Perspectives of Pharmacists Towards Patient-Centred Mental Health Pharmacy Services: A Focus Group Study by Nurul Aziera A Rahim, Norny Syafinaz Ab Rahman, Khairul Azrul Abdul Rahman, Jia Yi Cheong, Nur Fazlin Abd Ghafar, Yasmin Ibrahim, Aida Roziana Ramlan, Syahrir Zaini

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Pharmacists’ perceptions of the new pharmaceutical vaccination service in Romania: a comprehensive first two-years evaluation by Corneliu-Florin Buicu, Mihaela-Simona Naidin, Marius Calin Chereches, Marina-Daniela Dimulescu, Adina Turcu-Stiolica

“…Descriptive statistics and chi-squared tests were applied.ResultsIn total, 180 pharmacists participated (response rate was 41%), and the respondents were the pharmacists who administered flu vaccines in these pharmacies. …”
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Understanding Community Pharmacists’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Biosimilar Drugs: A Cross-Sectional Survey by Anan S. Jarab, Walid Al-Qerem, Karem H. Alzoubi, Shrouq R. Abu Heshmeh, Yazid N. Al Hamarneh, Eman Alefishat, Salahdein Aburuz

“…Conclusions: The current study revealed a lack of knowledge, unfavourable attitudes and insufficient practices related to biosimilar therapy among community pharmacists, along with several identified barriers. …”
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Integrating Ambulatory Care Pharmacists Into Value-Based Primary Care: A Scalable Solution to Chronic Disease by Alexander J. Blood, Harry Saag, Adam Chesler, Dalia Ameripour, Max Gutierrez, Van Nguyen, Cassandra Richardson, Clive Fields, Jen Clair, Aaron Yao, Sashi Moodley

“…However, primary care providers are overburdened, and this specialty is attracting fewer new providers than before. Clinical pharmacists can augment these efforts by improving disease state control. …”
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Pharmacists' knowledge, attitudes, and perceived barriers to cancer pain management: a cross-sectional survey in Chongqing, China by Yu Liu, Tao Chen, Xinyu Li, Jie Song, Fujun Zhang

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Pharmacist-led antibiotic interventions in infectious disease patients: a Pakistani tertiary care antimicrobial stewardship study by Ali Hassan, Naeem Ur Rehman, Sumeira Maqbool, Mehreen Arif

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Practices and knowledge of community pharmacists towards the use of proton pump inhibitors: a cross-sectional study in Jordan by Lobna Gharaibeh, Mariam Ahmad Alameri, Mai I AL-Hawamdeh, Enas Daoud, Randa Atwan, Zainab Lafi, Zainab Zaki Zakaraya

“…The questionnaire was developed after a comprehensive literature review and assessed knowledge and practices.Settings Community pharmacists with at least 1 year of experience working in a community pharmacy were enrolled in the study.Participants Community pharmacists with at least 1 year of experience working in a community pharmacy were enrolled in the study.Primary outcome measures The knowledge, attitudes, and practices of community pharmacists towards PPIs dispensing.Results A total of 459 community pharmacists were approached for participation in the study, 451 (98.3%) community pharmacists agreed to be enrolled. …”
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The role of hospital pharmacists in supporting the appropriate and safe use of CGT/ATMPs: a scoping review of current insights by Junnan Shi, Xianwen Chen, Hao Hu, Carolina Oi Lam Ung

“…Objective This study was aimed to summarize the professional services provided by hospital pharmacists on managing CGT/ATMPs and the evidence about the effects on patient care, as well as to identify the perceptions about pharmacists assuming a role that supports the appropriate and safe use of CGT/ATMPs. …”
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Feasibility of a pharmacist-led physical health monitoring for patients on antipsychotic medications: protocol for a longitudinal study by Fiona Kelly, Tien Ngoc Thi Bui, Elizabeth Hotham, Vijayaprakash Suppiah

“…Our study aims to investigate: (1) the feasibility of a community pharmacist-led physical health monitoring for metabolic parameters in consumers with mental illness currently taking second generation antipsychotics and (2) the potential outcomes of the intervention (eg, rates and outcome of referrals to general practitioners, relationship between the pharmacist’s lifestyle counselling advice and change in metabolic parameters).Methods and analysis We propose a longitudinal metabolic monitoring study led by community pharmacists with one-to-one consultations between trained pharmacists and participants at set intervals over a 12-month period. …”
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Prescribers’ approval rate of pharmacist-initiated interventions to optimise patients’ clinical status of hypertension in the ambulatory care setting by Brajković Andrea, Bićanić Lucija Ana, Orehovački Helena, Prkačin Ingrid, Oliveira Djenane Ramalho De, Mucalo Iva

“…This perspective, pre- and post-intervention study with a one-year follow-up primarily aimed to ascertain prescribers’ approval rate of pharmacists’ interventions and clinical status of hypertension following comprehensive medication management (CMM) intervention in the ambulatory care clinic. …”
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UAE pharmacists’ perceptions of the causes of unwanted or unused medications, their practices, and barriers to promoting safe medication disposal by the public by Maram O. Abbas, Semira Beshir, Doaa Kamal AlKhalidi, Eiman Shamseldin Al Gailani Ali, Yosra Lozon, Rizah Anwar Assadi, Hana Ghdaiba, Rahaf Adnan AL-Zeer

