Department of Pharmacy Management, Izmir Katip Celebi University Faculty of Pharmacy, Izmir, Turkiye.
Department of Pharmacy Management, Van Yuzuncu Yil University Faculty of Pharmacy, Van, Turkiye.
Patient Educ Couns. 2023 Oct;115:107903. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2023.107903. Epub 2023 Jul 17.
This study aimed to explore pharmacists' counseling for dementia by developing a measurement tool based on the Theory of Planned Behavior.
A survey was applied online to community pharmacists; in total, 190 community pharmacists participated in the study. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and Mann-Whitney U test were performed.
A six-factor structure was obtained from the EFA, and the CFA confirmed the structure. These factors explained 71.294% of the total variance. The Cronbach's alpha coefficients for the factors ranged from 0.728 to 0.913. In addition, the pharmacists rated themselves as having positive attitudes and intentions toward counseling for dementia. Differences in these factors were found between the groups based on their participation in vocational training on dementia.
The developed measurement tool had a satisfactory construct and convergent and discriminant validities and reliabilities.
The developed measurement tool can be used to investigate pharmacists' self-reported counseling for dementia and can also be applied to the counseling behavior of pharmacists in various health conditions.
本研究旨在通过基于计划行为理论开发一种测量工具来探讨药师对痴呆症的咨询情况。
对社区药师进行在线调查，共有 190 名社区药师参与了这项研究。采用探索性因子分析（EFA）、验证性因子分析（CFA）和曼-惠特尼 U 检验进行分析。
EFA 得到了一个六因素结构，CFA 验证了该结构。这些因素解释了总方差的 71.294%。各因素的克朗巴赫α系数在 0.728 到 0.913 之间。此外，药师对痴呆症咨询的态度和意愿评价较为积极。根据他们是否参加过痴呆症职业培训，这些因素在不同群体之间存在差异。
开发的测量工具具有满意的结构和收敛与区分效度及信度。
开发的测量工具可用于调查药师自我报告的痴呆症咨询情况，也可应用于各种健康状况下药师的咨询行为。
