Participant satisfaction with a community-based medication synchronization program
| Autor: | Emily S Prohaska, Kendra T. Butler, Jessica Bates, Janelle F. Ruisinger, Brittany L. Melton |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Population Pharmacology (nursing) Pharmacy Pilot Projects Community Pharmacy Services Likert scale Medication Adherence Type of service Patient satisfaction Nursing Surveys and Questionnaires Synchronization (computer science) Diabetes Mellitus Medicine Food Industry Humans education Consumer behaviour Aged Demography Pharmacology Aged 80 and over education.field_of_study business.industry Consumer Behavior Kansas Middle Aged Metropolitan area Patient Satisfaction Family medicine Female business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA. 55(5) |
| ISSN: | 1544-3450 |
| Popis: | Objective To assess participant satisfaction with a community pharmacy–based medication synchronization program. Setting A single location of a grocery store pharmacy chain in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Practice description A medication synchronization program, Time My Meds (TMM), was implemented in 1 of 20 community pharmacies within the grocery store chain. Practice innovation Current pharmacy patients taking three or more chronic medications were recruited to enroll in the medication synchronization program. After at least 3 months of enrollment in TMM, participants were invited to complete a paper survey to assess satisfaction with the program. Evaluation Data were collected on overall participant satisfaction with the TMM program. A 10-statement survey gathered demographic information and assessed participant satisfaction using a 5-point Likert scale (1, strongly disagree, to 5, strongly agree). Results Data collected from 48 surveys were analyzed. No statistical differences in participant satisfaction were found when considering age, education, income, number of medications at pick-up, or number of monthly trips to the pharmacy prior to program enrollment. Median scores for individual survey items were all 5 out of 5 (strongly agree) using a 5-point Likert scale. Conclusion Participants were highly satisfied with the medication synchronization program. These results, if expanded to a wider population, might provide valuable information for continued justification and implementation of this type of service in community pharmacies. |
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