Al-Tameemi Noor Kifah, Sarriff Azmi
Discipline of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pinang, Malaysia.
J Pharm Health Care Sci. 2019 Jan 10;5:1. doi: 10.1186/s40780-019-0131-9. eCollection 2019.
Medication therapy management (MTM) service provides set of clinical activities to optimize therapeutic outcomes for patients. It requires the collaboration between patient, pharmacist and other healthcare providers to ensure safe and effective use of medicines. The objective of the current study was to assess Hospital Pulau Pinang pharmacists' knowledge, attitude and practice on MTM service.
A self-administrated validated survey was carried out among all pharmacists working at Hospital Pulau Pinang.
A total of 93 pharmacists out of 130 (71.5%) were included in the study (61.3% between the age of 20-30 years old, 74.2% female, 68.8% Chinese, 88.2% holding bachelor's degree and 48.4% working in medication therapy adherence clinic and outpatient pharmacy). Majority of pharmacists had a high level of knowledge and positive attitudes regarding MTM service. All pharmacists agreed that MTM service could improve the quality of health services and most pharmacists were interested in providing MTM service (92.5%). Moreover, 95.7% were interested in acquiring more information about MTM service. About the barriers that might affect MTM service implementation, the most common barriers identified by pharmacists were lack of training (88.2%), need of high budget to implement MTM service (51.6%) and lack of time (46.2%).
Overall, the research findings provide some insights about the Hospital Pulau Pinang pharmacists' knowledge, attitude and practice regarding MTM service. Majority of pharmacists agreed and showed their interest towards the implementation of MTM service.
药物治疗管理（MTM）服务提供一系列临床活动，以优化患者的治疗效果。它需要患者、药剂师和其他医疗服务提供者之间的协作，以确保安全有效地使用药物。本研究的目的是评估槟城医院药剂师对MTM服务的知识、态度和实践。
对槟城医院所有在职药剂师进行了一项经过验证的自填式调查。
130名药剂师中有93名（71.5%）被纳入研究（61.3%年龄在20至30岁之间，74.2%为女性，68.8%为华裔，88.2%拥有学士学位，48.4%在药物治疗依从性诊所和门诊药房工作）。大多数药剂师对MTM服务有较高的知识水平和积极态度。所有药剂师都认为MTM服务可以提高医疗服务质量，大多数药剂师对提供MTM服务感兴趣（92.5%）。此外,95.7%的人有兴趣获取更多关于MTM服务的信息。关于可能影响MTM服务实施的障碍，药剂师指出最常见的障碍是缺乏培训（88.2%）、实施MTM服务需要高额预算（51.6%）和时间不足（46.2%）。
总体而言，研究结果为槟城医院药剂师对MTM服务的知识、态度和实践提供了一些见解。大多数药剂师同意并对实施MTM服务表现出兴趣。
