Paul Christine L, Tzelepis Flora, Walsh Raoul A, Turner Richard
Centre for Health Research and Psycho-oncology (CHeRP), The Cancer Council NSW, University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, Australia.
Drug Alcohol Rev. 2007 Jul;26(4):429-33. doi: 10.1080/09595230701373966.
Increased access for smokers to pharmacotherapies for smoking cessation suggests that pharmacists have a potential role in influencing how these pharmacotherapies are used in the community. This study aimed to identify the extent and type of advice provided by pharmacists to customers purchasing nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) or bupropion and to identify pharmacists' perceptions about the desirability and feasibility of providing such advice.
A sample of 700 pharmacies was selected at random from the NSW Electronic Yellow Pages and a questionnaire was sent by mail, fax or e-mail to the pharmacist in charge.
From 665 eligible pharmacies, 375 pharmacists returned completed questionnaires, giving a response rate of 56.4%. Participants reported providing a mean of 5 minutes of advice to both bupropion and NRT purchasers, with 59.5% reporting the provision of behavioural advice to NRT purchasers. Although over 70% of pharmacists perceived the provision of a brochure about NRT or bupropion as desirable and feasible, brochures were provided to less than one-third of NRT purchasers.
Pharmacists report providing a sizeable amount of advice to purchasers of NRT and bupropion. Recommendations for enhancing the role of pharmacists in influencing the use of cessation pharmacotherapies are discussed briefly.
吸烟者获得戒烟药物疗法的机会增加，这表明药剂师在影响这些药物疗法在社区中的使用方式方面具有潜在作用。本研究旨在确定药剂师向购买尼古丁替代疗法（NRT）或安非他酮的顾客提供建议的程度和类型，并确定药剂师对提供此类建议的可取性和可行性的看法。
从新南威尔士州电子黄页中随机抽取700家药店作为样本，并通过邮件、传真或电子邮件向主管药剂师发送问卷。
在665家符合条件的药店中，375名药剂师返回了完整的问卷，回复率为56.4%。参与者报告称，他们分别向购买安非他酮和NRT的顾客平均提供了5分钟的建议，其中59.5%的人报告向购买NRT的顾客提供了行为建议。尽管超过70%的药剂师认为提供有关NRT或安非他酮的宣传册是可取且可行的，但只有不到三分之一购买NRT的顾客收到了宣传册。
药剂师报告称，他们向购买NRT和安非他酮的顾客提供了大量建议。本文简要讨论了增强药剂师在影响戒烟药物疗法使用方面作用的建议。
