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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
The role of Sudanese community pharmacists in patients' self-care
International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, Volume 36, No. 2, Year 2014
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Objectives: To describe the current and potential roles of Sudanese community pharmacists in responding to symptoms (RTS) and chronic diseases management (CDM) and identify perceived barriers. Settings: Community pharmacies in Khartoum State. Method: A structured, self-administered, piloted questionnaire was conducted of pharmacists in charge of 274, randomly selected, community pharmacies. Close ended questions and a 5-point Likert-type scale were used to measure responses. Main outcome measure: Respondents' demographics, their current activities, attitude and involvement in RTS and CDM and potential barriers. Response rate was 67 %. The majority of respondents (>90 %) reported that they are involved in RTS activities but have negative views regarding practice standards. They lack specific lists of minor conditions and their treatment (87.4 %), recorded counseling procedure (84.7 %), and referral forms (85.8 %). Almost all community pharmacists see an important role for them in CDM (4.54 ± 0.74, 95.3 %) and accept team work with other health care providers (4.46 ± 0.74, 87.5 %). Lack of proper knowledge and training, time, space, patients' acceptance and official recognition of pharmacists' new role, were some of the identified barriers. Conclusion: Sudanese community pharmacists provide RTS and CDM services; however, clinical knowledge and training and well defined national practice standards needs were identified. The current product-focused activities need to be refined to include more patient-focused services. For Improved patients' self-care services, a number of obstacles identified by surveyed pharmacists need to resolved. This requires collaboration of different parties including academics, governmental bodies and professional organizations. © 2014 Koninklijke Nederlandse Maatschappij ter bevordering der Pharmacie.
Authors & Co-Authors
Mohamed, Sumia Sir Elkhatim
United Arab Emirates, Ajman
Ajman University
Sudan, Khartoum
Khartoum University
Mahmoud, Adil A.
Sudan, Khartoum
Khartoum University
Ali, Abdulazim Azim Ahmed
United Arab Emirates, Ajman
Ajman University
Statistics
Citations: 19
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s11096-013-9911-8
ISSN:
22107703
Research Areas
Health System And Policy