Prediction of pharmacist intention to provide medication disposal education using the theory of planned behaviour

Autor: Anandi V. Law, Bik-Wai Bilvick Tai, Sonya Frausto, Stephanie C. Wu, Micah Hata
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 22:653-661
ISSN: 1356-1294
Popis: Rationale, aims and objectives Lack of familiarity with proper medication disposal options among patients can lead to personal and environmental safety concerns, besides signalling non-adherence. Given that community pharmacists are in a position to educate patients, this study assessed community pharmacists' knowledge on medication disposal and examined the utility of the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) in predicting their intention to provide medication disposal education to their patients. Methods A cross-sectional, self-administered survey was distributed to community pharmacists in California. Descriptive statistics were reported for all survey items. Cronbach's alpha and Pearson correlation were used to determine the reliability for the four TPB constructs (attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioural control and intention). Multiple linear regressions were performed to predict intent using the other three TPB constructs. Results Pharmacists (n = 142) demonstrated a positive intention to provide education (mean = 5.91 ± 1.22; range: 2 to 8), but most (67.9%) provided this information once a month or less. Attitude (β = 0.266, P = 0.001), subjective norm (β = 0.333, P
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