Beliefs of patients who visited community pharmacies about medicines and supplements, the need for drug therapy and medication adherence – a cross-sectional study
Background Beliefs about medicines, the need for drug therapy and patient willingness can influence medication adherence. The community pharmacist, through his skills as an expert in drug therapy, has the opportunity to promote medication adherence in everyday pharmaceutical practice. This study aim...
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| author | Etidal-Mihaela Manoliu-Hamwi Cristina Gena Dascălu Cristina Mihaela Ghiciuc Georgeta Zegan Elena-Mihaela Cărăușu Mihaela Moscu Cătălina Daniela Stan |
| author_facet | Etidal-Mihaela Manoliu-Hamwi Cristina Gena Dascălu Cristina Mihaela Ghiciuc Georgeta Zegan Elena-Mihaela Cărăușu Mihaela Moscu Cătălina Daniela Stan |
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| description | Background Beliefs about medicines, the need for drug therapy and patient willingness can influence medication adherence. The community pharmacist, through his skills as an expert in drug therapy, has the opportunity to promote medication adherence in everyday pharmaceutical practice. This study aims to assess beliefs about medicines and supplements and the need for drug therapy and medication adherence of the patients who visited community pharmacies.Methods 809 patient volunteers answered a 14-item online questionnaire using a 5-point Likert scale. Statistical analysis was done in SPSS 27.0.Results The validity indices of the questionnaire were acceptable; internal consistency was good; and the factor analysis indicated 3 factors (Eigen values > 1.0). The median scores were 3.33 regarding the beliefs about medicines and supplements; 2.75 regarding the beliefs about the need for therapy; and 2.71 on medication adherence. Beliefs about medicines and supplements, the need for drug therapy, and medication adherence varied according to patients’ socio-demographic status, health status, and access to pharmacy services (p ≤ 0.05).Conclusion Patients’ beliefs about medicines and supplements were moderate, patients’ beliefs about the need for drug therapy were negative and patients’ medication adherence was good. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d627604fd64a4d029fd82d8c22bd89912024-12-18T10:32:25ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice2052-32112024-12-0117110.1080/20523211.2024.2438235Beliefs of patients who visited community pharmacies about medicines and supplements, the need for drug therapy and medication adherence – a cross-sectional studyEtidal-Mihaela Manoliu-Hamwi0Cristina Gena Dascălu1Cristina Mihaela Ghiciuc2Georgeta Zegan3Elena-Mihaela Cărăușu4Mihaela Moscu5Cătălina Daniela Stan6Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences II, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, RomaniaDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Interdisciplinarity, Faculty of Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, RomaniaDepartment of Morpho-Functional Sciences II, Faculty of Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, RomaniaDepartment of Surgical, Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, RomaniaDepartment of Implantology, Removable Prosthesis, Denture Technology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, RomaniaDepartment of Morpho-Functional Sciences II, Faculty of Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, RomaniaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences II, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, RomaniaBackground Beliefs about medicines, the need for drug therapy and patient willingness can influence medication adherence. The community pharmacist, through his skills as an expert in drug therapy, has the opportunity to promote medication adherence in everyday pharmaceutical practice. This study aims to assess beliefs about medicines and supplements and the need for drug therapy and medication adherence of the patients who visited community pharmacies.Methods 809 patient volunteers answered a 14-item online questionnaire using a 5-point Likert scale. Statistical analysis was done in SPSS 27.0.Results The validity indices of the questionnaire were acceptable; internal consistency was good; and the factor analysis indicated 3 factors (Eigen values > 1.0). The median scores were 3.33 regarding the beliefs about medicines and supplements; 2.75 regarding the beliefs about the need for therapy; and 2.71 on medication adherence. Beliefs about medicines and supplements, the need for drug therapy, and medication adherence varied according to patients’ socio-demographic status, health status, and access to pharmacy services (p ≤ 0.05).Conclusion Patients’ beliefs about medicines and supplements were moderate, patients’ beliefs about the need for drug therapy were negative and patients’ medication adherence was good.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/20523211.2024.2438235Medication adherencecommunity pharmacistsbeliefs about medicinesdrug therapyquestionnairevalidity |
| spellingShingle | Etidal-Mihaela Manoliu-Hamwi Cristina Gena Dascălu Cristina Mihaela Ghiciuc Georgeta Zegan Elena-Mihaela Cărăușu Mihaela Moscu Cătălina Daniela Stan Beliefs of patients who visited community pharmacies about medicines and supplements, the need for drug therapy and medication adherence – a cross-sectional study Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice Medication adherence community pharmacists beliefs about medicines drug therapy questionnaire validity |
| title | Beliefs of patients who visited community pharmacies about medicines and supplements, the need for drug therapy and medication adherence – a cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Beliefs of patients who visited community pharmacies about medicines and supplements, the need for drug therapy and medication adherence – a cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Beliefs of patients who visited community pharmacies about medicines and supplements, the need for drug therapy and medication adherence – a cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Beliefs of patients who visited community pharmacies about medicines and supplements, the need for drug therapy and medication adherence – a cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Beliefs of patients who visited community pharmacies about medicines and supplements, the need for drug therapy and medication adherence – a cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | beliefs of patients who visited community pharmacies about medicines and supplements the need for drug therapy and medication adherence a cross sectional study |
| topic | Medication adherence community pharmacists beliefs about medicines drug therapy questionnaire validity |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/20523211.2024.2438235 |
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