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Interventions for improving pharmacist-led patient counselling in the community setting: a systematic review.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use by patients: Impact of modular educational training on pharmacists' questioning, counselling and risk assessments.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2024Article
- The pharmacists' interventions after a Drug and Therapeutics Committee (DTC) establishment during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2024Article
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- Evaluating the Counseling Standards and Ability of Pharmacy Staff to Detect Antibiotic-Drugs Interactions: A Simulated Client Study from Pakistan.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Using the Simulated Patient Methodology in the Form of Mystery Calls in Community Pharmacy Practice Research: A Scoping Review Protocol.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Outcomes of Pharmacist-Led Pharmaceutical Care Interventions Within Community Pharmacies: Narrative Review.Integrated pharmacy research & practice · 2023Review
- Perceptions of Community Pharmacists Towards Patient Counseling and Continuing Pharmacy Education Programs in Sudan.Integrated pharmacy research & practice · 2023Article
- Potentially inappropriate medication use in the elderly: physicians' and hospital pharmacists knowledge, practice, confidence, and barriers.Journal of pharmaceutical health care and sciences · 2022Article
- Nature and perceived benefits of patient-initiated consultations in community pharmacies: A population survey.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2022Article
- Suicide Prevention in Nigeria: Can Community Pharmacists Have a Role?Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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- COVID-19 pandemic: The role of community pharmacists in chronic kidney disease management supportive care.Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP · 2021Article
- Medication management and adherence during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives and experiences from low-and middle-income countries.Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP · 2021Review
- Exit-Knowledge About Dispensed Medications and Associated Factors Among Patients Attending the Outpatient Pharmacy of Ambo General Hospital, Western Ethiopia.Patient preference and adherence · 2021Article
- Pharmacists' Preparedness to Patients Education at the Time of Pandemic-A Cross-Sectional Study with an Example of SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak in Poland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundPharmacist counselling is an important service that has been associated with improved outcomes. The primary aim of this review was to identify, describe, and determine the effectiveness of interventions for improving the counselling practice of community pharmacists.
methodsWe searched PubMed (from January 1990 to June 2017) and the Cochrane Library (June 2017). To supplement our database searches, we searched Google Scholar for papers that cited the identified studies. We included only studies that reported the impact of the intervention on pharmacists' behaviour during counselling. We searched for data from studies with randomised trials, non-randomised trials, controlled before-after studies, or interrupted time series study designs. Parameters including selection bias, performance bias, detection bias, and attrition bias were assessed. The data were narratively synthesised.
resultsWe screened 2335 abstracts and 59 full-text articles and included 17 RCTs. Overall, three studies were determined to have a high risk of bias, and 14 studies were determined to have an unclear risk of bias. Fifteen studies investigated multifaceted interventions that included two or more components. The most commonly used interventions were educational meetings (n = 14), educational materials (n = 9), educational outreach visits (n = 5), feedback (n = 5), guidelines (n = 5), and local opinion leaders (n = 2). Outcomes were measured using simulated patient visits (n = 10), and the self-reported outcomes of patient or pharmacists (n = 6). Most of the included studies (n = 11) reported some degree of improvement in counselling practices.
conclusionsThe included studies showed that educational meetings combined with educational materials, outreach visits, and feedback can improve pharmacist counselling in community settings. However, the unclear risk of bias and poor quality of reporting intervention components necessitate caution in interpreting the findings. Recommendations for future studies based on the evidence gap identified in this review are presented.
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