Medication Counseling Practices in Medicine Retail Outlets Found in Bench Sheko Zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region, South West Ethiopia
| Autor: | Oliyad Kebede, Desalegn Feyissa, Alemu Tamiru, Temesgen Aferu, Diriba Feyisa, Jafer Siraj, Emebet Wodajo, Fikadu Ejeta |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
pharmacy professionals Post hoc business.industry Drug administration Pharmacy Affect (psychology) counselling Southwest Ethiopia Age groups Counseling skills Family medicine Statistical analyses medicine counselling practice Observational study medication Mizan-Aman business Pragmatic and Observational Research Original Research |
| Zdroj: | Pragmatic and Observational Research |
| ISSN: | 1179-7266 |
| Popis: | Fikadu Ejeta,1 Diriba Feyisa,1 Oliyad Kebede,1 Temesgen Aferu,1 Jafer Siraj,2 Desalegn Feyissa,3 Emebet Wodajo,3 Alemu Tamiru3 1Department of Pharmaceutics and Social Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Mizan-Tepi University, Mizan-Aman, Ethiopia; 2Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Mizan-Tepi University, Mizan-Aman, Ethiopia; 3Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Mizan-Tepi University, Mizan-Aman, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Fikadu Ejeta Tel +251910136034Email fikaduejeta@gmail.comObjective: The objectives of this research were to investigate pharmacy professionalsâ counseling practices as well as to evaluate pharmacy professionalsâ counseling skills and the content of counseling services provided to patients visiting medicine retail outlets.Methods: A facility-based observational cross-sectional study was used to assess medication counseling practice by pharmacy professionals. Data were gathered through an observation and a semi-structured questionnaire. Epi data version 4.0.2 was used to enter data, which was subsequently exported to SPSS version 21.0 for analysis. ANOVA and post hoc statistical analyses were used to investigate the association between independent and dependent variables; and a 0.05 p-value was considered.Results: This study has a total of 105 pharmacy professionals that were included in the analysis. The majority of those who responded were between the ages of 25 and 29. The most common drug information offered by pharmacy staff to patients was frequency of administration (90%), length of therapy (90%), and unit dose dispensed, according to the current study (86%). Pharmacy professionalsâ age was significant on components of counseling practice as on mentioning the name of drugs during dispensing the medication (p=0.000), the route of administration (p=0.000), a drug dose (p=0.003), frequency of drug administration (p=0.016), proper medicine storage (p=0.024), type of dosage form (p=0.025), and duration of treatment (p=0.012). In comparison with the other age groups, an age greater than 40 years was significant on components of counseling practice (p=0.001) as a factor associated with penurious counseling practice than the other groups.Conclusion: This study shows that counseling practice is still quite low in comparison to what is expected. Some of the issues that affect counseling include a high patient load, the lack of a private counseling room, a lack of updated drug knowledge, and a lack of experience were factors that influence counseling.Keywords: counselling, counselling practice, medication, pharmacy professionals, Mizan-Aman, Southwest Ethiopia |
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