Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP
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Res Social Adm Pharm · Sep 2008
Development and validation of the patient trust in community pharmacists (TRUST-Ph) scale: results from a study conducted in Thailand.
The quality of the pharmacist-patient relationship has been examined in various perspectives, for example patient satisfaction. Trust is another concept within which the quality of the relationship might be examined and is critical in contemporary pharmacy practice. ⋯ The developed scale (TRUST-Ph) to measure patient trust in community pharmacists had relatively high validity and reliability. It had 3 dimensions, which were Benevolence, Technical Competence, and Communication. The TRUST-Ph scale can be potentially used as a measure of patient-reported outcome for community pharmacist services.
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Res Social Adm Pharm · Sep 2008
A modified model of pharmacists' job stress: the role of organizational, extra-role, and individual factors on work-related outcomes.
Understanding the effects of job stress continues to be a concern for health-care providers as workload and personnel needs increase. ⋯ Given the increased demand for pharmacy services, health-care organizations will benefit from increasing positive and reducing negative work outcomes. Increased focus on enhancing interpersonal interactions, developing commitment to the profession, and greater consideration of nonwork factors could help pharmacists better manage their work environments. Future research should continue to refine these models to further enhance our understanding of the effects of job stress in the health professional workplace.
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Res Social Adm Pharm · Sep 2008
Use/misuse of over-the-counter medications and associated adverse drug events among HIV-infected patients.
Self-medication practices and polypharmacy are common among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. Inappropriate use of over-the-counter (OTC) medications potentiates the risk for drug misuse and adverse drug events (ADEs). ⋯ Analgesics/antipyretics were the most commonly used OTC medications by HIV-infected patients. The incidence of misuse and ADEs associated with OTC medications were documented with the sample. Keeping in mind the limitations of study design, our findings suggest that misuse of OTC medications in HIV-infected patients may increase the incidence of ADEs experienced.