Community pharmacist-driven interventions in COPD: improving knowledge, attitude and health status
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Ćulafić, Milica
Kovačević, Milena

Jovanović, Marija

Roganović, Maša

Vezmar-Kovačević, Sandra

Vučićević, Katarina

Miljković, Branislava

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COPD is a chronic condition requiring care from a multidisciplinary team in which pharma-
cists play an important role. We aimed to evaluate the impact of structured pharmacist-patient counsel-
ing on patients’ knowledge, and attitudes about medicines and the impact of COPD on patients’ health
status. A prospective study was conducted in ten community pharmacies. Patients were counseled using
a detailed approach after completing validated questionnaires. The patients returned to a pharmacy for
a follow-up after three months. Four validated questionnaires have been used to assess different aspects
of patient’s knowledge about the disease, their attitudes about medicines, and the impact of the disease on
patients’ health status: COPD Assessment Test (CAT), Modified Medical Research Council Dyspnea Scale
(mMRC), Bristol COPD Knowledge Questionnaire (BCKQ), and The Beliefs about Medicines Question-
naire (BMQ). Pharmacists recruited 83 COPD patients, from which 73 patients attende...d a follow-up visit.
Before pharmacist intervention, the CAT median score was 20. After counseling, the CAT score decreased
to 18 (p < 0.05). The highest improvement in patient knowledge was observed for inhaled bronchodila-
tors (28.2%), vaccination (25.8%), oral steroids (24.4%), and smoking (24.2%). The median score for
necessity increased, whereas the harm and concern median scores considerably decreased (p < 0.05) after
counseling. The results showed significant improvements in all aspects covered throughout pharmacist-
patient counseling. Based on our results, the proactive role of the pharmacist in the care of COPD patients
may be beneficial to patients, physicians, and healthcare by improving care, and alleviating the strain on
overloaded doctors by containing the costs.
Keywords:
COPD / pharmacist / counseling / self-care / patient outcome / health statusSource:
Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica - Drug Research, 2022, 79, 5, 725-734Publisher:
- Polish Pharmaceutical Society
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- Link to the publisher: https://www.ptfarm.pl/wydawnictwa/czasopisma/acta-poloniae-pharmaceutica/110/-/29839
DOI: 10.32383/appdr/155353
ISSN: 2353-5288
WoS: 000925006900010
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85150839348
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PharmacyTY - JOUR AU - Ćulafić, Milica AU - Kovačević, Milena AU - Jovanović, Marija AU - Roganović, Maša AU - Vezmar-Kovačević, Sandra AU - Vučićević, Katarina AU - Miljković, Branislava PY - 2022 UR - https://farfar.pharmacy.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4383 AB - COPD is a chronic condition requiring care from a multidisciplinary team in which pharma- cists play an important role. We aimed to evaluate the impact of structured pharmacist-patient counsel- ing on patients’ knowledge, and attitudes about medicines and the impact of COPD on patients’ health status. A prospective study was conducted in ten community pharmacies. Patients were counseled using a detailed approach after completing validated questionnaires. The patients returned to a pharmacy for a follow-up after three months. Four validated questionnaires have been used to assess different aspects of patient’s knowledge about the disease, their attitudes about medicines, and the impact of the disease on patients’ health status: COPD Assessment Test (CAT), Modified Medical Research Council Dyspnea Scale (mMRC), Bristol COPD Knowledge Questionnaire (BCKQ), and The Beliefs about Medicines Question- naire (BMQ). Pharmacists recruited 83 COPD patients, from which 73 patients attended a follow-up visit. Before pharmacist intervention, the CAT median score was 20. After counseling, the CAT score decreased to 18 (p < 0.05). The highest improvement in patient knowledge was observed for inhaled bronchodila- tors (28.2%), vaccination (25.8%), oral steroids (24.4%), and smoking (24.2%). The median score for necessity increased, whereas the harm and concern median scores considerably decreased (p < 0.05) after counseling. The results showed significant improvements in all aspects covered throughout pharmacist- patient counseling. Based on our results, the proactive role of the pharmacist in the care of COPD patients may be beneficial to patients, physicians, and healthcare by improving care, and alleviating the strain on overloaded doctors by containing the costs. PB - Polish Pharmaceutical Society T2 - Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica - Drug Research T1 - Community pharmacist-driven interventions in COPD: improving knowledge, attitude and health status VL - 79 IS - 5 SP - 725 EP - 734 DO - 10.32383/appdr/155353 ER -
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Ćulafić, M., Kovačević, M., Jovanović, M., Roganović, M., Vezmar-Kovačević, S., Vučićević, K.,& Miljković, B.. (2022). Community pharmacist-driven interventions in COPD: improving knowledge, attitude and health status. in Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica - Drug Research Polish Pharmaceutical Society., 79(5), 725-734. https://doi.org/10.32383/appdr/155353
Ćulafić M, Kovačević M, Jovanović M, Roganović M, Vezmar-Kovačević S, Vučićević K, Miljković B. Community pharmacist-driven interventions in COPD: improving knowledge, attitude and health status. in Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica - Drug Research. 2022;79(5):725-734. doi:10.32383/appdr/155353 .
Ćulafić, Milica, Kovačević, Milena, Jovanović, Marija, Roganović, Maša, Vezmar-Kovačević, Sandra, Vučićević, Katarina, Miljković, Branislava, "Community pharmacist-driven interventions in COPD: improving knowledge, attitude and health status" in Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica - Drug Research, 79, no. 5 (2022):725-734, https://doi.org/10.32383/appdr/155353 . .