","doi":"10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.02.050","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.02.050","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48126,"journal":{"name":"Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy","volume":"21 11","pages":"Page e16"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144926685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}