SMOKING CESSATION IN A COMMUNITY PHARMACY: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A PHARMACEUTICAL CARE PROGRAMME

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Autor(a) principal: Condinho, Monica
Data de Publicação: 2015
Outros Autores: Fernadéz-Llimós, Fernando, Figueiredo, Isabel, Sinogas, Carlos
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/16474
Resumo: Background: According to the World Health Organisation, tobacco use is one of the most widespread public health threats in the world, making it particularly urgent to promote smoking cessation. The ef- fectiveness of pharmacist interventions in smoking cessation has been documented in the international literature, but not sufficiently in Portugal. Objective: To report the preliminary results of study to assess the effectiveness of a smoking cessation programme delivered in Portuguese community pharmacies using an outsorcing-based regimen. Methods: Within the scope of a pharmaceutical care programme implemented in seven community pharmacies by an outsourced pharmacist, a specific consultation for smoking cessation was developed, in accordance with Portugal’s General Directorate of Health’s recommendations and instruments. The smokers were identified and invited to join the programme by the pharmacy staff during their daily activities. Patients that accepted signed an informed consent. Through several face-to-face and phone consultations and based on a comprehensive patient approach, personalised plans to quit tobacco were defined with the patients’ agreement. The effectiveness of the service was assessed through the evaluation of quit rates at 1, 6 and 12 months. The continuous variables were expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean. Results: During approximately 5 years (between January 2009 and July 2014), 69 smokers joined the programme. Of these, 17 desisted during the first consultation. Of the remaining 52 patients, the mean age was 47.4 ± 2.11 years old and 55.8% were male. A total of 264 pharmaceutical consultations were delivered and, on average, each patient received 7.7 ± 0.81 interventions. Most interventions (60.1%) were pharmacological (e.g. nicotine replacement products), while non-pharmacological measures (e.g. motivational interviewing) represented 39.9%. Five patients were referred to a physician. At 1 month after the quit date, 37 patients were abstinent (53.6%); 6 months later the number reduced to 24 (34.8%) and, 1 year later, 16 patients remained abstinent (23.2%). Conclusions: The implementation of a smoking cessation programme in community pharmacies using an external pharmacist may contribute effectively to tobacco cessation in Portugal.
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spelling SMOKING CESSATION IN A COMMUNITY PHARMACY: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A PHARMACEUTICAL CARE PROGRAMMECESACIÓN TABÁQUICA EN FARMACIA COMUNITARIA: RESULTADOS PRELIMINARES DE UN PROGRAMA DE ATENCIÓN FARMACÉUTICAPharmacistSmoking CessationCommunity PharmacyPharmaceutical careBackground: According to the World Health Organisation, tobacco use is one of the most widespread public health threats in the world, making it particularly urgent to promote smoking cessation. The ef- fectiveness of pharmacist interventions in smoking cessation has been documented in the international literature, but not sufficiently in Portugal. Objective: To report the preliminary results of study to assess the effectiveness of a smoking cessation programme delivered in Portuguese community pharmacies using an outsorcing-based regimen. Methods: Within the scope of a pharmaceutical care programme implemented in seven community pharmacies by an outsourced pharmacist, a specific consultation for smoking cessation was developed, in accordance with Portugal’s General Directorate of Health’s recommendations and instruments. The smokers were identified and invited to join the programme by the pharmacy staff during their daily activities. Patients that accepted signed an informed consent. Through several face-to-face and phone consultations and based on a comprehensive patient approach, personalised plans to quit tobacco were defined with the patients’ agreement. The effectiveness of the service was assessed through the evaluation of quit rates at 1, 6 and 12 months. The continuous variables were expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean. Results: During approximately 5 years (between January 2009 and July 2014), 69 smokers joined the programme. Of these, 17 desisted during the first consultation. Of the remaining 52 patients, the mean age was 47.4 ± 2.11 years old and 55.8% were male. A total of 264 pharmaceutical consultations were delivered and, on average, each patient received 7.7 ± 0.81 interventions. Most interventions (60.1%) were pharmacological (e.g. nicotine replacement products), while non-pharmacological measures (e.g. motivational interviewing) represented 39.9%. Five patients were referred to a physician. At 1 month after the quit date, 37 patients were abstinent (53.6%); 6 months later the number reduced to 24 (34.8%) and, 1 year later, 16 patients remained abstinent (23.2%). Conclusions: The implementation of a smoking cessation programme in community