Westerlund Tommy, Brånstad Jan-Olof
Research and Development, Apoteket AB, PO Box 1052, SE 251 10, Helsingborg, Sweden.
Pharm World Sci. 2010 Oct;32(5):562-5. doi: 10.1007/s11096-010-9408-7. Epub 2010 Jul 4.
The aim of this study was to examine general practitioners' (GPs') views on (1) patients' drug-related problems (DRPs) and noncompliance and (2) the role of pharmacy practitioners in DRP management.
A brief questionnaire was designed and distributed to 224 GPs in Sweden.
Totally 152 GPs responded (68%). Most felt that pharmacy practitioners could improve patients' drug use by identifying DRPs. A majority of the GPs also found presentations and analyses of their local pharmacies' DRP documentation valuable. According to the GPs' experiences, adverse drug effects and therapy failure were the most salient problems in patients' drug use. Half of the doctors believed that 50-75% of their patients were compliant with their prescribed drug treatments. A majority of the GPs found a 75-95% degree of compliance acceptable.
The surveyed GPs demonstrated very positive attitudes towards the role of pharmacy practitioners in improving patients' drug use and managing DRPs. The GPs realised that many patients were not compliant with their prescribed drug treatments and accepted an imperfect compliance.
本研究旨在调查全科医生(GPs)对以下两方面的看法:(1)患者的药物相关问题(DRPs)及用药依从性;(2)药剂师在药物相关问题管理中的作用。
设计了一份简短问卷并分发给瑞典的224名全科医生。
共有152名全科医生回复(68%)。大多数人认为药剂师可通过识别药物相关问题来改善患者的用药情况。大多数全科医生还认为其当地药房的药物相关问题文档的展示和分析很有价值。根据全科医生的经验,药物不良反应和治疗失败是患者用药中最突出的问题。一半的医生认为他们50%至75%的患者会遵医嘱进行药物治疗。大多数全科医生认为75%至95%的依从程度是可以接受的。
接受调查的全科医生对药剂师在改善患者用药和管理药物相关问题方面的作用表现出非常积极的态度。全科医生意识到许多患者不遵医嘱进行药物治疗,并接受了不完全的依从性。