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Exploring community pharmacists perception towards responsible provision of patient care services: A quantitative assessment

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Zelal Kharaba

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© Pharmacotherapy Group, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Benin, Benin City, 300001 Nigeria.Purpose: To investigate the perception of community pharmacists with regard to pharmaceutical care services in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan. Methods: This was a cross-sectional survey carried out among the community pharmacists in seven divisions of KPK, namely, Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Hazara, Kohat, Malakand, Mardan, and Peshawar. The survey was conducted between July and September 2014. A total of 22 community pharmacists were identified and approached. Results: Eighteen community pharmacists returned the filled questionnaire showing a response rate of 81.8 %. All participants (n = 18, 100 %) were male. The majority of the participants 55.6 % (n = 10) made it clear that they had never interacted with doctors, while only 33.3 % (n = 6) reported weekly interaction. The major reasons for interaction were to discuss drug alternatives (38.9 %, n = 7) and the availability of prescribed drugs (33.3 %, n = 6). Meanwhile, about 83.3 % (n = 15) of community pharmacists were involved in educating patients, while only 38.9 % (n = 7) spend enough time on each patient. Further, a large proportion of respondents had never documented patients’ medical, allergy and family histories (83.3 %, n = 15). Only 44.4 % (n = 8) of community pharmacists sometimes checked and signed the prescription. Conclusion: Community pharmacists are few in number in the studied area. They are involved in patient counseling but face difficulties in counseling due to lack of time and insufficient pharmacy staff. Therefore, there is a need to significantly enhance the interaction between pharmacists and other healthcare professionals to facilitate inter-professional collaboration.

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Author(s): Kharaba Z, Kousar R, Azhar S, Buabeid MA, Khan SA, Murtaza G

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Year: 2020

Volume: 19

Issue: 4

Pages: 879-885

Online publication date: 30/04/2020

Acceptance date: 25/01/2020

Date deposited: 19/05/2020

ISSN (print): 1596-5996

ISSN (electronic): 1596-9827

Publisher: University of Benin

URL: https://doi.org/10.4314/tjpr.v19i4.29

DOI: 10.4314/tjpr.v19i4.29

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