pharmacies using an external pharmacist may contribute effectively to tobacco cessation in Portugal.Facultad de Ciencias Farmacêuticas y Alimentarias, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia2015-12-11T15:58:34Z2015-12-112015-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10174/16474http://hdl.handle.net/10174/16474engCondinho, M., Fernandez-Llimos, F., Figueiredo, I., & Sinogas, C. (2015). SMOKING CESSATION IN A COMMUNITY PHARMACY: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A PHARMACEUTICAL CARE PROGRAMME. VITAE, 22 (1), 42-46ndndndsinogas@uevora.pt240Condinho, MonicaFernadéz-Llimós, FernandoFigueiredo, IsabelSinogas, Carlosinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-01-03T19:03:09Zoai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/16474Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T01:08:48.755908Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv SMOKING CESSATION IN A COMMUNITY PHARMACY: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A PHARMACEUTICAL CARE PROGRAMME
CESACIÓN TABÁQUICA EN FARMACIA COMUNITARIA: RESULTADOS PRELIMINARES DE UN PROGRAMA DE ATENCIÓN FARMACÉUTICA
title SMOKING CESSATION IN A COMMUNITY PHARMACY: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A PHARMACEUTICAL CARE PROGRAMME
spellingShingle SMOKING CESSATION IN A COMMUNITY PHARMACY: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A PHARMACEUTICAL CARE PROGRAMME
Condinho, Monica
Pharmacist
Smoking Cessation
Community Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical care
title_short SMOKING CESSATION IN A COMMUNITY PHARMACY: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A PHARMACEUTICAL CARE PROGRAMME
title_full SMOKING CESSATION IN A COMMUNITY PHARMACY: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A PHARMACEUTICAL CARE PROGRAMME
title_fullStr SMOKING CESSATION IN A COMMUNITY PHARMACY: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A PHARMACEUTICAL CARE PROGRAMME
title_full_unstemmed SMOKING CESSATION IN A COMMUNITY PHARMACY: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A PHARMACEUTICAL CARE PROGRAMME
title_sort SMOKING CESSATION IN A COMMUNITY PHARMACY: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A PHARMACEUTICAL CARE PROGRAMME
author Condinho, Monica
author_facet Condinho, Monica
Fernadéz-Llimós, Fernando
Figueiredo, Isabel
Sinogas, Carlos
author_role author
author2 Fernadéz-Llimós, Fernando
Figueiredo, Isabel
Sinogas, Carlos
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author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Condinho, Monica
Fernadéz-Llimós, Fernando
Figueiredo, Isabel
Sinogas, Carlos
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Pharmacist
Smoking Cessation
Community Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical care
topic Pharmacist
Smoking Cessation
Community Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical care
description Background: According to the World Health Organisation, tobacco use is one of the most widespread public health threats in the world, making it particularly urgent to promote smoking cessation. The ef- fectiveness of pharmacist interventions in smoking cessation has been documented in the international literature, but not sufficiently in Portugal. Objective: To report the preliminary results of study to assess the effectiveness of a smoking cessation programme delivered in Portuguese community pharmacies using an outsorcing-based regimen. Methods: Within the scope of a pharmaceutical care programme implemented in seven community pharmacies by an outsourced pharmacist, a specific consultation for smoking cessation was developed, in accordance with Portugal’s General Directorate of Health’s recommendations and instruments. The smokers were identified and invited to join the programme by the pharmacy staff during their daily activities. Patients that accepted signed an informed consent. Through several face-to-face and phone consultations and based on a comprehensive patient approach, personalised plans to quit tobacco were defined with the patients’ agreement. The effectiveness of the service was assessed through the evaluation of quit rates at 1, 6 and 12 months. The continuous variables were expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean. Results: During approximately 5 years (between January 2009 and July 2014), 69 smokers joined the programme. Of these, 17 desisted during the first consultation. Of the remaining 52 patients, the mean age was 47.4 ± 2.11 years old and 55.8% were male. A total of 264 pharmaceutical consultations were delivered and, on average, each patient received 7.7 ± 0.81 interventions. Most interventions (60.1%) were pharmacological (e.g. nicotine replacement products), while non-pharmacological measures (e.g. motivational interviewing) represented 39.9%. Five patients were referred to a physician. At 1 month after the quit date, 37 patients were abstinent (53.6%); 6 months later the number reduced to 24 (34.8%) and, 1 year later, 16 patients remained abstinent (23.2%). Conclusions: The implementation of a smoking cessation programme in community pharmacies using an external pharmacist may contribute effectively to tobacco cessation in Portugal.
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