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Barriers to medication counselling for people with mental health disorders: a six country study

S. Elina Aaltonen1, Niina P. Laine2, Daisy Volmer3, Manjiri S. Gharat4, Ruta Muceniece5, Anna Vitola6, Veerle Foulon7, Franciska A. Desplenter7, Marja S. Airaksinen8, Timothy F. Chen9, J. Simon Bell10

  1. 1Division of Social Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki [Now: Porvoon Uusi Apteekki, Porvoo], Finland.
  2. 2Division of Social Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki [Now: Vihdin Apteekki, Helsinki], Finland.
  3. 3Institute of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Estonia.
  4. 4Community Pharmacy Division, Indian Pharmaceutical Association; K.M. Kundnani Pharmacy Polytechnic, Ulhasnagar, Maharashtra, India.
  5. 5Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia, Latvia.
  6. 6Faculty of Pharmacy, Riga Stradins University, Latvia.
  7. 7Research Centre for Pharmaceutical Care and Pharmacoeconomics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
  8. 8Division of Social Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Finland.
  9. 9Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, Australia.
  10. 10Division of Social Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki [Now: Kuopio Research Centre of Geriatric Care, and Clinical Pharmacology and Geriatric Pharmacotherapy Unit, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland], Finland.

Received: 23-10-2009; Accepted: 14-04-2010.

Volume 8, Issue 2 · pp. 122–131 · PUBLISHED Apr-Jun 2010 · DOI:

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Objective: The objective of this study was to compare and contrast barriers pharmacy students perceive toward providing medication counselling for people with mental health disorders in Australia, Belgium, Estonia, Finland, India and Latvia. Methods: Barriers identified by third-year pharmacy students as part of the International Pharmacy Students’ Health Survey were content analysed using a directed approach. Students’ responses were categorised as pharmacist related, patient related, health-system related, or social or cultural related. Quantitative data were analysed using SPSS version 14.0. Results: Survey instruments were returned by 649 students. Of the respondents, 480 identified one or more barriers to medication counselling for people with mental health disorders. Patient related factors accounted for between 25.3% and 36.2% of barriers identified by the pharmacy students. Pharmacist related factors accounted for between 17.6% and 45.1% of the barriers identified by the pharmacy students. Students in India were more likely to attribute barriers to pharmacist and social and cultural related factors, and less likely to health-system related factors, than students studying in other countries. Conclusion: The nature of barriers identified by pharmacy students differed according to the country in which they studied. Undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy education programs may need to be amended to address common misconceptions among pharmacy students.

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    Aaltonen, S. E., Laine, N. P., Volmer, D., Gharat, M. S., Muceniece, R., Vitola, A., Foulon, V., Desplenter, F. A., Airaksinen, M. S., Chen, T. F., & Bell, J. S. (2010). Barriers to medication counselling for people with mental health disorders: a six country study. Pharmacy Practice, 8(2), 122–131.