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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2019
Preference in the use of full childhood immunizations in Ethiopia: the role of maternal health services.
Immunizations represent a successful and cost-effective public health strategy in preventing common childhood diseases. Ethiopia has made remarkable progress in increasing its full immunization coverage, but significant gaps remain. This study aims to measure the preference in the use of full immunizations for children aged 12-23 months in Ethiopia and examine the role of key maternal health services. ⋯ Full immunization coverage has been identified as a critical factor in the prevention of morbidity and mortality from childhood diseases. Future progress in the provision of key maternal health services can have a positive impact in narrowing the gap in immunization coverage.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2019
Proportion of Japanese outpatients filling prescriptions for long-term medication regimens.
Aim: Our study aimed to clarify how long outpatients with chronic diseases such as hypertension continuously fill prescriptions for the same medications as those prescribed initially and how many medications they take over the long term. Methods: Medication records from April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017 with total days between initial and final dispensation date ≥330 days and total days of medication supplies ≥180 days were extracted from an electronic database in a Japanese community pharmacy chain. The continuity of refilling medications over 1 year (ie, medication fill adherence) was measured using the medication possession ratio (MPR). ⋯ Conclusion: Outpatients that received long-term medications with no change in prescription had an MPR >90% for around 3 medications. It can be reasonably assumed that these patients could receive a longer-term medication supply with the partial fills based on a physician's instruction ("Bunkatu Chozai" in Japanese). This longer-term supply would be similar to a basic prescription refill, but would require a physician's signature allowing for partial refills rather than a new prescription for each refill.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2019
Real-world utilities and health-related quality-of-life data in hemophilia patients in France and the United Kingdom.
Purpose: Congenital hemophilia A and B are bleeding disorders characterized by deficiency of factors VIII and IX, respectively. This study aimed to collect health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) and health-utility data from hemophilia patients with differing disease severity. Methods: Individuals with hemophilia aged ≥12 years living in France or the UK completed a series of questionnaires, including the EQ-5D-3L and -5L and SF-36 version 2. ⋯ Strong correlations were observed between health- utility values derived from the three instruments (r=0.69-0.79). Conclusion: Results of this study reinforce the importance of appropriate treatment to limit the physical burden and long-term joint damage associated with hemophilia. Further, utility values collected here reflect real-world data, and can serve as health-state weights in future cost-utility analyses.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2019
Patients' Perspective And Usefulness Of Pictograms In Short-Term Antibiotic Therapy - Multicenter, Randomized Trial.
To evaluate the practical utility of pharmaceutical pictograms in routine practice in community pharmacy. The primary outcome (composite endpoint) consisted of three elements: i) complete use of the whole package of medication, ii) taking the recommended dose twice a day, and iii) subjective assessment of patients' perspective on medical information about antibiotic therapy obtained during the pharmacy consultation measured by Net Promoter Score in scale from 1 to 10 where 1 is the lowest and 10 the highest possible rating. ⋯ The pharmaceutical pictograms are readily accepted by patients and could prove to be a valuable support for pharmacists in conducting pharmaceutical care. Further representative research is needed to evaluate the true effectiveness of this solution.