Public Trust in Community Pharmacists in South Korea: A Survey Study

Abstract Introduction: Intervention of pharmacists in medication adherence can meaningfully contribute to achieving therapeutic outcomes. Exploring the real-life readiness and opportunities of pharmacists may result in the adoption of measures, which could be seen through improvement of patients’ adherence to pharmacotherapy. Aim: The aim of the paper was to make a survey on community pharmacists’ potential in medication adherence support in its connectivity to technical and personnel factors, which underline the capacities of pharmacies in dealing with medication adherence. Methods: The questionnaire survey was conducted from October to December 2014 and involved 158 pharmacists from 117 Czech (CZ) and 41 Slovak (SK) community pharmacies. The structured questionnaire surveyed both technical and personnel factors, including provision of consultancy services related to medication adherence. Non-adherence risk reduction was evaluated by adopting Morisky Scale modified from the pharmacist’s perspective. Questionnaires outcomes were summarised in contingency tables and analyzed for associations between respective categorical variables using χ2 or exact tests and association coefficients. All results are reported as significant at P≤0.05. Results: The average score of adherence support (CZ/SK 1.95/1.93) was significantly higher as compared to that of persistence or concordance (P<0.001). Reduction of non-adherence risk reached the score of a medium degree (P=0.73, average 2.29 in CZ and 2.22 in SK). These findings were significantly associated with personnel capacities (provision of consultancy, preference for the use of recommended procedures in CZ (P<0.001), number of years of practice in SK (P=0.029)), while significant association with technical equipment (consultancy room) in the SK (P=0.037). Conclusion: The pharmaceutical care is developing towards the improvement of medication adherence in both countries - assuming a medium degree of adherence support. Further progress may be observed in strengthening the pharmacists’ personnel capacities, and accelerated mainly using information technologies, i.e. through technical capacities.

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Improving community pharmacists’ clinical knowledge to detect and resolve drug-related problems in Croatia: a before/after survey study investigating the efficacy of an educational intervention

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034674 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (6) ◽

pp. e034674 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Lovre Zekan ◽

Arijana Mestrovic ◽

Ana Seselja Perisin ◽

Josipa Bukic ◽

Dario Leskur ◽

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Keyword(s):

Clinical Pharmacy ◽

Community Pharmacists ◽

Survey Study ◽

Measurement Tool ◽

Routine Practice ◽

Knowledge Level ◽

Clinical Knowledge ◽

Drug Related Problems ◽

Knowledge Based ◽

Practice Teaching

ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to increase the knowledge level of community pharmacists in Croatia to identify and resolve drug-related problems (DRPs).DesignBefore/after survey study.SettingUniversity of Split School of Medicine.Participants115 community pharmacists from all over the Croatia.InterventionsAn interactive 3-day clinical pharmacy workshop with the goal of increasing the knowledge level of community pharmacists in Croatia to identify and resolve DRPs in routine practice. Teaching methods were based on interactive clinical case solving.Outcome measureChange of the community pharmacists’ knowledge based on preworkshop and postworkshop evaluation. A survey-based clinical knowledge measurement tool was used in order to evaluate the efficacy of the workshop. The lowest possible total score was 0 and the highest was 80. A higher survey score indicates a higher level of clinical knowledge to identify and resolve DRPs.ResultsParticipating pharmacists had significantly higher postworkshop mean survey score (49.1±8.0) than the preworkshop mean survey score (42.9±8.2), with the mean score difference of 6.2 (95% CI 4.3 to 8.1). Furthermore, it was found that community pharmacists significantly increased their survey scores, regardless of their age.ConclusionsInteractive and case-based clinical pharmacy workshop could be a valuable tool to increase the knowledge of community pharmacists about identification and management of DRPs in routine practice. However, further studies are necessary to evaluate the long-term knowledge maintenance and the improvement in patients’ clinical outcomes.

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Public trust in a mobile device and service policy in South Korea: The Mobile Device Distribution Improvement Act

Telematics and Informatics ◽

10.1016/j.tele.2016.08.020 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 34 (2) ◽

pp. 540-547 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Junghun Kim ◽

Sangkyu Park ◽

Heecheon Cho ◽

Junsang Kim ◽

Jae Young Choi

Keyword(s):

South Korea ◽

Mobile Device ◽

Public Trust ◽

Service Policy

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Regulating gabapentin as a drug of abuse: A survey study of Kentucky community pharmacists

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association ◽

10.1016/j.japh.2018.12.018 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 59 (3) ◽

pp. 379-382 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

James Blackmer ◽

Eric Lindahl ◽

Audra Strahl ◽

Aric Schadler ◽

Patricia R. Freeman

Keyword(s):

Community Pharmacists ◽

Survey Study ◽

Drug Of Abuse

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A Survey Study of Institutional Review Board Thought Processes in the United States and South Korea

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine ◽

10.5811/westjem.2011.6.6756 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 335-341 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Si-Kyung Jung ◽

Yeon Hee Jeong ◽

Woon Jeong Lee ◽

Carol Lee ◽

Amy Kaji ◽

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Keyword(s):

United States ◽

South Korea ◽

The United States ◽

Institutional Review Board ◽

Survey Study ◽

Thought Processes ◽

Institutional Review

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Economic Voting in South Korea: Pocketbook or Sociotropic?

