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ArticlePharmacy practice

Protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, cost-benefit analysis and interrupted time-series interventions on pharmacist's prescribing.

Asim Ahmed Elnour, Nadia Sarfaraz Raja, Fatemeh Abdi, Fariha Mostafiz, Razan Isam Elmubarak, Alaa Mohsen Khalil, Khawla Abou Hait, Mariam Mohamed Alqahtani, Nour Dabbagh, Zainab Abdulnasser and 11 more

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Asim Ahmed ElnourPhD, MSc. Program of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi campus, Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates. AAU Health and Biomedical Research Center, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. asim.ahmed@aau.ac.ae; assahura2021@gmail.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4143-7810
Nadia Sarfaraz RajaFourth year student, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi campus, Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates. 201820019@aau.ac.ae.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3631-5843
Fatemeh AbdiFourth year student, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi campus, Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates. 201820584@aau.ac.ae.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0210-7867
Fariha MostafizFourth year student, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi campus, Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates. 201910584@aau.ac.ae.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9918-9517
Razan Isam ElmubarakFourth year student, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi campus, Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates. 201910438@aau.ac.ae.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8476-2392
Alaa Mohsen KhalilIntern student, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi campus, Abu Dhabi- United Arab Emirates. 201810004@aau.ac.ae.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9637-5605
Khawla Abou HaitFourth year student, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi campus, Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates. k.a.research@outlook.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7208-3819
Mariam Mohamed AlqahtaniIntern student, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi campus, Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates. meme_wbas@hotmail.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3023-5639
Nour DabbaghFourth year student, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi campus, Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates. 201910334@aau.ac.ae.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7644-6736
Zainab AbdulnasserFourth year student, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi campus, Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates. 201910004@aau.ac.ae.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4125-2848
Danah AlbekFourth year student, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi campus, Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates. danahalbek@gmail.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2149-4201
Abdelfattah AmerFourth year student, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi campus, Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates. 201910674@aau.ac.ae.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0359-8346
Nosayba Othman Al DamookFourth year student, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi campus, Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates. 201910020@aau.ac.ae.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1149-4208
Aya ShayebFourth year student, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi campus, Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates. 201910864@aau.ac.ae.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5852-1640
Sara AlblooshiFourth year student, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi campus, Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates. 201910596@aau.ac.ae.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1512-8459
Mohammed SamirFourth year student, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi campus, Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates. 201910494@aau.ac.ae.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4069-832X
Abdallah Abou HajalPost-graduate MSc student, BSc, Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University (AAU), Abu Dhabi campus, Abu Dhabi- United Arab Emirates. AAU Health and Biomedical Research Centre, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Abdallah.abouhajal@aau.ac.ae.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4655-1193
Nora Al BarakaniFourth year student, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi campus, Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates. 201820070@aau.ac.ae.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4103-5552
Rahf BalbahaithFourth year student, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi campus, Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates. 201820135@aau.ac.ae.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7709-4680
Hamda Al MazrouieIntern student, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi campus, Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates. hamdajm417@gmail.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6142-4622
Rahaf Ahmed AliIntern student, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi campus, Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates. rahafaly2018@gmail.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6648-9860
Al Ain University · AEAbu Dhabi University · AE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Shortening the process of prescribing via permitting the pharmacist to select the most appropriate pharmaceuticals for each particular patient may provide great opportunities for pharmacists to develop suitable pharmaceutical care plan, monitor and follow up prescribed medications, communicate and consult physicians for more confirmations. Objective: The objective of the current protocol for the systematic review and meta-analysis of pharmacists prescribing interventions was to explore, investigate the evidence, assess and compare PICO in patients with medical conditions (population), receiving pharmacist's prescribing care services (interventions) versus non-pharmacist's prescribing (comparators), and identify how it will impact the clinical, humanistic, and economic patient's outcomes (outcomes). Methods: The necessary elements of PRISMA will be strictly followed to report the systematic review. The meta-analysis will be reported in line with the Cochrane guidelines for synthesis of trials and all forms will be based on quality measures as per the validated Cochrane templates. We will present the results of the systematic review and the meta-analysis based on PICO comparison between the included trials. Results: We have identified four models of pharmacist prescribing interventions (independent, dependent [collaborative], supplementary, and emergency prescribing). The results will contain a systematic critical evaluation of the included trials in terms of the sample number of the population (characteristics), the type of interventions and the comparators, and the main outcome measures. Conclusion: This protocol will report the evidence and explore the magnitude of impact of pharmacist prescribing interventions, on clinical, humanistic, and economic outcomes. .

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collaborative prescribingcost-benefit analysisdependent prescribingemergency pharmacist-prescribingindependent prescribinginterrupted time-series interventionsrandomized controlled trials

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PMID36733516
PMCPMC9851817
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