Pharmacist's and pharmacies profiles in Santa Catarina: structure and process indicators

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2008

Autores

de Franca Filho, JB (Autor) Outra; Correr, CJ (Autor) Outra; Rossignoli, P (Autor) Outra; Melchiors, AC (Autor) Outra; Fernandez Llimos, F (Autor) Outra; Pontarolo, R (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Farmaceuticas/Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Vol. 44

Páginas: 105-113

ISSN: 1516-9332

Editora: Universidade de São Paulo

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 8 Citações

Scopus - 14 Citações

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-004-4QT

Abstract (EN): The present study aimed to assess structure and process quality indicators in community pharmacies in Santa Catarina (Brazil), and also the profile of pharmacists regarding their attitudes and perceptions of pharmaceutical care and professional satisfaction. A cross-sectional study was performed in 10% of Santa Catarina pharmacies randomlychosen. 258 community pharmacies were surveyed. 88.5% pharmacists were in office in the time of the interview. In average, they were 31 years old (SD=8.1) and mainly women (68%). A ratio of 1.4 (SD=0.7) pharmacists per pharmacy and 3.8 (SD=4.5) assistants existed. Only 11.4% pharmacies had an adequate structure for private caring drug information sources, most of them were low quality. Activities mentioned by the majority of pharmacists were dispensing (98.2%), recording controlled drugs (90.8%), injections administration (85.1%), and helping patients on cash line (84.2%). Most of pharmacies in Santa Catarina (Brazil) do not have the adequate structure for implementing pharmaceutical care services. Barriers identified to implement those services were not different to those communicated in other countries.

Idioma: Espanhol

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 9