Evaluating community pharmacy practice in Qatar using simulated patient method: acute gastroenteritis management
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| contents | Evaluating community pharmacy practice in Qatar using simulated patient method: acute gastroenteritis management IBRAHIM Mohamed Subish PALAIAN Fatima AL-SULAITI Somia EL-SHAMI Medicina Qatar Pharmacies Gastroenteritis Patient Simulation Professional Practice Objective: To evaluate Qatari pharmacists’ prescribing, labeling, dispensing and counseling practices in response to acute community-acquired gastroenteritis. Methods: The simulated patient method was used in this study. Thirty pharmacies in Doha were randomly selected and further randomized into two groups: Face-to-Face (n=15) vs. Telephone-call (n=15) per simulated patient; 2 simulated patients were involved. Prescribing, labeling, dispensing and counseling practices were assessed. Data analysis was performed using Mann-Whitney and chi square tests at alpha=0.05. Results: Most pharmacists prescribed and dispensed medicines (96%), including antimicrobials (43.9%), antidiarrheals (36%), antiemetics (5.1%) and antipyretics (3%). Counseling practices were poor (62.1% in the face-to-face group vs 70% in the telephone-call group did not counsel simulated patients about the dispensed medicines; p-value=0.50). In more than one-third of the encounters, at least one labeling parameter was missing. The duration of each interaction in minutes was not significantly different between the groups [median (IQR); 3(4.25) in the face-to-face group versus 2(0.25) in the telephone-call group; p-value=0.77]. No significant differences in prescribing or dispensing behaviors were present between groups (p-value>0.05). Conclusion: Qatar community pharmacists’ labeling, dispensing, and counseling practices were below expectation, thus urging the need for continuous professional development. 2016 artículo científico 1885-642X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=69049099003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=690 Pharmacy Practice application/pdf Centro de investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmacéuticas Pharmacy Practice (España) Num.4 Vol.14 |
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| spellingShingle | Evaluating community pharmacy practice in Qatar using simulated patient method: acute gastroenteritis management IBRAHIM Mohamed Medicina Qatar Pharmacies Gastroenteritis Patient Simulation Professional Practice Evaluating community pharmacy practice in Qatar using simulated patient method: acute gastroenteritis management IBRAHIM Mohamed Subish PALAIAN Fatima AL-SULAITI Somia EL-SHAMI Medicina Qatar Pharmacies Gastroenteritis Patient Simulation Professional Practice Objective: To evaluate Qatari pharmacists’ prescribing, labeling, dispensing and counseling practices in response to acute community-acquired gastroenteritis. Methods: The simulated patient method was used in this study. Thirty pharmacies in Doha were randomly selected and further randomized into two groups: Face-to-Face (n=15) vs. Telephone-call (n=15) per simulated patient; 2 simulated patients were involved. Prescribing, labeling, dispensing and counseling practices were assessed. Data analysis was performed using Mann-Whitney and chi square tests at alpha=0.05. Results: Most pharmacists prescribed and dispensed medicines (96%), including antimicrobials (43.9%), antidiarrheals (36%), antiemetics (5.1%) and antipyretics (3%). Counseling practices were poor (62.1% in the face-to-face group vs 70% in the telephone-call group did not counsel simulated patients about the dispensed medicines; p-value=0.50). In more than one-third of the encounters, at least one labeling parameter was missing. The duration of each interaction in minutes was not significantly different between the groups [median (IQR); 3(4.25) in the face-to-face group versus 2(0.25) in the telephone-call group; p-value=0.77]. No significant differences in prescribing or dispensing behaviors were present between groups (p-value>0.05). Conclusion: Qatar community pharmacists’ labeling, dispensing, and counseling practices were below expectation, thus urging the need for continuous professional development. 2016 artículo científico 1885-642X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=69049099003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=690 Pharmacy Practice application/pdf Centro de investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmacéuticas Pharmacy Practice (España) Num.4 Vol.14 |
| title | Evaluating community pharmacy practice in Qatar using simulated patient method: acute gastroenteritis management |
| topic | Medicina Qatar Pharmacies Gastroenteritis Patient Simulation Professional Practice |
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