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https://read.qxmd.com/read/35919808/assessing-health-related-behaviors-among-jordanian-children-during-covid-19-pandemic-a-cross-sectional-study
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Samar Thiab, Muna Barakat, Raja'a Qudah, Iman Basheti, Safa Daoud
Background: The coronavirus disease identified in 2019 (COVID-19) led to extreme actions being taken by the governments to restrict the spread of this virus. Closure of schools, sport clubs and playgrounds were among these actions; children had to stay indoors and were not allowed to pursue their normal lifestyle activities. Objectives: To assess the differences in health-related behaviors among Jordanian school-aged children (6-16 years) before and during COVID-19 quarantine and to evaluate public's perception of the role of pharmacists regarding children's health-related behaviors management...
April 2022: Pharmacy Practice
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35919805/self-efficacy-of-community-pharmacists-and-associated-factors-in-counselling-to-support-self-medication-in-japan-a-cross-sectional-study
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Risa Yorimoto, Masaki Shoji, Mitsuko Onda
Background: In 2016, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare established the Health Support Pharmacy Certification System. The certification requirements include a track record of counseling regarding the use of over-the-counter drugs (OTC). Therefore, pharmacists must increase their self-efficacy for counseling. Objectives: To determine pharmacists' self-efficacy for OTC counseling and related factors. Methods: A web-based survey was conducted...
April 2022: Pharmacy Practice
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35919804/investigating-the-human-rhinovirus-co-infection-in-patients-with-asthma-exacerbations-and-covid-19
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Abdullah Al-Dulaimi, Ahmad R Alsayed, Mohammed Al Maqbali, Malek Zihlif
Objective: To investigate the co-infections with human rhinovirus (HRV) among patients with asthma exacerbation and COVID-19 in Jordan. Also, to determine the frequency of acute asthma exacerbation before and during the COVID-19 pandemic on a matched basis. Methods: The data of this prospective cohort research consisted of clinical variables. During the first visit, and after 14-days, nasopharyngeal swabs were taken and the quantitative polymerase chain reaction was performed for HRV and SARS-CoV-2 detection...
April 2022: Pharmacy Practice
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35919803/fourier-transform-infrared-spectrometer-analysis-and-antimicrobial-screening-of-ethanolic-extract-of-operculina-terpathum-from-cholistan-desert
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Ghazala Shaheen, Arslan Ashfaq, Anum Khawar, Qurratul Ain Jamil, Rashida Parveen, Faheem Hadi, Aymen Owais Ghauri, Jafir Hussain Shirazi, Hafiz Muhammad Asif, Tahira Shamim, Laila Sumreen, Tanveer Ali, Muhammad Akram, Raessa Noor, Amna Mehmood, Farhan Sajid
Aim of present study was to assess pharmacological (antioxidant, antibacterial & antifungal) potential of Operculina terpathum seeds. Ethanolic extract was prepared and its phytochemical evaluation show the different chemical compounds such as carbohydrates, phenols, tannin, flavonoids, cardiac glycosides, steroids, alkaloids and proteins. FTIR spectra showed the presence of organic acids, hydroxyl and phenolic compounds, amino groups, aliphatic compounds, functional groups such as amide, ketone, aldehyde, aromatics and halogen compounds...
April 2022: Pharmacy Practice
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35919801/a-pilot-study-of-pharmacist-dietician-collaborative-support-and-advice-pdca-for-patients-with-type-2-diabetes-in-community-pharmacy-a-single-arm-pre-post-study
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Masaki Shoji, Naoki Sakane, Naoki Ito, Keiji Sunayama, Mitsuko Onda
Background: In Japan, there is a pressing need to improve community health care to cope with the rapid aging of the population. In this context, there have been private-sector-led approaches to enhance community dietary support by employing dietitians in pharmacies. Objectives: To evaluate the effects of collaboration between dietitians and pharmacists working in pharmacies to support patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods: A single group pre- and post-comparative study was conducted on patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus...
April 2022: Pharmacy Practice
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35919800/analysis-of-the-clinical-practice-of-the-pharmacist-in-a-community-pharmacy-a-cross-sectional-study-from-brazil
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Marcos Felipe Rodrigues de Souza, Maria Pantoja Moreira de Sena, Camila Martins Oliveira, Clarisse Andrade Sales, Renato Bruno Cavalcante de Melo, Luann Wendel Pereira de Sena
Background: The pharmaceutical profession has experienced renewals over time. In community pharmacies, pharmaceutical services contribute to the public health system in Brazil. The development of these tasks, in collaboration with professionals from the multidisciplinary team, demonstrates the involvement with the well-being, health and improvement of the patient's life. Objectives: This study aimed to identify the professional practice of pharmacists, their understandings and attitudes towards clinical practice in community pharmacies in northern Brazil...
