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ArticlePloS one2022

Development, validation and evaluation of an online medication review tool (MedReview).

Kaeshaelya Thiruchelvam, Syed Shahzad Hasan, Alex Pudmenzky, Wong Pei Se, Therese Kairuz

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Article in PloS one, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Kaeshaelya ThiruchelvamSchool of Pharmacy, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-3754-1690
Syed Shahzad HasanSchool of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Alex PudmenzkySchool of Business, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Wong Pei SeSchool of Pharmacy, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Therese KairuzSchool of Pharmacy, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
IMU University · MYThe University of Queensland · AUUniversity of Huddersfield · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo develop, validate and evaluate a computerized clinical decision support system (MedReview) that aids medication reviewers with pharmacological decision-making.

methodsThis study included three phases; the development phase included computerizing a consolidated medication review algorithm (MedReview), followed by validation and evaluation of MedReview and responding to a web-based survey designed using patient scenarios. Participants had to be 'fully registered' with the Malaysian Pharmacy Board and work full-time at a community pharmacy.

resultsMedReview was developed as a web app. It was validated among 100 community pharmacists from May-July 2021 using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). There was acceptable content validity and fair inter-rater agreement, and good convergent and discriminant validity. Exploratory factor analysis resulted in five domains to determine the attitude of pharmacists about using MedReview: perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, intention to use, trust, and personal initiatives and characteristics; the total variance explained by five factors was 76.36%. The survey questionnaire had a high overall reliability value of 0.96. Evaluation of MedReview was based on mean scores of survey items. Of all items included in the survey, the highest mean score (out of 7) was achieved for 'I could use MedReview if it is meaningful/relevant to my daily tasks' (5.78 ± 1.10), followed by 'I could use MedReview if I feel confident that the data returned by MedReview is reliable' (5.77 ± 1.21), and 'I could use MedReview if it protects the privacy of its users' (5.73 ± 1.20).

conclusionCommunity pharmacists generally had a positive attitude towards MedReview. They found that MedReview is trustworthy and they had the intention to use it when conducting medication reviews. The adaptation of the TAM in the survey instrument was reliable and internally valid.

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Medication ReviewPharmacistsFactor Analysis, StatisticalHumansReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and Questionnaires

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PMID35657965
PMCPMC9165870
OpenAlexW4281666707

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