关键词: Assistive products Focus groups Medication use Pharmacy practice Visual impairment

来  源:   DOI:10.1016/j.rcsop.2024.100467   PDF(Pubmed)

Abstract:
UNASSIGNED: Visual impairment can significantly affect a person\'s ability to take medications safely. Therefore, pharmacists need to ensure safe and effective access to medication information, particularly through the use of assistive products, which are devices that compensate for partial or total vision loss. Although assistive products are used by visually impaired patients for activities of daily living, their use in medication management needs to be more widespread.
UNASSIGNED: The study aimed to investigate community pharmacists\' opinions and excpectations on the use of assistive products in pharmacy practice to optimize and secure medications use for visually impaired patients. The goal is to transfer these assistive products to pharmacy practice.
UNASSIGNED: Focus groups were conducted with 6 French-speaking community pharmacists via videoconference in Belgium, following the principle of participatory action-research. The participants were recruited voluntarily, and moderator\'s guides were developed to lead the discussion. The focus groups were recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed in a double-blind fashion using thematic analysis. The data were organized by NVivo software.
UNASSIGNED: Four themes were identified: easy-to-use assistive products according to pharmacists, usefulness of assistive products in pharmacy practice, barriers to the use of assistive products, and potential solutions. According to community pharmacists, certain assistive products were deemed easy-to-use and transferable to pharmacy practice.
UNASSIGNED: This qualitative study demonstrates the transferability of assistive products to pharmacy practice for visually impaired patients in medications use. The study taken into account the patient\'s profile and the multidisciplinary approach, which community pharmacists consider essential.
摘要:
视力障碍会显著影响一个人安全服用药物的能力。因此,药剂师需要确保安全和有效地获取药物信息,特别是通过使用辅助产品,这些设备是补偿部分或全部视力损失的设备。尽管视障患者使用辅助产品进行日常生活活动,它们在药物管理中的使用需要更广泛。
该研究旨在调查社区药剂师对药房实践中使用辅助产品的意见和建议,以优化和确保视障患者的药物使用。目标是将这些辅助产品转移到药房实践中。
焦点小组在比利时通过视频会议与6名讲法语的社区药剂师进行。遵循参与式行动研究的原则。参与者是自愿招募的,和主持人的指南被开发来引导讨论。焦点小组被记录下来,逐字转录,并使用主题分析法以双盲方式进行分析。数据由NVivo软件组织。
确定了四个主题:根据药剂师的说法,易于使用的辅助产品,辅助产品在药学实践中的有用性,使用辅助产品的障碍,和潜在的解决方案。根据社区药剂师的说法,某些辅助产品被认为易于使用,可转移到药房。
这项定性研究证明了辅助产品在药物使用中对视障患者的药学实践的可转移性。该研究考虑了患者的概况和多学科方法,社区药剂师认为这是必不可少的。
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