Usir Ezlina, Lua Pei Lin, Majeed Abu Bakar Abdul
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kampus Puncak Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
J Pharm Pract. 2012 Jun;25(3):374-80. doi: 10.1177/0897190012442218. Epub 2012 May 2.
This study aimed to determine the availability and usage of printed and electronic references and Patient Medication Record in community pharmacy. It was conducted for over 3 months from 15 January to 30 April 2007. Ninety-three pharmacies participated. Structured questionnaires were mailed to community pharmacies. Six weeks later a reminder was sent to all non responders, who were given another six weeks to return the completed questionnaire. Outcomes were analyzed using descriptive statistics and chi-square test of independence. Almost all the pharmacies (96.8%) have at least Monthly Index of Medical Specialties (MIMS) while 78.5% have at least MIMS ANNUAL in their stores. Only about a third (31.2%) of the pharmacies were equipped with online facilities of which the majority referred to medical websites (88.9%) with only a minority (11.1%) referring to electronic journals. More than half (59.1%) of the pharmacists kept Patient Medication Record profiles with 49.1% storing it in paper, 41.8% electronically and 9.1% in both printed and electronic versions. In general, prevalence and usage of electronic references in community pharmacies were rather low. Efforts should be increased to encourage wider usage of electronic references and Patient Medication Records in community pharmacies to facilitate pharmaceutical care.
本研究旨在确定社区药房中印刷版和电子版参考文献以及患者用药记录的可获取性和使用情况。该研究于2007年1月15日至4月30日进行了3个多月。93家药房参与其中。向社区药房邮寄了结构化问卷。六周后，向所有未回复者发送了提醒，再给他们六周时间返回填写完整的问卷。使用描述性统计和独立性卡方检验对结果进行分析。几乎所有药房（96.8%）至少拥有《医学专科月刊索引》（MIMS），而78.5%的药房店内至少有《MIMS年度索引》。只有约三分之一（31.2%）的药房配备了在线设施，其中大多数参考医学网站（88.9%），只有少数（11.1%）参考电子期刊。超过一半（59.1%）的药剂师保存患者用药记录档案，49.1%以纸质形式存储，41.8%以电子形式存储，9.1%同时以纸质和电子版本存储。总体而言，社区药房中电子参考文献的普及率和使用率相当低。应加大力度鼓励社区药房更广泛地使用电子参考文献和患者用药记录，以促进药学服务。
