Consumer perceptions of community pharmacists' involvement in antimicrobial stewardship: A quantitative study
Background Community pharmacist involvement in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) within primary care is underutilised. Despite this view being consistently held across the pharmacy sector's policy, academic and professional spheres, there is limited understanding of how this positioning aligns wi...
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| description | Background Community pharmacist involvement in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) within primary care is underutilised. Despite this view being consistently held across the pharmacy sector's policy, academic and professional spheres, there is limited understanding of how this positioning aligns with consumers' perceptions and expectations. Objective To explore participants' experience using antibiotics and their engagement with pharmacists to support their use. Methods Online survey of Australian adults recruited via Dynata's research panel in November 2022. Questions were organised into three sections: 1) understanding the participant's use of antibiotics, including their information needs; 2) exploring engagement with pharmacists on a cold and flu enquiry using a vignette question; and 3) demographic information. Results Doctors (42.0%), pharmacists (29.8%) and the internet including general searches (14.3%) were the top three sources for antibiotic information. Information about side effects and anticipated time to effect were more broadly sought from pharmacists than what was provided. Over 50% of respondents indicated alignment between the best practice example of a pharmacist providing cold and flu management advice with their own experience. 17% of respondents indicated that they would seek doctor's advice when considering cold and flu management options compared to 10% seeking pharmacist's advice. No statistically significant results between age groups or gender were observed. Conclusion Better visibility of community pharmacists' involvement in managing minor ailments in primary care, including more explicit linkage of pharmacist-administered vaccination services as an AMS strategy can support optimal antimicrobial use. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5d2ca025c5d24c72bab116fc974b9cd52023-06-21T07:01:27ZengElsevierExploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy2667-27662023-06-0110100281Consumer perceptions of community pharmacists' involvement in antimicrobial stewardship: A quantitative studyKathryn Lim0Elaine Lum1Lisa Nissen2Alex Broom3Holly Seale4School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Australia; Corresponding author at: School of Population Health, Level 2, Samuels Building, University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia.Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, SingaporeCentre for the Business and Economics of Health, The University of Queensland, AustraliaSchool of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Sydney, AustraliaSchool of Population Health, University of New South Wales, AustraliaBackground Community pharmacist involvement in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) within primary care is underutilised. Despite this view being consistently held across the pharmacy sector's policy, academic and professional spheres, there is limited understanding of how this positioning aligns with consumers' perceptions and expectations. Objective To explore participants' experience using antibiotics and their engagement with pharmacists to support their use. Methods Online survey of Australian adults recruited via Dynata's research panel in November 2022. Questions were organised into three sections: 1) understanding the participant's use of antibiotics, including their information needs; 2) exploring engagement with pharmacists on a cold and flu enquiry using a vignette question; and 3) demographic information. Results Doctors (42.0%), pharmacists (29.8%) and the internet including general searches (14.3%) were the top three sources for antibiotic information. Information about side effects and anticipated time to effect were more broadly sought from pharmacists than what was provided. Over 50% of respondents indicated alignment between the best practice example of a pharmacist providing cold and flu management advice with their own experience. 17% of respondents indicated that they would seek doctor's advice when considering cold and flu management options compared to 10% seeking pharmacist's advice. No statistically significant results between age groups or gender were observed. Conclusion Better visibility of community pharmacists' involvement in managing minor ailments in primary care, including more explicit linkage of pharmacist-administered vaccination services as an AMS strategy can support optimal antimicrobial use.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667276623000628Antimicrobial stewardshipAntimicrobial resistancePharmacyPrimary care |
| spellingShingle | Kathryn Lim Elaine Lum Lisa Nissen Alex Broom Holly Seale Consumer perceptions of community pharmacists' involvement in antimicrobial stewardship: A quantitative study Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy Antimicrobial stewardship Antimicrobial resistance Pharmacy Primary care |
| title | Consumer perceptions of community pharmacists' involvement in antimicrobial stewardship: A quantitative study |
| title_full | Consumer perceptions of community pharmacists' involvement in antimicrobial stewardship: A quantitative study |
| title_fullStr | Consumer perceptions of community pharmacists' involvement in antimicrobial stewardship: A quantitative study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Consumer perceptions of community pharmacists' involvement in antimicrobial stewardship: A quantitative study |
| title_short | Consumer perceptions of community pharmacists' involvement in antimicrobial stewardship: A quantitative study |
| title_sort | consumer perceptions of community pharmacists involvement in antimicrobial stewardship a quantitative study |
| topic | Antimicrobial stewardship Antimicrobial resistance Pharmacy Primary care |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667276623000628 |
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