评估一项针对药师的烟草使用障碍治疗强化教育计划：一项随机对照试验。

Assessment of an intensive education program for pharmacists on treatment of tobacco use disorder using an objective structured clinical examination: a randomized controlled trial.

机构信息

College of Pharmacy, QU Health, Qatar University, 2713, Doha, Qatar.

Kulliyyah of Pharmacy, International Islamic University Malaysia, 25200, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.

出版信息

BMC Med Educ. 2022 Apr 18;22(1):289. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03331-9.

DOI:10.1186/s12909-022-03331-9

PMID:35436957

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9014580/

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Tobacco use is one of the major public health threats globally. Community pharmacists are uniquely positioned to offer tobacco cessation services owing to their easy accessibility by the public. To prepare Qatar community pharmacists to develop the competencies and skills required to offer smoking cessation services, an intensive tobacco control education program was designed and implemented. The study aimed to assess the impact of the tobacco education program on the pharmacists' skills and competence.

METHODS

A random sample of community pharmacists in Qatar was chosen for participation in the program. Consenting participants were randomly assigned to either intervention or control groups. The intervention group received an intensive education program on treatment of tobacco-use disorder, while a short didactic session on a non-tobacco-related topic was delivered to the control group. The pharmacists' tobacco cessation skills and competencies were assessed using an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE).

RESULTS

A total of 54 and 32 community pharmacists in the intervention group and the control group, respectively, completed the OSCE. The intensive tobacco education group achieved significantly higher total scores than the control group in all the OSCE cases. Specifically, the mean total scores for the intervention group were 15.2, 15.3, 14.2, 14.6, 16.3, and 15.2 compared to 8.8, 6.2, 7.7, 9.2, 8.3, and 11.3 for the control group (p < 0.001) for cases one to six respectively.

CONCLUSION

The study demonstrated that an intensive tobacco cessation education program can improve pharmacists' tobacco cessation skills and increase their tobacco cessation counseling abilities.

TRIAL REGISTRATION

Clinical Trials NCT03518476 ( https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03518476 ) Registration date: May 8, 2018.

摘要

背景

吸烟是全球主要的公共卫生威胁之一。由于社区药剂师容易被公众接触到，他们在提供戒烟服务方面具有独特的优势。为了使卡塔尔社区药剂师具备提供戒烟服务所需的能力和技能，设计并实施了一项强化烟草控制教育计划。本研究旨在评估该烟草教育计划对药剂师技能和能力的影响。

方法

从卡塔尔的社区药剂师中随机抽取了一个随机样本参与该计划。同意参与的参与者被随机分配到干预组或对照组。干预组接受了关于治疗烟草使用障碍的强化教育计划，而对照组则接受了关于非烟草相关主题的简短讲座。使用客观结构化临床考试（OSCE）评估药剂师的戒烟技能和能力。

结果

干预组和对照组分别有 54 名和 32 名社区药剂师完成了 OSCE。在所有 OSCE 案例中，强化烟草教育组的总得分均明显高于对照组。具体来说，干预组的平均总分为 15.2、15.3、14.2、14.6、16.3 和 15.2，而对照组的平均总分为 8.8、6.2、7.7、9.2、8.3 和 11.3，分别对应案例一至六。