April 2022: Pharmacy Practice
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35919799/how-is-mental-health-care-provided-through-community-pharmacies-a-quest-for-improvement
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Catarina Samorinha, Ward Saidawi, Basema Saddik, Abduelmula R Abduelkarem, Karem H Alzoubi, Eman Abu-Gharbieh, Hamzah Alzubaidi
Background: Mental disease burden is increasing globally, and a substantial shortage of mental health professionals remains. Community pharmacists can improve population mental health outcomes to bridge the mental health care gap. However, there is a paucity of data on community pharmacists' provision of mental health care. Objective: To assess community pharmacist-delivered care to people with mental illness in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), focusing on dispensing and counseling practices, pharmacists' confidence and comfort in providing care, and attitudes and beliefs towards mental illness...
April 2022: Pharmacy Practice
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35919798/assessment-of-knowledge-attitude-and-practice-of-lebanese-pharmacists-in-providing-patient-counseling-on-urinary-tract-infection-and-its-treatment
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Riham Sabra, Jihan Safwan, Mariam Dabbous, Ahmad Rida, Diana Malaeb, Marwan Akel, Fouad Sakr
Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the second most common type of infections, accounting for about 7 million annual visits to health-care providers. Pharmacists have an important role in counseling patients about this disease. Objectives: The study explored the Lebanese pharmacists' knowledge, attitudes and counseling practices (KAP) around UTI. The aim was to provide a better understanding on the pharmacist role in this context, and improve the patient care process and the health of the public...
April 2022: Pharmacy Practice
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35919797/assessing-knowledge-attitude-and-practice-of-community-pharmacists-on-the-pain-management-and-implications-in-uae-children
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Ammar Abdulrahman Jairoun, Sabaa Saleh Al-Hemyari, Moyad Shahwan, Maimona Jairoun, Amanj Kurdi, Brian Godman
Objective: There are concerns with the optimal management of pain in children, with sub-optimal management negatively impacting on physical, emotional social functioning, exacerbated by pain in children being multi-modal. Community pharmacists across countries play an important role in managing pain in patients including children's pain. Consequently, the objective of this study is to assess knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of pain management in children among community pharmacists in UAE...
April 2022: Pharmacy Practice
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35919796/evaluation-of-the-effectiveness-of-educational-medical-informatics-tutorial-on-improving-pharmacy-students-knowledge-and-skills-about-the-clinical-problem-solving-process
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Ahmad R Alsayed, Luai Hasoun, Abdullah Al-Dulaimi, Alaa AbuAwad, Iman Basheti, Heba A Khader, Mohammed Al Maqbali
Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of an online tutorial and its impact on improving knowledge and skills of pharmacy students in the clinical problem-solving process that is necessary to implement pharmaceutical care. Methods: This is a prospective interventional study conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions using four novel templates. The first two levels of Kirkpatrick's Model (Reaction and Learning) were used. Results: 129 participants completed all of the online training parts...
April 2022: Pharmacy Practice
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35919795/covid-19-vaccination-do-women-suffer-from-more-side-effects-than-men-a-retrospective-cross-sectional-study
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Harith Kh Al-Qazaz, Luma M Al-Obaidy, Heba M Attash
The vaccine was the only way to fight against Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) from its statement as a pandemic till day. COVID-19 vaccines were approved by the world health organization (WHO) in December 2020. Despite a large number of studies regarding the efficacy and safety of COVID-19 vaccines, to our knowledge, there were limited studies that outlined the gender disparity towards COVID-19 vaccine adverse effects. This study aims to outline the variety of side effects among men and women after getting COVID-19 vaccines (either single or two doses)...
April 2022: Pharmacy Practice
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35919793/pharmaceutical-interventions-a-solution-to-stop-smoking
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Muhammad Murad, Waseem Ul Hameed, Suresh Chandra Akula, Pritpal Singh
Background: Smoking has become a worldwide problem and the more problematic is when the youth of any country is highly involved in consuming tobacco that is dangerous for the human being. The Indian youth is involved in smoking-like activities that are dangerous for them. Objectives: To analyze the role of new treatment ways including nicotine gum, nicotine patch, and nicotine replacement therapy backed by pharmaceutical interventions to eliminate smoking from Indian society...
April 2022: Pharmacy Practice
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35919791/development-and-validation-of-the-adherence-to-asthma-medication-questionnaire-aamq
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Razan I Nassar, Bandana Saini, Nathir M Obeidat, Iman A Basheti
Background: Adherence to medication is the cornerstone to achieve the best treatment outcome. Pharmacists are healthcare professionals found in a pivotal position to assess asthmatic patients' adherence to medication. A brief, reliable, and valid measure of patients adherence to mediations is useful to enable the pharmacists to deliver that vital service. Objective: To develop a reliable and valid adherence assessment tool for asthmatic patients. Methods: The Adherence to Asthma Medication Questionnaire (AAMQ-13) was developed based on an extensive literature review, followed by applying the Delphi technique, and then it was pilot-tested by 55 patients...
