Ayalew Mohammed B, Solomon Lidiya, Abay Solomon
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Gondar University, Gondar, Ethiopia.
School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Gondar University, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Glob Adv Health Med. 2019 Aug 5;8:2164956119868777. doi: 10.1177/2164956119868777. eCollection 2019.
Pharmaceutical care (PC) practice in Ethiopia is not well developed and is at its infant stage. As a result, very little is known about the level of involvement of pharmacy professionals in PC activities.
The aim of this study was to assess PC practice at drug retail outlets (DROs) of Gondar town and to identify factors associated with it.
A cross-sectional study was conducted on 150 pharmacy professionals working in 55 DROs located in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia. Data on sociodemographic characteristics of respondents, their involvement in PC activities, handling of drug-related problems (DRPs), and consultation with colleagues and other health-care providers were collected and analyzed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 21.
Majority of study participants were degree holders in pharmacy (68.7%) and work in community DROs (78%). Over half of the respondents (56.5%) were found to practice good PC, asking at least 3 of their last 5 patients what the goal of their drug therapy was. Nearly a quarter (24%) of pharmacy professionals did not document the desired therapeutic objectives for all the 5 patients they served. Handling of DRPs is poor for majority (76%) of the pharmacy professionals. Respondents working in the community DROs and diploma holders are poorly involved in PC activities. Age < 30 years, male sex, and working in the community DROs are significantly associated with poorer relation with colleague and other health-care providers.
Pharmacy professionals working in DROs of Gondar town have little involvement in the provision of PC. Especially, their is very poor. The level of involvement of pharmacy professionals on some types of PC services was significantly associated with their sex, age, working site, and level of education.
埃塞俄比亚的药学服务实践发展不完善，尚处于起步阶段。因此，对于药学专业人员参与药学服务活动的程度了解甚少。
本研究旨在评估贡德尔镇药店的药学服务实践情况，并确定与之相关的因素。
对埃塞俄比亚西北部贡德尔镇55家药店的150名药学专业人员进行了横断面研究。收集了受访者的社会人口学特征、他们参与药学服务活动、处理药物相关问题（DRP）以及与同事和其他医疗服务提供者咨询的数据，并使用社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）21版进行分析。
大多数研究参与者是药学学位持有者（68.7%），在社区药店工作（78%）。超过一半的受访者（56.5%）被发现提供良好的药学服务，询问了他们最近5名患者中至少3名患者药物治疗的目标。近四分之一（24%）的药学专业人员没有记录他们所服务的所有5名患者的期望治疗目标。大多数（76%）药学专业人员处理药物相关问题的能力较差。在社区药店工作的受访者和持有文凭者参与药学服务活动的程度较低。年龄<30岁、男性以及在社区药店工作与与同事和其他医疗服务提供者的关系较差显著相关。
在贡德尔镇药店工作的药学专业人员很少参与提供药学服务。特别是，他们的（此处原文似乎不完整）非常差。药学专业人员对某些类型药学服务的参与程度与他们的性别、年龄、工作地点和教育水平显著相关。
