Patient satisfaction with medication therapy adherence clinic services in a district hospital: a cross-sectional study

Autor: Yi C. Sim, Intan S. Mohd-Rosli, Boon T. Lau, Siew Y. Ng
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
mesh:Multivariate Analysis
patient satisfaction
Cross-sectional study
pharmacists
cross-sectional studies
Pharmaceutical Science
Pharmacy
Pharmacists
030226 pharmacology & pharmacy
Ambulatory Care Facilities
mesh:Diabetes Mellitus
0302 clinical medicine
ambulatory care
mesh:Ambulatory Care Facilities
Health care
Outpatients
Ambulatory Care
Medicine
Outpatient clinic
mesh:Age Factors
mesh:Sex Factors
mesh:Ambulatory Care
Original Research
Personal relationship
Age Factors
ambulatory care facilities
Race Factors
mesh:Patient Satisfaction
multivariate analysis
race factors
Patient Satisfaction
diabetes mellitus
age factors
medicine.medical_specialty
Pharmacist
RM1-950
mesh:Race Factors
03 medical and health sciences
pharmaceutical services
Pharmacy and materia medica
Patient satisfaction
Sex Factors
Ambulatory care
mesh:Outpatients
Diabetes Mellitus
mesh:Pharmacists
mesh:Malaysia
business.industry
Malaysia
malaysia
outpatients
sex factors
RS1-441
mesh:Pharmaceutical Services
Pharmaceutical care
Cross-Sectional Studies
mesh:Cross-Sectional Studies
Family medicine
Pharmaceutical Services
Multivariate Analysis
Therapeutics. Pharmacology
business
Zdroj: Pharmacy Practice (Granada) v.19 n.2 2021
SciELO España. Revistas Científicas Españolas de Ciencias de la Salud
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Pharmacy Practice
SciELO España: Revistas Científicas Españolas de Ciencias de la Salud
Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
Pharmacy Practice, Vol 19, Iss 2, p 2353 (2021)
Popis: Background : Patient satisfaction is one of the essential indicators for assessing the quality of healthcare services being delivered, including pharmacy ambulatory care service, as it determines the practicability and sustainability of the se rvice provided. As such, pharmaceutical care services provided during medication therapy adherence clinic (MTAC) sessions need to be assessed to maxim ise its effectiveness and benefits to the patients. Objective : This study aimed to assess the association between patient satisfaction and socio - demographic characteristics, as well as the predictors for patient satisfaction. Methods : This was a cross - sectional study conducted at the medical outpatient department in Hospital Port Dickson from January until O ctober 2019. Convenience sampling method was used to recruit potential study participants. Patient satisfaction was measured using Validated Patient Satisfaction with Pharmacist Services Questionnaire (PSPSQ2.0), consisted of quality of care and interperso nal relationship between pharmacist and patient domains. Descriptive data were presented as mean and standard deviation or number s and percentages, while Independent Sample t - test, ANOVA and post - hoc analysis, and multiple linear regression were used for i nferential data analysis. Results : There were 37 (25%) diabetes MTAC, 36 (24.3%) respiratory MTAC, and 75 (50.7%) warfarin MTAC patients recruited. On average, the mean overall satisfaction score was 3.30(SD=0.43). The mean satisfaction score in the inter personal relationship domain [3.35(SD=0.44)] was higher than the quality of care domain [3.26(SD=0.45)]. There was a significant association between gende r, education level, and patient satisfaction towards pharmaceutical care service (p
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