Japanese Journal of Political Science ◽

10.1017/s1468109912000138 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 337-353 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

AIE-RIE LEE ◽

YONG U. GLASURE

Keyword(s):

South Korea ◽

Voting Behavior ◽

Economic Voting ◽

Study Data ◽

Survey Study ◽

Economic Evaluations ◽

The Past ◽

Political Choices ◽

Different Dimensions ◽

Voter Choice

AbstractUsing 2003 Asian Barometer Survey study data, this paper examines the economic voting model in the 2002 presidential election in South Korea. The core emphasis of the paper is on an investigation of the relative effects of different dimensions/scopes of economic evaluations on voting behavior, namely whether one form of assessment (e.g., pocketbook vs. sociotropic) can have similar consequences for electoral participation as others. The findings indicate that the overall economy is salient for Koreans to shape their political choices. In other words, voting behavior in Korea depends on how she or he thinks the national economy has been for the past five years. Also found is that voters’ perceptions of their own personal financial situations did not matter much as a predictor of voter choice.

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A Survey Study of Audiology Services during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic in South Korea

Audiology and Speech Research ◽

10.21848/asr.210039 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 352-363

Author(s):

InOn Kim ◽

Soo Hee Oh

Keyword(s):

Hearing Loss ◽

South Korea ◽

Visual Cues ◽

Survey Study ◽

Current Status ◽

Educational Support ◽

Face To Face ◽

Schedule Delay ◽

Communication Difficulties ◽

Level Reduction

Purpose: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has severely affected public health and people’s lifestyle. The purpose of this survey study is to investigate audiology services during COVID-19 pandemic to understand the current audiology service situations in Korea and to improve audiology services.Methods: A total of 120 participants (60 audiologists and 60 clients visiting audiologists) were surveyed in this study using online or face-to-face methods. The participants answered 24~25 questions including current status of audiology service, communication difficulties with wearing masks, and the provision of tele-audiology services during COVID-19.Results: The results showed that both audiologists and clients with hearing loss still preferred face-to-face audiology services in COVID-19 situation in spite of 56% of visiting schedule delay and cancellation. The primary audiology services they considered in COVID-19 were hearing aid fitting and maintenance & repair services. Wearing masks has led communication difficulties in both audiologists and clients with hearing loss due to speech level reduction, frequency filtering of sounds, and insufficient visual cues during the conversation. Only 30% of audiologists have provided tele-audiology services, and 4.4% of clients received tele-audiology services during COVID-19.Conclusion: The impacts of COVID-19 in audiology services in South Korea are still progressing. The technical and administrative systems and educational support to improve audiology services in South Korea are necessary.

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California Community Pharmacist Preparedness in Ordering and Interpreting Laboratory Tests

Journal of Contemporary Pharmacy Practice ◽

10.37901/jcphp18-00027 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 67 (2) ◽

pp. 33-37

Author(s):

Angelica Del Rosario ◽

Kathleen Feng ◽

Lena Haddad ◽

Brian Lee ◽

Ryan Murakami ◽

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Keyword(s):

Laboratory Tests ◽

Online Survey ◽

Community Setting ◽

Community Pharmacists ◽

Self Report ◽

Institutional Review Board ◽

Survey Study ◽

Institutional Review ◽

Study Results ◽

Descriptive Survey

Introduction The passage of Senate Bill 493 (SB 493) granted California pharmacists the ability to order and interpret lab tests without physician approval. Despite this legislation, not all pharmacists are aware of, or exercise, this authority. The goals of this study are to describe 1) pharmacists' willingness, 2) perceived factors influencing pharmacist preparedness, and 3) challenges and barriers to ordering laboratory tests in the community setting. Methods This is a prospective, descriptive survey study that was performed using online survey software from August 31, 2017, to October 4, 2017. An anonymous link was distributed to California pharmacists via California Society of Health-System Pharmacists (CSHP) and California Pharmacists Association (CPhA) email newsletters. Additionally, targeted interviews of pharmacists were conducted by phone to qualitatively assess barriers as well as successful practices. Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval was obtained prior to initiating the study. Results Sixty-six pharmacist respondents completed the online survey. The reported two biggest barriers to ordering lab tests identified by community pharmacists were 1) lack of available time and 2) compensation structure. Despite these barriers, most pharmacists were willing to order and interpret laboratory tests and accept the liability, regardless of a reimbursement guarantee. Conclusions Community pharmacists self-report preparedness to order and interpret laboratory tests. Barriers in carrying out this task include lack of staff, resources, compensation, and reimbursement structure.

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