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Practice and application of learning curve theory in improving prescription review skills in standardized training for pharmacists in medical institutions by Jingjing Xu, Qin He, Min Xu, Kun Fu, Jiao Luo, Ying Ma, Xu Liu, Hen Xi

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Effect of Medication Management at Home via Pharmacist-Led Home Televisits: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial by Sheikh Rubana Hossain, Akanksha N Samant, Briana C Balsamo, Chelsea E Hawley, Michael C Zanchelli, Carolyn Zhu, Maria D Venegas, Marina Robertson, Megan B McCullough, Judith L Beizer, Kenneth S Boockvar, Albert L Siu, Lauren R Moo, William W Hung

“…The intervention will be a pharmacist-led home televisit including medication reconciliation and assessment of actual medication use. …”
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Ukrainian Patients’ Perspectives on Advanced Pharmaceutical Services Provided by Polish Pharmacists: A Cross-Border Support Initiative by Merks P, Religioni U, Borowska M, Hechman R, Konstanty M, Kaźmierczak J, Chełstowska B, Vaillancourt R, Drab A, Wdowiak K

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Not just about pills: Findings from a national survey of pharmacists to understand their views on addressing social determinants of health by Katherine A. Meehan, Austin R. Waters, Mary Wangen, Olufeyisayo O. Odebunmi, Renée M Ferrari, Macary W. Marciniak, Alison T. Brenner, Stephanie B. Wheeler, Parth D. Shah

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Optimizing Prescribing for Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease Through the Development and Validation of Algorithms for Community Pharmacists by Jennifer Morris, Marisa Battistella, Karthik Tennankore, Steven Soroka, Cynthia Kendell, Penelope Poyah, Keigan More, Mathew Grandy, Thomas Ransom, Natalie Kennie-Kaulbach, Daniel Rainkie, Jaclyn Tran, Syed Sibte Raza Abidi, Samina Abidi, Nicole Fulford, Heather Neville, Heather Naylor, Lisa Woodill, Andrea Bishop, Glenn Rodrigues, Diane Harpell, Michelle Stewart, Jo-Anne Wilson

“…Algorithms were developed and validated to assist community pharmacists in identifying individuals with T2D in CKD and prescribing kidney-protective medications. …”
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Impact of pharmacist-led educational intervention on knowledge of self-management among asthmatic patients: a prospective cohort study by Ahmad Khan, Saima Mushtaq, Amjad Khan, Nafees Ahmad, Shahzadi Sidra Saleem, Rubina Aman, Shahzadi Sadia Saleem, Ayesha Bibi, Saifullah Mehsud, Ivan R Green, Sheikh Abdur Rashid, Kifayat Ullah Shah

“…This study aims to assess the impact of pharmacist-led educational intervention on knowledge of self-management among asthmatic patients.Design A pre–post cohort study.Setting Outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital affiliated with Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan.Participants Approximately 265 adult asthmatic patients selected through a spirometry process, aged ≥18 years, were approached. 240 patients gave consent to participate in the study and were divided into control and treatment groups.Interventions The educational intervention consisted of individual patient counselling using educational material with time varied according to each patient’s comprehension and previous knowledge.Primary and secondary outcome measures Assessment consisted of a 14-item Asthma Self-Management Knowledge Questionnaire (ASMQ) quantifying a patient’s self-management knowledge through an ASMQ score and its change following an educational intervention.Results Disease self-management knowledge was low with an average raw ASMQ score of 4.1 (max 14); which equates to a transformed score of 29.34 (max 100) and the proportion of patients who correctly answered more than 50% of questions were 16.7% preintervention. …”
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‘You would rather not fill your body with pills’—patient perspectives on polypharmacy and medication reviews by pharmacists in general practice by Josefine Graabæk Als, Janus Laust Thomsen, Sabrina Storgaard Sørensen, Søren Paaske Johnsen, Camilla Hoffmann Merrild

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The Effects of Presenting AI Uncertainty Information on Pharmacists’ Trust in Automated Pill Recognition Technology: Exploratory Mixed Subjects Study by Jin Yong Kim, Vincent D Marshall, Brigid Rowell, Qiyuan Chen, Yifan Zheng, John D Lee, Raed Al Kontar, Corey Lester, Xi Jessie Yang

“…Automated pill verification technologies have been developed to aid pharmacists with medication dispensing. However, pharmacists’ trust in such automated technologies remains unexplored. …”
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Community pharmacist-and psychologist-led program of neuropsychological screening in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey by Nicola Luigi BRAGAZZI, Fiorella PALOMBO-FERRETTI, Rocco CARBONE, Tania Simona RE, "Pharmacists- and Psychologists in community pharmacies-led Psychological Screening for Cognitive issues in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic" (PsyChOVID) WORKING GROUP

“…Aim: To assess the impact of a pharmacist-based cognitive memory screening service delivered in community pharmacy practice in Italy in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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