Establishment of measures to promote information transmission of patients in pharmacies that contribute to improving the efficiency and safety of drug treatment

2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K09244
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Medical and hospital managemen
• Research Institution: Showa University (2018-2020); Hokkaido Pharmaceutical University School of Pharmacy (2017)
• Principal Investigator: Kishimoto Keiko 昭和大学, 薬学部, 教授 (50458866)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 櫻井 秀彦 北海道科学大学, 薬学部, 教授 (70326560)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2021-03-31
• Keywords: 薬剤師への情報伝達 / 薬局における情報収集 / 患者の情報伝達積極性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Factor analysis was conducted on the 15 items (7 levels) of information communicated to the pharmacy pharmacist. Factor 1: 9 items of the initial questionnaire and Factor 2: 6 items of detailed information were extracted. Many patients tended to actively provide information on the initial questionnaire items, and the "Evaluation Scale for Patients' Proactivity in Communicating Information to Pharmacy Pharmacists" had 6 items (ω = 0.928) or a simplified version with 5 items (ω = 0.920).
As a measure to improve patients' proactive communication of information, four animated videos were created to introduce pharmacists' contribution to drug therapy (interaction, laboratory confirmation, side effect monitoring, and centralized management). All four videos showed a significant increase in the value of the proactive communication evaluation scale before and after viewing (p<0.001, effect size r0.59-0.66).

Free Research Field

社会薬学、消費者行動、医療コミュニケーション

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

患者の薬局薬剤師への伝達情報は、初回質問票9項目に比べ詳細情報6項目の伝達はまだ十分ではない現状が明らかとなった。患者に薬剤師の薬物療法への寄与を周知することが、患者の情報伝達積極性の意思の向上に関連することが明らかとなった。
当該方策を実社会において展開させていくことにより、薬局において得られる患者情報が増加し、薬物療法の安全性及び効率化に繋がることが期待させる。