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Farmacia Hospitalaria

On-line version ISSN 2171-8695Print version ISSN 1130-6343

Abstract

GONZALEZ-FERNANDEZ, María Ángeles et al. The role of the pharmacist within an immune-mediated inflammatory disease unit: results of a survey of healthcare providers and patients. Farm Hosp. [online]. 2021, vol.45, n.6, pp.305-316.  Epub Dec 19, 2022. ISSN 2171-8695.  https://dx.doi.org/10.7399/fh.11636.

Objective:

To evaluate the importance and need for pharmacists to expand their role to new activities and to promote and maintain others they already carried out prior to the implementation of a new Immunemediated Inflammatory Diseases Unit to be created in our hospital; to prioritize the new activities incorporated based on the results obtained.

Method:

This was a single center cross-sectional based on a survey administered during January 2020 to all clinical healthcare providers due to be part of the new unit, as well as to a sample of patients. It was structured into two categories: actions related to patients’ pharmaceutical care, and actions related to practitioners of the Immune-mediated Inflammatory Diseases Unit. Each item was assigned a score from 0 to 10, where 10 indicated maximum interest or need. A prioritization template was applied to quantify and evaluate each activity and implement the new ones in order of priority.

Results:

A total of 90 responses were obtained (30 from patients and 60 from healthcare workers). An analysis was performed of the median scores of each of the 20 activities proposed, which ranged between 8 and 10 points. When comparing the scores obtained, it was observed that more statistically significant differences were obtained in the pharmacists vs doctors group than in the pharmacists vs nurses group, or the pharmacists vs patients one. After prioritization, the first action taken was to implement electronic prescriptions for outpatients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases.

Conclusions:

The survey revealed the expectations of healthcare providers and patients regarding the role pharmacists should play in the newly created unit and provided an insight into the most valued activities. This information will be useful in prioritizing the implementation of the new activities to be carried out by the unit.

Keywords : Surveys and questionnaires; Health personnel; Patients; Autoimmune diseases; Patient care team.

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