Prescribing or dispensing medication represents the best opportunity for GPs and pharmacists to engage older people in alcohol-related clinical conversations
| Autor: | Steve Allsop, Marie Louise McDermott, Julie Dare, Celia Wilkinson, Michelle French, Johnny Lo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Risk Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Alcohol Drinking Cross-sectional study Pharmacist Pharmaceutical Science Pharmacy Health benefits Pharmacists Drug Prescriptions 03 medical and health sciences Professional Role 0302 clinical medicine Patient Education as Topic General Practitioners Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Risks and benefits Psychiatry Aged Service (business) Recall business.industry 030503 health policy & services Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Professional-Patient Relations Western Australia Health Surveys Cross-Sectional Studies Community pharmacist Female 0305 other medical science business Older people |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 24:319-325 |
| ISSN: | 2042-7174 0961-7671 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/ijpp.12255 |
| Popis: | Objectives This research aimed to identify older Australian drinkers’ knowledge about Australian Alcohol Guidelines and their beliefs about the risks and benefits of alcohol; their recall of alcohol-related issues being raised with them by their community pharmacist and General Practitioner (GP); and their receptiveness to alcohol-related information being provided by either health professional. Methods This research was conducted in Perth, Western Australia. Flyers calling for participants were placed in local health and service centres, and advertisements were placed in local media. Participants who met eligibility requirements were posted a survey pack (n = 190) including an information letter, consent form, quantitative survey, and return addressed, postage paid envelope. 188 people aged over 60 years returned completed questionnaires. Key findings Women were more familiar with national alcohol guidelines, and were more conservative about the potential health benefits of alcohol. While 90% of participants were receptive to their GP asking about their alcohol use, only 30% of men and 20% of women recalled their GP raising this issue with them in the prior 12 months. Of these, high-risk drinkers were six times more likely than low-risk drinkers to have been asked by their GP. Likewise, 50% of men and 65% of women were receptive to having alcohol-related health conversations with their community pharmacist, but less than 4% recalled their pharmacist raising this issue. Participants were most receptive to receiving information about alcohol-medication interactions. Conclusions This research highlights that prescribing and dispensing medication represents the ideal opportunity for health professionals to deliver alcohol-related information to older people. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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