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ArticleJournal of pharmaceutical health care and sciences2022

Utilizing questionnaires for medication counselling of patients taking antipsychotics during the COVID-19 pandemic: a single site, community pharmacy-based survey study.

Masaki Maehara, Masayasu Sugiyama

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Article in Journal of pharmaceutical health care and sciences, 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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2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Masaki MaeharaSugiyama Pharmacy Co., Ltd, 525-2 Mitsusawa, Ogoori, Fukuoka, 838-0106, Japan. mmaeharaph@yahoo.co.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7692-4574
Masayasu SugiyamaSugiyama Pharmacy Co., Ltd, 525-2 Mitsusawa, Ogoori, Fukuoka, 838-0106, Japan.
Tokuyama (Japan) · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDuring the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, general strategies for preventing infectious diseases, such as social distancing and the use of protective equipment have resulted in communication barriers between pharmacists and patients in community pharmacies.

methodsTo resolve these communication challenges to medication counselling during the COVID-19 pandemic, during their waiting time at our community pharmacy, we administered two questionnaires to patients receiving at least one antipsychotic drug. The first questionnaire, Questionnaire (A), included questions about any problems with wearing a mask and face shield, forgetting to take medication and adverse effects of their medication. The second questionnaire, Questionnaire (B), included questions regarding the evaluation of medication counselling and the ease of using the first questionnaire.

resultsQuestionnaire (A) showed that 26.8% of participants had communication problems due to the mask and face shield and 33.8% sometimes forgot to take their medication. The most common adverse effects of the medications were weight gain (43.7%), dry mouth (39.4%) and sexual dysfunction (31%). In the case of Questionnaire (B), more than 80% responded that it was either very easy or easy to fill out Questionnaire (A). Additionally, 93% participants responded that they felt either very good or good about the pharmacist's medication counselling using Questionnaire (A).

conclusionsThese results strongly suggest that the utilization of questionnaires in medication counselling may be a useful strategy for preventing communication problems between pharmacists and patients receiving antipsychotics in community pharmacies during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Community pharmacyCOVID-19Medication counselling

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