Reasons to Development of Assistant Pharmacists’ Competences for Quality Patient Consulting in Polypharmacy Cases

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dc.contributor.authorArdava, Elita
dc.contributor.authorMakšāne, Valerija
dc.contributor.authorŠukele, Renāte
dc.contributor.authorOnževs, Oskars
dc.contributor.editorLubkina, Velta
dc.contributor.editorKaupužs, Aivars
dc.contributor.editorZnotiņa, Daina
dc.contributor.institutionRed Cross Medical College of Rīga Stradiņš University
dc.coverage.spatialRēzekne
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-29T12:45:02Z
dc.date.available2022-09-29T12:45:02Z
dc.date.issued2020-05-20
dc.description.abstractOver fifteen years, polypharmacy has increased by 4.9% across all age groups. Consequently, the responsibility of professionals foradvising patients in such cases has increased as well.The research aims at studyingpatients' habits when purchasing and using medicinal productsto enhance the theoretical and practical training of assistant pharmacists at the RSU Red Cross Medical College.The research is based on the patient questionnaires and further analysis of results withinafocus group. 404 respondents were interviewedbetween December 2017 and November 2019. Under the conventionsofsocial studies, this ensured a3%margin of error at a confidence level of 5%.Accordingto the results of the questionnaire, 44% of the surveyed women and 66% of men were rarely or very rarely interested in the possible side effects of a new medicinal products, foodsupplement or herbal product. Patients could obtain such information by reading the package leaflet, however, 24% of women and 40% of men read it very rarely or rarely. 30% of respondents usedfour or more prescription and over-the-countermedicalsubstances on a daily basis.Theinformation-gaining habits of the populationregarding side effects and interactions of medicinal products, food supplements and herbal remediessuggest patients mustreceive oralandmore detailed information from a pharmacist.Based on the obtained results, thefocus group outlined opportunities for raisingpharmacy students' competencesen
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
dc.format.extent205459
dc.identifier.citationArdava, E, Makšāne, V, Šukele, R & Onževs, O 2020, Reasons to Development of Assistant Pharmacists’ Competences for Quality Patient Consulting in Polypharmacy Cases. in V Lubkina, A Kaupužs & D Znotiņa (eds), Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība = Society. Integration. Education : starptautiskās zinātniskās konferences materiāli = proceedings of the international scientific conference. vol. 6: Sabiedrības veselība un sports, Society. Integration. Education=Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība, Rēzeknes Tehnoloģiju akadēmija, Rēzekne, pp. 55-65, International Scientific Conference “Society. Integration. Education: Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība”, 2020, Rēzekne, Latvia, 22/05/20. https://doi.org/10.17770/sie2020vol6.4940
dc.identifier.citationconference
dc.identifier.doi10.17770/sie2020vol6.4940
dc.identifier.issn1691-5887
dc.identifier.otherunpaywall: 10.17770/sie2020vol6.4940
dc.identifier.otherMendeley: 321a39be-b0b7-38d4-83fb-a2abf6390d08
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.rsu.lv/jspui/handle/123456789/9605
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/321a39be-b0b7-38d4-83fb-a2abf6390d08/
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRēzeknes Tehnoloģiju akadēmija
dc.relation.ispartofSabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība = Society. Integration. Education
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSociety. Integration. Education=Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectirrational use of medicinal products
dc.subjectpolypharmacy,
dc.subjectrisks of medication use
dc.subject3.3 Health sciences
dc.subject3.1 Basic medicine
dc.subject3.1. Articles or chapters in proceedings/scientific books indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database
dc.titleReasons to Development of Assistant Pharmacists’ Competences for Quality Patient Consulting in Polypharmacy Casesen
dc.type/dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/researchoutputtypes/contributiontobookanthology/conference

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