Patient counselling on opioids by pharmacy technicians: A mixed-method study to explore facilitators and barriers.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study investigates community pharmacy technicians' (PTs) counselling practices for patients prescribed opioids and identifies facilitators and barriers influencing their counselling behaviour.

Methods

A sequential exploratory mixed-method study involving interviews and a questionnaire was conducted among PTs, working in Dutch community pharmacies. PTs were recruited via professional networks, panels and social media. Inductive thematic analysis was performed for interviews. Descriptive statistics of questionnaires was performed and associations between behaviour of discussing dependency and background characteristics (1), barriers (2) and beliefs (3) were tested.

Results

Nineteen topics emerged from 18 interviews. Out of 252 questionnaire-respondents,

SUBMITTER: Jansen-Groot Koerkamp EAW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11904593 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature