Weidmann Anita E, Cadogan Cathal, Fialová Daniela, Hazen Ankie, Henman Martin C, Okuyan Betul, Wirth Francesca, Abdi Abdikarim, Urru Silvana A M, Nørgaard Lotte Sig
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Innsbruck University, Innsbruck, Austria.
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Int J Clin Pharm. 2025 Jul 21. doi: 10.1007/s11096-025-01966-4.
The scope of clinical pharmacy practice and research has expanded to encompass behavioural, economic and humanistic dimensions alongside clinical responsibilities. The influence of behaviour on the efficacy of clinical services justifies the application of behaviour change theories to clinical pharmacy and practice research. This facilitates a deeper understanding of human behaviour in relation to health interventions and the provision of clinical pharmacy services. This commentary provides a summary of key concepts that researchers need to consider when using behavioural and/or social theories to underpin their research, outlining: (1) why this is important to support development of the pharmacist's role in patient care; (2) definitions of theories, models and frameworks; (3) a description of the UK Medical Research Council Framework; (4) an overview of the most commonly used behavioural theories, models and frameworks (supplemented by implementation, communication and other relevant humanistic and social theories); (5) lessons for clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice researches. The comment aims to assist pharmacy practice and health research colleagues to improve the quality and rigour of theory underpinned research. The guidance in this paper is part of the commitment of the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy to stimulate innovative and high-quality research in all areas of clinical pharmacy.
临床药学实践与研究的范围已得到扩展，除临床职责外，还涵盖了行为、经济和人文层面。行为对临床服务疗效的影响使得行为改变理论在临床药学及实践研究中的应用具有合理性。这有助于更深入地理解与健康干预及临床药学服务提供相关的人类行为。本述评总结了研究人员在运用行为和/或社会理论为其研究提供支撑时需要考虑的关键概念，概述如下：（1）为何这对支持药剂师在患者护理中的角色发展很重要；（2）理论、模型和框架的定义；（3）英国医学研究理事会框架的描述；（4）最常用的行为理论、模型和框架概述（辅以实施、沟通及其他相关人文和社会理论）；（5）临床药学及药学实践研究的经验教训。本述评旨在帮助药学实践和健康研究领域的同行提高基于理论的研究的质量和严谨性。本文中的指导是欧洲临床药学学会致力于推动临床药学各领域创新和高质量研究的一部分。