April 2022: Pharmacy Practice
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35919790/distress-symptoms-during-the-covid-19-lockdown-a-study-with-the-general-population-of-the-united-arab-emirates
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Abduelmula R Abduelkarem, Catarina Samorinha, Suleiman I Sharif, Amar M Hamrouni, Mohammed M Hassanein
Background: Since the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government has taken a series of preventive measures to control the spread of the Coronavirus. Dealing with the unforeseen challenges caused by the pandemic has had a profound impact on people all around the world. Pharmacists played an important public health role during the COVID-19 pandemic, and they were the first point of contact with the public and the first source of information, providing accurate and reliable management and preventive measures...
April 2022: Pharmacy Practice
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35919789/incidence-of-oxaliplatin-hypersensitivity-reaction-among-colorectal-cancer-patients-a-5-year-retrospective-study
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Sirinoot Palapinyo, Jettanong Klaewsongkram, Virote Sriuranpong, Nutthada Areepium
Background: Oxaliplatin is a third-generation platinum compound that has efficacy against colorectal cancer. Hypersensitivity reactions during oxaliplatin infusion are a key problem during its use, with the varying incidences and deficiencies of clearly identified risk factors. Objective: To determine the incidence, severity and risk factors of oxaliplatin-related hypersensitivity reaction (HSR). Method: This retrospective study investigated 245 colorectal cancer patients (1,690 treatment cycles) receiving care at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross society between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2019...
April 2022: Pharmacy Practice
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36793920/the-impact-of-telepharmacy-on-hypertension-management-in-the-united-arab-emirates
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Osama Mohamed Ibrahim, Ahmad Z Al Meslamani, Rana Ibrahim, Rawan Kaloush, Nadia Al Mazrouei
OBJECTIVES: To assess the effectiveness of telepharmacy services delivered by community pharmacies in hypertension management and examine its influence on pharmacists' ability to identify drug-related problems (DRPs). METHODS: This was a 2-arm, randomised, clinical trial conducted among 16 community pharmacies and 239 patients with uncontrolled HTN in the U.A.E over a period of 12 months. The first arm (n=119) received telepharmacy services and the second arm (n=120) received traditional pharmaceutical services...
2022: Pharmacy Practice
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36793919/your-clinical-pharmacist-can-save-your-life-the-impact-of-pharmacist-s-intervention
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Eva Polics Ságiné, Zsófia Romvári, Katalin Dormán, Dóra Endrei
OBJECTIVE: Patient safety and adverse event analysis are of paramount importance in the management of patient medication, given the significant economic burden they place on a country's healthcare system. Medication errors fall into the category of preventable adverse drug therapy events and are therefore of key importance from a patient safety perspective. Our study aims to identify the types of medication errors associated with the medication dispensing process and to determine whether automated individual medication dispensing with pharmacist intervention significantly reduces medication errors, thereby increasing patient safety, compared to traditional, ward base medication dispensing (by a nurse)...
2022: Pharmacy Practice
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36793918/evaluation-of-patient-comprehension-and-quality-of-consumer-medicine-information
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Supawinee Pongpunna, Kamonphat Wongtaweepkij, Thongchai Pratipanawatr, Narumol Jarernsiripornkul
BACKGROUND: Consumer medicine information (CMI) is voluntarily produced by pharmaceutical manufacturers in Thailand, but quality assessment of Thai-CMI is not routinely performed. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the content and design quality of CMI available in Thailand and assess patient understanding of the medicine information provided. METHODS: A cross-sectional study that consisted of two phases. Phase 1 was expert assessment of CMI using 15-item content checklists...
2022: Pharmacy Practice
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36793917/characterisation-of-institutionalised-portuguese-older-adult-fallers-is-there-a-place-for-pharmacist-intervention-a-preliminary-study
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Carina Ramos Ferreira, Filipa Mascarenhas-Melo, Ana Rita Rodrigues, Maria João Reis Lima, João Páscoa Pinheiro, Claúdia Chaves, Edite Teixeira-Lemos, Victoria Bell
BACKGROUND: Falls are a major public health issue, given their prevalence and social impact. Older adults living in long-term care facilities (LTCF) are at greater risk of injury resulting from a fall due to multiple factors, such as nutritional, functional/cognitive impairment, postural instability, polypharmacy, and the presence of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs). Medication management in LTCF is complex and often sub-optimal and might be crucial for falls. Pharmacist intervention is important, since they have a unique knowledge of medication...
2022: Pharmacy Practice
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36793916/investigation-of-the-boxed-warnings-in-package-inserts-of-prescription-medicines-for-medical-professionals-in-japan
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Yasuaki Mino, Takafumi Naito, Junya Ohshiro, Takahiro Yamada, Junichi Kawakami
OBJECTIVE: In the Japanese Pharmacists Act, article 25-2, revised in 2013, it states that pharmacists shall provide the necessary information and guidance to the patient based on pharmaceutical knowledge and experience for ensuring the proper use of the medicine dispensed. The package insert is one of the documents to be referred to when providing the information and guidance. The boxed warnings in package inserts that include the precautions and responses are the most significant parts, however, the suitability of boxed warnings for pharmaceutical practice has not been evaluated...
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