Waddington Freya, Naunton Mark, Kyle Greg, Thomas Jackson, Cooper Gabrielle, Waddington Ainsley
Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Bruce, ACT, 2617, Australia,
Int J Clin Pharm. 2015 Jun;37(3):439-46. doi: 10.1007/s11096-015-0092-5. Epub 2015 Mar 13.
Internationally, the use of dietary supplements has been growing rapidly. Patient support for pharmacist sales of nutritional and dietary supplements is also strong. The increase in demand for nutritional and dietary supplements and subsequent advice about these products, however, makes it necessary that pharmacists maintain a contemporary knowledge of the area.
This systematic review was conducted to examine the current evidence regarding the level of the nutritional and dietary supplement knowledge of community pharmacists and their understanding of their therapeutic effects.
Electronic databases including Medline, Scopus, Embase, CINAHL, Scifinder and the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register were searched. Studies assessing nutritional knowledge of pharmacists in community pharmacies were eligible for inclusion. All languages and study designs were considered. Study results were analysed and pharmacist knowledge scores were given out of 100 %. Results From 5594 studies identified, nine met the inclusion criteria. Each study tested pharmacist knowledge with predetermined questions calculating results as the number of questions answered correctly. These knowledge scores were converted to a percentage score for the purpose of this paper. The median knowledge score across all papers was 64 %. A lack of studies assessing community pharmacists' knowledge of commonly sold vitamins and minerals was observed.
Global community pharmacist knowledge of dietary supplements appears to be poor. Community pharmacists have an professional responsibility to provide accurate health information about dietary supplements as they do for any other therapies they provide to patients. Further research including that which assesses pharmacists' therapeutic knowledge of commonly sold vitamins and minerals is suggested.
在国际上，膳食补充剂的使用一直在迅速增长。患者对药剂师销售营养和膳食补充剂的支持也很强烈。然而，对营养和膳食补充剂需求的增加以及随后关于这些产品的建议，使得药剂师有必要掌握该领域的最新知识。
本系统综述旨在研究关于社区药剂师营养和膳食补充剂知识水平及其对其治疗效果理解的现有证据。
检索了包括Medline、Scopus、Embase、CINAHL、Scifinder和Cochrane对照试验注册库在内的电子数据库。评估社区药房药剂师营养知识的研究符合纳入标准。考虑所有语言和研究设计。分析研究结果，并给出药剂师知识得分（满分100%）。结果：在识别出的5594项研究中，有9项符合纳入标准。每项研究都用预先确定的问题测试药剂师的知识，将结果计算为正确回答的问题数量。为了本文的目的，将这些知识得分转换为百分比得分。所有论文的知识得分中位数为64%。观察到缺乏评估社区药剂师对常见销售的维生素和矿物质知识的研究。
全球社区药剂师对膳食补充剂的知识似乎较差。社区药剂师有专业责任像为患者提供的任何其他治疗一样，提供关于膳食补充剂的准确健康信息。建议进行进一步研究，包括评估药剂师对常见销售的维生素和矿物质的治疗知识的研究。
