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Limitations to the dynamics of pharmaceutical care practice among community pharmacists in Enugu urban, southeast Nigeria
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Ogbonna, Brian Soni, Jeffrey Ezenduka, Charles Oparah, Azuka |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | Limitations to the dynamics of pharmaceutical care practice among community pharmacists in Enugu urban, southeast Nigeria Brian O Ogbonna,1 Charles C Ezenduka,1 Jeffrey S Soni,2 Azuka C Oparah21Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Management, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Awka, Nigeria; 2Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Benin, Benin City, NigeriaBackground: The introduction of pharmaceutical care in Nigeria has been faced with many challenges in addition to limited information regarding the practice.Objective: This study aimed to determine the barriers encountered by community pharmacists in Nigeria in the provision of pharmaceutical care.Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive survey was carried out in Enugu urban, southeast Nigeria. Data were collected using pretested and structured 5-point Likert scale questionnaires that were self-administered to the respondents. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.Results: The 78 community pharmacists comprised 62 males and 16 females. Out of the 78 respondents, 69 (88.5%) had the basic Bachelor of Pharmacy degree while three (3.9%) had Fellowship, Master’s, and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees respectively. The mean number of years of practice was 8.2 (±0.6). The key limitations to the implementation of pharmaceutical care were: pharmacists’ attitude and lack of pharmaceutical care skills, as well as resource and system-related constraints. Others challenges were interprofessional and academic obstacles like lack of collaboration (66.6%) and lack of role models (42.1%). Most of the respondents (81%) were strongly willing to adopt and implement pharmaceutical care, while 19.2% were not strongly willing to practice pharmaceutical care.Conclusion: Despite limitations to practice, community pharmacists in the area are very inclined to implement pharmaceutical care in the private sector to improve patients’ quality of life.Keywords: patient medication care, practice, pharmacists, community pharmacy, Nigeria |
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| Ending Page | 55 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| Starting Page | 49 |
| ISSN | 22305254 |
| e-ISSN | 22305254 |
| DOI | 10.2147/iprp.s82911 |
| Journal | Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice |
| Volume Number | 4 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2015-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice Nigeria Community Pharmacy Patient Medication Care Pharmacists Practice |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
