评估约旦社区药剂师在女性怀孕和哺乳期自信地提供健康服务和自我药疗建议的能力。

Assessment of Jordanian community pharmacists' confidence to provide health services and advice on self-medication for women during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

机构信息

Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.

Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.

出版信息

Int J Pharm Pract. 2023 Apr 10;31(2):183-189. doi: 10.1093/ijpp/riad003.

DOI:10.1093/ijpp/riad003

PMID:36929412

Abstract

OBJECTIVES

The purpose of this study was to describe the services provided by community pharmacists and their confidence in providing advice on self-medication for women during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

METHODS

A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study was distributed online to community pharmacists across Jordan in the period from August through December 2020. The questionnaire identified the services most frequently offered to women throughout pregnancy or breastfeeding and evaluated the community pharmacists' confidence in providing advice on self-medication and other services for this population group.

KEY FINDINGS

A total of 340 community pharmacists completed the questionnaire. Most of them were female (89.4%), and just over half (55%) had less than 5 years of experience. The services offered by community pharmacists to women throughout pregnancy were dispensing medicine (49.1%), and dispensing herbal products (48.5%), whereas the services mainly provided for women during breastfeeding were providing advice on contraception (71.5%), and dispensing medication (45.3%).The most frequent complaints reported by women during pregnancy were gastrointestinal and urinary symptoms, and for women during lactation low milk supply and contraception. Regarding pharmacists' confidence in providing advice on self-medication, nearly half of the respondents (50% and 49.7%) reported that they had confidence in solving medication and health challenges during pregnancy and breastfeeding, respectively.

CONCLUSION

Although community pharmacists provided different services for women who were pregnant or breastfeeding, many did not feel confident handling them. Continuous training programs are required to enhance community pharmacists' ability to provide adequate care for women during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

摘要

目的

本研究旨在描述社区药剂师提供的服务及其在妊娠和哺乳期为女性提供自我药疗建议的信心。

方法

本研究采用横断面问卷调查，于 2020 年 8 月至 12 月期间在约旦的社区药剂师中进行在线调查。该问卷确定了在妊娠或哺乳期为女性提供的最常见服务，并评估了社区药剂师为该人群群体提供自我药疗和其他服务的信心。

主要发现

共有 340 名社区药剂师完成了问卷。他们大多数是女性（89.4%），超过一半（55%）的经验不足 5 年。社区药剂师在妊娠期间为女性提供的服务包括配药（49.1%）和配草药产品（48.5%），而在哺乳期主要为女性提供的服务包括提供避孕建议（71.5%）和配药（45.3%）。妊娠期间女性报告的最常见投诉是胃肠道和泌尿系统症状，哺乳期女性则是低奶量和避孕问题。关于药剂师在自我药疗方面提供建议的信心，近一半的受访者（分别为 50%和 49.7%）报告称，他们有信心解决妊娠和哺乳期的用药和健康挑战。