Development Of An Evidence-Based Checklist For The Detection Of Drug-Related Problems (Drps) Among Patients With Allergy Symptoms In Community Pharmacies

Pharmacists in community practice is making many improvements in the quality and safety of patients especially in detecting drug related problems (DRP) related to pharmaceutical care. The objective of this study was to develop a checklist which would be able to detect drug related problems among pat...

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Main Author: Appalasamy, Jamuna Rani
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Published: 2013
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spelling my-usm-ep.452572019-08-22T08:21:13Z Development Of An Evidence-Based Checklist For The Detection Of Drug-Related Problems (Drps) Among Patients With Allergy Symptoms In Community Pharmacies 2013-07 Appalasamy, Jamuna Rani RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica Pharmacists in community practice is making many improvements in the quality and safety of patients especially in detecting drug related problems (DRP) related to pharmaceutical care. The objective of this study was to develop a checklist which would be able to detect drug related problems among patients with allergy symptoms who seek treatment in community pharmacies. This study also aimed to detect types of DRPs and its prevalence.The Checklist Development Phase involved review of literatures. The developed checklist was then tested in validation phase where it was used in a community setting to obtain data and to get it validated. Four expert panel agreement, predictive values, sensitivity and specificity tests were done to validate the checklist. This validated checklist was then field-tested in two groups (Group 1; with the checklist) and (Group 2; without checklist).During the validation phase, 378 patients were interviewed. 2013-07 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/45257/ http://eprints.usm.my/45257/1/Jamuna%20Rani%20Appalasamy24.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Farmasi
institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
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topic RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica
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Appalasamy, Jamuna Rani
Development Of An Evidence-Based Checklist For The Detection Of Drug-Related Problems (Drps) Among Patients With Allergy Symptoms In Community Pharmacies
description Pharmacists in community practice is making many improvements in the quality and safety of patients especially in detecting drug related problems (DRP) related to pharmaceutical care. The objective of this study was to develop a checklist which would be able to detect drug related problems among patients with allergy symptoms who seek treatment in community pharmacies. This study also aimed to detect types of DRPs and its prevalence.The Checklist Development Phase involved review of literatures. The developed checklist was then tested in validation phase where it was used in a community setting to obtain data and to get it validated. Four expert panel agreement, predictive values, sensitivity and specificity tests were done to validate the checklist. This validated checklist was then field-tested in two groups (Group 1; with the checklist) and (Group 2; without checklist).During the validation phase, 378 patients were interviewed.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Appalasamy, Jamuna Rani
author_facet Appalasamy, Jamuna Rani
author_sort Appalasamy, Jamuna Rani
title Development Of An Evidence-Based Checklist For The Detection Of Drug-Related Problems (Drps) Among Patients With Allergy Symptoms In Community Pharmacies
title_short Development Of An Evidence-Based Checklist For The Detection Of Drug-Related Problems (Drps) Among Patients With Allergy Symptoms In Community Pharmacies
title_full Development Of An Evidence-Based Checklist For The Detection Of Drug-Related Problems (Drps) Among Patients With Allergy Symptoms In Community Pharmacies
title_fullStr Development Of An Evidence-Based Checklist For The Detection Of Drug-Related Problems (Drps) Among Patients With Allergy Symptoms In Community Pharmacies
title_full_unstemmed Development Of An Evidence-Based Checklist For The Detection Of Drug-Related Problems (Drps) Among Patients With Allergy Symptoms In Community Pharmacies
title_sort development of an evidence-based checklist for the detection of drug-related problems (drps) among patients with allergy symptoms in community pharmacies
granting_institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department Pusat Pengajian Sains Farmasi
publishDate 2013
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