Erku Daniel Asfaw, Belachew Sewunet Admasu, Mekuria Abebe Basazn, Haile Kaleab Taye, Gebresillassie Begashaw Melaku, Tegegn Henok Getachew, Ayele Asnakew Achaw
Department of Clinical Pharmacy.
Department of Pharmacology.
Integr Pharm Res Pract. 2017 Jul 19;6:137-143. doi: 10.2147/IPRP.S140777. eCollection 2017.
The present study aimed at evaluating the knowledge and level of involvement of community pharmacists in the provision of patient counseling and health education services for patients with DM and perceived barriers that limit the delivery of such services.
A self-administered questionnaire based-survey was undertaken from January to March, 2017 with 412 pharmacists working in community pharmacies in six cities of Amhara regional state of Ethiopia: Debre Markos, Gondar, Dessie, Bahir Dar, Woldya, and Debre Birhan. Descriptive statistics, ANOVA, and Student's -test were employed to examine different variables.
Community pharmacists were found to have poor knowledge and low level of involvement, with an overall mean score of 11.54 and 2.06, respectively. A significant number of community pharmacists never practiced promoting smoking cessation (45.2%), counseling on good foot care techniques (33.7%), and counseling on the potential impact of over-the-counter and herbal drugs on DM management (34%). On the other hand, describing the right time to administer antidiabetic medications (46%) and counseling on suitable administration, handling, and storage of insulin (33.7%) were done more frequently. The main reported barriers to the delivery of these services were lack of knowledge or clinical skills, lack of access to additional training programs, and lack of personnel or resources.
The present study revealed a poor knowledge and low level of involvement in counseling and health education services for patients with DM. Lack of knowledge or clinical skills was the most commonly reported barrier for providing such services. In order to better integrate community pharmacies into future public health programs and optimize the contribution of pharmacists, interventions should focus on overcoming the identified barriers.
本研究旨在评估社区药剂师在为糖尿病患者提供患者咨询和健康教育服务方面的知识水平、参与程度以及限制此类服务提供的感知障碍。
2017年1月至3月，对埃塞俄比亚阿姆哈拉州六个城市（德布雷马尔科斯、贡德尔、德西、巴赫达尔、沃尔迪亚和德布雷比尔汉）社区药房工作的412名药剂师进行了一项基于自填式问卷的调查。采用描述性统计、方差分析和学生t检验来检验不同变量。
发现社区药剂师知识水平较差且参与程度较低，总体平均得分分别为11.54和2.06。相当数量的社区药剂师从未开展过促进戒烟（45.2%）、足部护理技巧咨询（33.7%）以及非处方药和草药对糖尿病管理潜在影响的咨询（34%）。另一方面，更频繁进行的是描述抗糖尿病药物的正确给药时间（4
