What Are the Drug-Related Problems Still Faced by Patients in Daily Life?—A Qualitative Analysis at the Pharmacy Counter
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What Are the Drug-Related Problems Still Faced by Patients in Daily Life?—A Qualitative Analysis at the Pharmacy Counter. / Kaae, Susanne; Hedegaard, Ulla ; Andersen, Armin; Van Loon, Ellen ; Crutzen , Stijn; Taxis, Katja; Jacobsen, Ramune.
In: Pharmacy, Vol. 11, No. 4, 124, 2023.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - What Are the Drug-Related Problems Still Faced by Patients in Daily Life?—A Qualitative Analysis at the Pharmacy Counter
AU - Kaae, Susanne
AU - Hedegaard, Ulla
AU - Andersen, Armin
AU - Van Loon, Ellen
AU - Crutzen , Stijn
AU - Taxis, Katja
AU - Jacobsen, Ramune
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Background: Drug-related problems (DRPs) affect many patients. Many activities in general practice, hospitals, and community pharmacies have been initiated to tackle DRPs. However, recent studies exploring what DRP patients are still facing in their daily lives are scarce. Methods: Danish pharmacy staff registered DRPs in prescription encounters to understand what DRPs patients are still experiencing in daily life. They noted short descriptions of what happened in the encounter that qualified the incident as a DRP. The descriptions were subjected to an inductive content analysis. Results: A wide range of DRPs that impacted patients’ daily lives practically and healthwise were identified. In total, eighteen percent of patients with prescriptions had a DRP. Three overall stages of DRPs were identified: challenges in receiving the medications, not knowing how or why to take the medications, and not experiencing satisfactory effects. Patients were emotionally affected by these problems. Conclusions: DRPs are still widespread in patients’ daily lives and influence their well-being. The identified DRPs illustrated the complexity of obtaining medications to work as intended and demonstrate that health professionals must take even the basics of medication intake much more seriously.
AB - Background: Drug-related problems (DRPs) affect many patients. Many activities in general practice, hospitals, and community pharmacies have been initiated to tackle DRPs. However, recent studies exploring what DRP patients are still facing in their daily lives are scarce. Methods: Danish pharmacy staff registered DRPs in prescription encounters to understand what DRPs patients are still experiencing in daily life. They noted short descriptions of what happened in the encounter that qualified the incident as a DRP. The descriptions were subjected to an inductive content analysis. Results: A wide range of DRPs that impacted patients’ daily lives practically and healthwise were identified. In total, eighteen percent of patients with prescriptions had a DRP. Three overall stages of DRPs were identified: challenges in receiving the medications, not knowing how or why to take the medications, and not experiencing satisfactory effects. Patients were emotionally affected by these problems. Conclusions: DRPs are still widespread in patients’ daily lives and influence their well-being. The identified DRPs illustrated the complexity of obtaining medications to work as intended and demonstrate that health professionals must take even the basics of medication intake much more seriously.
U2 - 10.3390/pharmacy11040124
DO - 10.3390/pharmacy11040124
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 37624079
VL - 11
JO - Pharmacy
JF - Pharmacy
SN - 2226-4787
IS - 4
M1 - 124
ER -
ID: 361447252