Australian pharmacists' experiences and perspectives in implementing a chronic kidney disease screening service in community pharmacies: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The emerging role of pharmacists in chronic kidney disease (CKD) care prompted the pharmacy-led screening and quality use of medicines in CKD trial (QUM-CKD), a pharmacy-led screening initiative to detect previously undiagnosed CKD and improve medication safety.Objective: To explore pharmacists' experiences and perspectives on the implementation of the QUM-CKD trial in Australian community pharmacies.

Methods

A descriptive phenomenological qualitative approach was employed, involving in-depth, semi-structured telephone interviews with thirteen metropolitan and rural community pharmacists in the trial. Pharmacists were selected via purposive maximum variation sampling and were recruited mid-trial. Interviews were audio- recorded, transcribed verbatim, and thematica

SUBMITTER: Korsa A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12408408 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature