药剂师及其与老年患者的关系。

Bayne J R, Caulfield P, Kendrick R, Slack R

Can Med Assoc J. 1983 Jul 1;129(1):35-7.

A survey of 60 randomly selected pharmacists explored their relationship with elderly patients, including their information storage systems, dispensing practices and the major problems they encounter with these patients. Nearly all the pharmacists kept a medication profile for each elderly patient, and one third used a computer, which facilitated recording of additional information. However, few recorded the age of the patient. Many pharmacists counselled their elderly patients on the correct use of medications, but few provided counselling on the use of nonprescription drugs. Most of the pharmacists reported using techniques to improve compliance among elderly patients. More than 80% of the pharmacists reported apparently inappropriate prescribing by physicians at least occasionally.

一项对60名随机挑选的药剂师进行的调查，探究了他们与老年患者的关系，包括他们的信息存储系统、配药做法以及他们在这些患者身上遇到的主要问题。几乎所有药剂师都为每位老年患者建立了用药档案，三分之一的药剂师使用电脑，这有助于记录额外信息。然而，很少有人记录患者的年龄。许多药剂师就正确用药向老年患者提供咨询，但很少有人就非处方药的使用提供咨询。大多数药剂师报告称使用了一些技巧来提高老年患者的依从性。超过80%的药剂师报告称，医生至少偶尔会开出明显不适当的处方。