Barriers and facilitators for providing self-care advice in community pharmacies: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community pharmacies are easily accessible for self-care advice. Guidelines for providing self-care advice were introduced in several countries, including the Netherlands in the 1990s. Previous studies have indicated room for improvement in self-care advice in daily pharmacy practice.

Aim

To identify barriers and facilitators for providing self-care advice.

Method

Semi-structured interviews were conducted face-to-face or online with pharmacists and pharmacy assistants using a topic guide based on the Theoretical Domains Framework. The interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. The transcripts were deductively analysed to identify barriers and facilitators for self-care counselling. COREQ guidelines were followed.

Results

In total, 13 ph

SUBMITTER: Lelie-van der Zande R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10082626 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature