Assessing the knowledge to practice gap: The asthma practices of community pharmacists.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community pharmacists are well positioned to identify patients with poorly controlled asthma and trained to optimize asthma therapy. Yet, over 90% of patients with asthma live with uncontrolled disease. We sought to understand the current state of asthma management in practice in Alberta and explore the potential use of the Chat, Check and Chart (CCC) model to enhance pharmacists' care for patients with asthma.

Methods

An 18-question survey was used to examine pharmacists' monitoring of asthma control and prior use of the CCC tools. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize the response rate, sample demographics, asthma management and CCC use. Survey validity and reliability were established.

Results

One hundred randomly selected pharmacists complete

SUBMITTER: Guirguis LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5755817 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature