Impact of pharmaceutical counseling in minor health problems in rural Portugal

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Autor(a) principal: Coelho, Raquel B.
Data de Publicação: 2014
Outros Autores: Costa, Filipa A.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/8172
Resumo: This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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spelling Impact of pharmaceutical counseling in minor health problems in rural PortugalNonprescription drugsCounselingCommunity pharmacy servicesProfessional practicePharmacistsPortugalThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited."Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of self-medication and to evaluate the clinical impact of pharmaceutical counseling. Methods: A cross-sectional study was used with a prospective component, the latter to evaluate the impact of pharmaceutical counseling . The study was conducted in a rural community pharmacy for 14 consecutive days in December 2012, recruiting all individuals who agreed to participate and met the eligibility criteria. During a facetoface direct interview demographic and clinical characteristics of patients were registered, followed by a pharmaceutical intervention, which consisted of evaluating the symptoms, selecting the most appropriate nonprescription medicine (NPM) available and advising the patient on pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic measures, all according to established protocols for minor health problems. When appropriate, the patient was referred to a medical appointment. One week later, the clinical outcome of such intervention was measured by asking the patients about the resolution of their minor health problems. Results: Data from 298 patients were analyzed, the majority being female (60.1%) with an average age of 44.84 years (SD=22.41). Respiratory problems were the most frequent (n=78; 26.2%) and respiratory tract medication was the most frequently indicated (n= 77; 27.8%). The observed prevalence of self-medication was 40.7%. Of the 271 patients’ beneficiaries of pharmaceutical counseling, 86.8% had their minor health problems solved after one week (ranging from 77.5% to 88.2% according to a sensibility analysis for drop-outs). Conclusions: This work is important as it demonstrates the beneficial impact of pharmaceutical counseling, a very relevant area for the pharmacist and where literature is particularly scarce."PharmacyPractice.orgRepositório ComumCoelho, Raquel B.Costa, Filipa A.2015-03-31T10:27:52Z2014-10-01T00:00:00Z2014-10-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/8172engCoelho RB, Costa FA. Impact of pharmaceutical counseling in minor health problems in rural Portugal. Pharmacy Practice 2014 Oct-Dec;12(4):451.1886-3655info: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:RCAAP2022-10-06T14:51:33Zoai:comum.rcaap.pt:10400.26/8172Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T15:06:14.551742Repositório 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 Impact of pharmaceutical counseling in minor health problems in rural Portugal
title Impact of pharmaceutical counseling in minor health problems in rural Portugal
spellingShingle Impact of pharmaceutical counseling in minor health problems in rural Portugal
Coelho, Raquel B.
Nonprescription drugs
Counseling
Community pharmacy services
Professional practice
Pharmacists
Portugal
title_short Impact of pharmaceutical counseling in minor health problems in rural Portugal
title_full Impact of pharmaceutical counseling in minor health problems in rural Portugal
title_fullStr Impact of pharmaceutical counseling in minor health problems in rural Portugal
title_full_unstemmed Impact of pharmaceutical counseling in minor health problems in rural Portugal
title_sort Impact of pharmaceutical counseling in minor health problems in rural Portugal
author Coelho, Raquel B.
author_facet Coelho, Raquel B.
Costa, Filipa A.
author_role author
author2 Costa, Filipa A.
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório Comum
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Coelho, Raquel B.
Costa, Filipa A.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Nonprescription drugs
Counseling
Community pharmacy services
Professional practice
Pharmacists
Portugal
topic Nonprescription drugs
Counseling
Community pharmacy services
Professional practice
Pharmacists
Portugal
description This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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