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Impact of pharmaceutical counseling in minor health problems in rural Portugal
| dc.contributor.author | Coelho, Raquel B. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Costa, Filipa A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-03-31T10:27:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-03-31T10:27:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-10 | |
| dc.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. | por |
| dc.description.abstract | "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." | por |
| dc.identifier.citation | Coelho RB, Costa FA. Impact of pharmaceutical counseling in minor health problems in rural Portugal. Pharmacy Practice 2014 Oct-Dec;12(4):451. | por |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1886-3655 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/8172 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | por |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | por |
| dc.publisher | PharmacyPractice.org | por |
| dc.relation.publisherversion | http://www.pharmacypractice.org/journal/index.php/pp/article/view/451 | por |
| dc.subject | Nonprescription drugs | por |
| dc.subject | Counseling | por |
| dc.subject | Community pharmacy services | por |
| dc.subject | Professional practice | por |
| dc.subject | Pharmacists | por |
| dc.subject | Portugal | por |
| dc.title | Impact of pharmaceutical counseling in minor health problems in rural Portugal | por |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 451 | por |
| oaire.citation.title | Pharmacy Practice | por |
| oaire.citation.volume | 12(4) | por |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | por |
| rcaap.type | article | por |