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SynthesisJournal of managed care & specialty pharmacy2018

Effects of an Asthma Self-Management Support Service Provided by Community Pharmacists: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Suthasinee Dokbua, Piyameth Dilokthornsakul, Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk, Bandana Saini, Ines Krass, Teerapon Dhippayom

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Synthesis in Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Suthasinee Dokbua1 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand.
Piyameth Dilokthornsakul2 Center of Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand.
Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk3 Center of Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand; School of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia; School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, Madison; and Asian Centre for Evidence Synthesis in Population, Implementation and Clinical Outcomes, Health and Well-being Cluster, Global Asia in the 21st Century Platform, Monash University Malaysia, Selangor.
Bandana Saini4 Faculty of Pharmacy, the University of Sydney, Australia.
Ines Krass4 Faculty of Pharmacy, the University of Sydney, Australia.
Teerapon Dhippayom1 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand.
Naresuan University · THUniversity of Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCurrent evidence of the effects of pharmacy services on asthma outcomes are not conclusive, since most pharmacy services comprise a variety of interventions.

objectiveTo assess the effect of a service containing self-management support delivered by community pharmacists to patients with asthma.

methodsA systematic search was performed in the following databases from inception to January 2017: PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library's Central Register of Controlled Trials, CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) Plus, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, and PsycInfo. Original studies were selected if they met the following criteria: (a) provided by community pharmacists; (b) the intervention service included the essential components of asthma self-management; (c) included a usual care group; and (d) measured control/severity of asthma symptoms, health-related quality of life (HRQOL), or medication adherence.

resultsOf the 639 articles screened, 12 studies involving 2,121 asthma patients were included. Six studies were randomized trials, and the other 6 were nonrandomized trials. Patients with asthma who received a self-management support service by community pharmacists had better symptom control/lower severity compared with those receiving usual care (standardized mean difference [SMD] = 0.46; 95% CI = 0.09-0.82) with high heterogeneity (I

conclusionsSelf-management support service provided by community pharmacists can help improve symptom control, quality of life, and medication adherence in patients with asthma. DISCLOSURES: This study received financial support from Naresuan University's Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Fund. Two authors, Saini and Krass, have studies that were included in this review. However, they were not involved in the processes that could bias outcomes of the present study, that is, quality assessment and meta-analysis. The remaining authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

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Self-ManagementAnti-Asthmatic AgentsAsthmaDrug MonitoringHumansMedication Therapy ManagementPharmacistsQuality of LifeAnti-Asthmatic Agents

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PMID30362920
PMCPMC10397854
OpenAlexW2898211842

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