Evaluating an implementation programme for medication review with follow-up in community pharmacy using a hybrid effectiveness study design: translating evidence into practice.

Autor: Varas-Doval R; Department of Pharmaceutical Services, Spanish General Council of Official Colleges of Pharmacists, Madrid, Spain., Gastelurrutia MA; Pharmaceutical Care Research Group, CTS-131, University of Granada Faculty of Pharmacy, Granada, Spain magastelu@farmanorte.org., Benrimoj SI; Pharmaceutical Care Research Group, CTS-131, University of Granada Faculty of Pharmacy, Granada, Spain., Zarzuelo MJ; Pharmaceutical Care Research Group, CTS-131, University of Granada Faculty of Pharmacy, Granada, Spain., Garcia-Cardenas V; Graduate School of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Perez-Escamilla B; Pharmaceutical Care Research Group, CTS-131, University of Granada Faculty of Pharmacy, Granada, Spain., Martínez-Martínez F; Clinical Pharmacy Section, Pharmacy Department, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMJ open [BMJ Open] 2020 Sep 29; Vol. 10 (9), pp. e036669. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Sep 29.
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036669
Abstrakt: Objectives: To evaluate an implementation programme of a community pharmacy medication review with follow-up (MRF) service using a hybrid effectiveness-implementation study design, and to compare the clinical and humanistic outcomes with those in a previously conducted cluster randomised controlled trial (cRCT).
Setting: Community pharmacies in Spain.
Participants: 135 community pharmacies and 222 pharmacists providing MRF to polymedicated patients aged 65 or over.
Intervention: The intervention was an implementation programme for the MRF service. A national level group was established, mirrored with a provincial level group. A series of interventions were defined (1) to engage pharmacy owners with the implementation model and (2) to provide training to pharmacists consisting of clinical case studies, process of MRF, communication skills and data collection methods and (3) practice change facilitators.
Primary and Secondary Outcome Measures: The primary outcomes for the implementation programme were progress, reach, fidelity and integration. The secondary outcomes were number of medications, non-controlled health problems, emergency visits, hospitalisations and health-related quality of life, which were compared with a previous 6-month cluster RCT.
Results: 55% of pharmacies reached the implementation phase and 35.6% remained in the testing phase at 12 months. A reach of 89.3% (n=844) was achieved. Fidelity average score was 8.45 (min: 6.2, max: 9.3) out of 10. The integration mean score was 3.39 (SD: 0.72) out of 5. MRF service outcomes were similar to the cluster RCT study; however, the magnitude of the outcomes was delayed.
Conclusions: The implementation of pharmacy services is a complex multifactorial process, conditioned by numerous implementation factors. In the absence of remuneration, the implementation of the MRF service is a slow process, taking at least 12 months to complete.
Trial Registration Number: CGFTRA-2017-01.
Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared.
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