Changes in knowledge after attending a community pharmacists¿ asthma workshop
- Autores: José Pedro García Corpas, Ana Ocaña Arenas, Lorena González García, Estefania López Domínguez, Emilio Garcia Jiménez E.
- Localización: Pharmacy Practice (Granada), ISSN-e 1886-3655, Vol. 4, Nº. 3, 2006, págs. 139-142
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Background: Pharmacists can play an important role in both the detection of asthma and its monitoring in patients with asthma.
Objective: To assess the change in asthma knowledge, and associated variables, of pharmacists attending the ¿Pharmacotherapy follow-up of Adult Bronchial Asthma¿ workshops run by the Pharmaceutical Care Center of Stada Laboratories.
Methods: All participants in the ¿Pharmacotherapy follow-up of Adult Bronchial Asthma¿ workshops completed a pre-test and a post-test. Those who left the workshop and those who did not complete the tests were not included in the analysis. Tests were scored from 0 to 10, and the change in scores was analyzed.
Results: Of the 90 participating pharmacists, 79 fulfilled the inclusion criteria. 81% (64) were female, and their average age was 38.8 years [CI95%= 36.65-40.81]. The average pre-test score was 3.65 [CI95%=3.29-4.01]; 72.2% of the pharmacists scored less than 5 points. The average post-test score was 7.33 [CI95%=7.01-7.65]. The average change in scores was 3.68 [CI95%=3.29-4.07] . No statistical significance was found between this change in scores and other variables analyzed (age, gender, previous training, or position in the pharmacy).
Conclusion: CAF Stada ¿Adult Bronchial Asthma¿ workshops increased pharmacists¿ general knowledge.
