Pharmacy Practice
Volume 16, Issue 1
24 March 2018 · pp. 1–10 · 10 articles
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- 16
- Issue
- 1
- Published
- 24 March 2018
- Pages
- 1–10
- Articles
- 10
- Sections
- 2
- ISSN
- e-ISSN: 1886-3655 - p-ISSN: 1885-642X
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In this issue
Original Research
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Health literacy and knowledge in a cohort of Australian patients taking warfarin
Angela W. Yiu, Beata V. Bajorek
pp. 1–10 · DOI: 10.18549/PharmPract.2018.01.1080 · Published 24 March 2018
Objectives: To 1) characterise older patients taking warfarin, 2) assess these patients’ level of warfarin knowledge, and 3) describe their strengths and limitations in health literacy, and 4) explore relationships betwe…
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Attitudes towards continuous professional development: a study of pharmacists in Lebanon
Sylvia Saade, Fatima Ghazala, Ali Farhat, Souheil Hallit
pp. 1–8 · DOI: 10.18549/PharmPract.2018.01.1103 · Published 17 March 2018
Objective: To investigate the views and assess motivation, attitudes of pharmacists in Lebanon towards mandatory continuous education (CE), its transition to Continuous Professional Development (CPD), and identify barrie…
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Factors associated with smoking cessation success in Lebanon
Zeina Aoun Bacha, Nelly Layoun, Georges Khayat, Souheil Hallit
pp. 1–7 · DOI: 10.18549/PharmPract.2018.01.1111 · Published 20 March 2018
Objective: The objective is to assess factors associated with the success rate of smoking cessation among Lebanese smokers in a smoking cessation center. Methods: A cross-sectional data study, conducted between March 201…
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Challenges and opportunities of clinical pharmacy services in Ethiopia: A qualitative study from healthcare practitioners’ perspective
Henok Getachew Tegegn, Ousman Abubeker Abdela, Abebe Basazn Mekuria, Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Asnakew Achaw Ayele
pp. 1–7 · DOI: 10.18549/PharmPract.2018.01.1121 · Published 2018
Background: Currently, clinical pharmacists have in-depth therapeutic knowledge and scientific skills to act as drug therapy experts in healthcare settings. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the opportunitie…
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Development and validation of a survey instrument to measure factors that influence pharmacist adoption of prescribing in Alberta, Canada
Lisa M. Guirguis, Christine A. Hughes, Mark J. Makowsky, Cheryl A. Sadowski, Theresa J. Schindel, Nese Yuksel, Chowdhury F. Faruquee
pp. 1–8 · DOI: 10.18549/PharmPract.2018.01.1068 · Published 16 March 2018
Objective: Study objectives were to develop a questionnaire to assess factors influencing pharmacists’ adoption of prescribing (i.e., continuing, adapting or initiating therapy), describe use of pre-incentive and mixed m…
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Type B adverse drug reactions reported by an immunoallergology department
Maria J. Costa, Maria T. Herdeiro, Jorge J. Polónia, Inês Ribeiro-Vaz, Cármen Botelho, Eunice Castro, Josefina Cernadas
pp. 1070 · DOI: 10.18549/PharmPract.2018.01.1070 · Published Jan-Mar 2018
Objective: Characterization of the adverse drug reactions (ADR) reported by the immunoallergology department (IAD), Centro Hospitalar de São João (Porto), to the Northern Pharmacovigilance Centre (NPC). Methods: An obser…
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Satisfaction of patients receiving value added-services compared to traditional counter service for prescription refills in Malaysia
Boon-Tiang Lau, Abdul-Rani Nurul-Nadiah-Auni, Siew-Yen Ng, Shuen-Nie Wong
pp. 1075 · DOI: 10.18549/PharmPract.2018.01.1075 · Published 23 March 2018
Background: Patients’ satisfaction is the key parameter to measure the quality of healthcare services. Value added-services (VAS) were introduced to improve the quality of medication deliveries and to reduce the waiting …
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An assessment of the impact of entrepreneurial skills of community pharmacists on pharmaceutical business performance in Jos metropolis, Nigeria
Iyeseun Olusola Asieba, Teresa M. Nmadu
pp. 1110 · DOI: 10.18549/PharmPract.2018.01.1110 · Published 23 March 2018
Background: Community pharmacy has been a lucrative area of practice for pharmacists in Jos, Nigeria, until about the turn of the millennium where a decline in viability of the business has been observed. Objective: This…
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Nigerian pharmacists’ self-perceived competence and confidence to plan and conduct pharmacy practice research
Usman Abubakar, Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman, Mohammad Ndagi Usman, Muhammad Danjuma Umar
pp. 1152 · DOI: 10.18549/PharmPract.2018.01.1152 · Published 27 March 2018
Background: Recent studies have revealed that pharmacists have interest in conducting research. However, lack of confidence is a major barrier. Objective: This study evaluated pharmacists’ self-perceived competence and c…
Editorial
- Forum Article
Scholarly publishing depends on peer reviewers
Fernando Fernandez-Llimos
pp. 1236 · DOI: 10.18549/PharmPract.2018.01.1236 · Published Jan-Mar 2018
The peer-review crisis is posing a risk to the scholarly peer-reviewed journal system. Journals have to ask many potential peer reviewers to obtain a minimum acceptable number of peers accepting reviewing a manuscript. S…