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Chelghoum M, Khitri W, Kadouri F, Chaouche K. A pilot study to assess the need for new hospital pharmaceutical services in Algerian patients and physicians’ perspective. JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/jphsr/rmab042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Abstract
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Objectives
The objective of this study was to assess the needs for pharmaceutical services from the perspectives of physicians and patients in the hospital setting and to contribute to the implementation of new hospital pharmacy activities.
Methods
A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out among the doctors and patients encountered in hospital departments in Sidi Bel Abbès (Algeria); each service was evaluated using a Likert scale. Associated characteristics with an important need were evaluated by univariate analysis and binary logistic regression.
Key findings
All pharmaceutical services were important to the patients, particularly providing treatment advice and therapeutic education. Women presented an important need for insurance of the availability of pharmaceutical products (P = 0.02) and lifestyle and dietetic information (P = 0.05). High frequency of taking medication was associated with an important need for information about drug interactions (P = 0.005). Patient-oriented pharmaceutical services were not important to the physicians who considered drug information and therapeutic education to be the most important need.
Conclusions
To implement patient-centred services, it is important to improve the contact between pharmacists and physicians and to provide information about pharmaceutical services that can benefit patients. Implementation of new practices in university hospital is more feasible than in public health facilities.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mustapha Chelghoum
- Faculty of Medicine of Sidi Bel Abbes, University of Djillali Liabes, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Oran 1, Oran, Algeria
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- Faculty of Medicine of Sidi Bel Abbes, University of Djillali Liabes, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria
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- Faculty of Medicine of Sidi Bel Abbes, University of Djillali Liabes, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria
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Guérin A, Bussières JF. Anticipated Changes in Pharmacy Practice by 2025: A Survey of Hospital Pharmacy Residents. Can J Hosp Pharm 2016; 69:388-393. [PMID: 27826156 DOI: 10.4212/cjhp.v69i5.1593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Aurélie Guérin
- DPharm, is a Collaborator with the Pharmacy Practice Research Unit and the Pharmacy Department, Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montréal, Quebec. She is also a Research Assistant in the Academic Practice Unit, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- BPharm, MSc, MBA, FCSHP, is Director of the Pharmacy Practice Research Unit and the Pharmacy Department, Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montréal, Quebec. He is also a Clinical Professor with the Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec
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