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A Systematic Review of Controlled Trials: Can Patient Adherence to Antibiotics Be Improved Through Pharmaceutical Communication-Based Interventions?
| العنوان: | A Systematic Review of Controlled Trials: Can Patient Adherence to Antibiotics Be Improved Through Pharmaceutical Communication-Based Interventions? |
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| المؤلفون: | Carla Pires |
| المصدر: | Pharmacy, Vol 12, Iss 6, p 178 (2024) |
| بيانات النشر: | MDPI AG, 2024. |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Pharmacy and materia medica |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | pharmacist, antibiotics, patient adherence, communication-based interventions, Pharmacy and materia medica, RS1-441 |
| الوصف: | Background: Patient adherence to antibiotics is vital to ensure treatment efficiency. Objective: To evaluate the impact of pharmacist communication-based interventions on patients’ adherence to antibiotics. Methods: A systematic review following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses for systematic review (PRISMA) checklist and flow diagram. Controlled trials were included. Databases: PubMed, Cochrane Library, SciELO, and Google Scholar. Quality, risk of bias, and confidence in cumulative evidence were evaluated. Results: Twenty-one trials were selected, with better patient adherence for the intervention than the control group. However, statistically significant differences were only found in two-thirds of these trials. The use of educational leaflets, personalized delivery of antibiotics, follow-up measures, and structured counseling were among the most impactful and significant interventions. The fact that community and/or hospital pharmacists were required to intervene in both groups (e.g., intervention vs. control/usual care) may explain that statistically significant differences were not achieved in all trials. Moderate quality issues and/or risk of bias were detected in some of the evaluated trials. The cumulative evidence was classified as high to moderate, which was considered acceptable. Conclusion: It seems that more intense and structured pharmacist interventions can improve patient adherence to antibiotics. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 12060178 2226-4787 |
| Relation: | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/12/6/178; https://doaj.org/toc/2226-4787 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/pharmacy12060178 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/947ed4b2877c46c1aec8b0a3aea98282 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.947ed4b2877c46c1aec8b0a3aea98282 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 12060178 22264787 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/pharmacy12060178 |