Tromp Maxine, Truter Ilse, du Toit Jan
Department of Pharmacy, Nelson Mandela University, PO Box 77000, Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha) 6031, South Africa.
Drug Utilization Research Unit (DURU), Department of Pharmacy, Nelson Mandela University, PO Box 77000, Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha) 6031, South Africa.
Explor Res Clin Soc Pharm. 2023 Oct 14;12:100352. doi: 10.1016/j.rcsop.2023.100352. eCollection 2023 Dec.
Primary Care Drug Therapy (PCDT) is a supplementary training course for South African pharmacists. The qualification affords pharmacists an expanded scope of practice to treat specific primary health care conditions.
To describe the practice settings and conditions being treated by PCDT pharmacists in South Africa, with specific focus on differences between services delivered in urban versus rural areas.
An online questionnaire survey was conducted under all PCDT trained pharmacists in 2021.
Less than half (45.3%; = 34) of the 75 respondents had received their Section 22 A(15) permit and were practicing as PCDT pharmacists. Of these respondents, only 41.2% were practicing in a rural setting. Overall, respondents indicated that ear, nose and throat conditions, and family planning, were the most often consulted conditions. Differences were, however, observed between provinces, and between urban and rural areas. Family planning, urological conditions and sexually transmitted infections were most frequently consulted in urban areas, whilst gastrointestinal conditions, and ear, nose and throat conditions, were more common in rural areas.
Conditions treated in the different settings in South Africa provided a unique insight into the epidemiological profile of the area, as well as the primary health care needs.
初级保健药物治疗（PCDT）是为南非药剂师开设的一门补充培训课程。该资格使药剂师在治疗特定的初级卫生保健疾病方面有了更广泛的执业范围。
描述南非PCDT药剂师的执业环境和治疗的疾病，特别关注城市和农村地区提供的服务之间的差异。
2021年对所有接受过PCDT培训的药剂师进行了在线问卷调查。
75名受访者中，不到一半（45.3%；n = 34）获得了第22 A(15)条许可并作为PCDT药剂师执业。在这些受访者中，只有41.2%在农村地区执业。总体而言，请受访者指出，耳、鼻、喉疾病和计划生育是最常咨询的疾病。然而，不同省份之间以及城乡之间存在差异。计划生育、泌尿系统疾病和性传播感染在城市地区最常被咨询，而胃肠道疾病和耳、鼻、喉疾病在农村地区更为常见。
南非不同地区治疗的疾病为该地区的流行病学概况以及初级卫生保健需求提供了独特的见解。
