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Future Pharmacists’ Opinions on the Facilitation of Self-Care with Over-the-Counter Products and Whether This Should Remain a Core Role.
| العنوان: | Future Pharmacists’ Opinions on the Facilitation of Self-Care with Over-the-Counter Products and Whether This Should Remain a Core Role. |
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| المؤلفون: | Hanna, Lezley-Anne, Murphy, Alana, Hall, Maurice, Craig, Rebecca |
| المصدر: | Hanna , L-A , Murphy , A , Hall , M & Craig , R 2021 , ' Future Pharmacists’ Opinions on the Facilitation of Self-Care with Over-the-Counter Products and Whether This Should Remain a Core Role. ' , Pharmacy , vol. 9 , no. 3 , 132 , pp. 1-13 . https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy9030132 |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| المجموعة: | Queen's University Belfast: Research Portal |
| الوصف: | Background: The aim was to investigate pharmacy students’ views on the role of the pharmacist in facilitating self-care with over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, particularly in light of new roles, and establish personal practice. Methods: Final year pharmacy students at Queen’s University Belfast were invited to participate. Data were collected via a pre-piloted questionnaire, distributed at a compulsory class (only non-identifiable data were requested). Descriptive statistics were performed, and non-parametric tests were employed for inferential statistical analysis (responses by gender). Results: The response rate was 87.6% (78/89); 34.6% (27/78) males and 65.4% (51/78) females. Over a third [34.6% (27/78)] reported using OTC medicines about once a month. All appreciated the importance of an evidence-based approach to optimize patient care. Most [(96.2% (75/78)] deemed OTC consultations should remain a fundamental responsibility of pharmacists and 69.2% (54/78) thought OTC consultations have the potential to be as complex as independent pharmacist prescribing. Females felt more confident recommending OTC emergency contraception than males (p = 0.002 for levonorgestrel and p = 0.011 for ulipristal acetate). Many [61.5% (48/78)] considered more medicines should not be deregulated from prescription-only status. Conclusions: Data from this single institution suggests that enabling self-medication is an important part of practice but there were confidence issues around deregulations |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.3390/pharmacy9030132 |
| الاتاحة: | https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/be34cd94-46fb-43f7-8423-c27d6a73ab59 https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy9030132 https://pureadmin.qub.ac.uk/ws/files/245732448/pharmacy_09_00132.pdf |
| Rights: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.62AA4283 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.3390/pharmacy9030132 |
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