Preventing and Managing Urinary Tract Infections: Enhancing the Role of Community Pharmacists-A Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT: Community pharmacists are involved in antimicrobial stewardship through self-care advice and delivering medications for uncomplicated infections. This mixed methods study aimed to identify opportunities to enhance the role of community pharmacists in the management of service users with suspected or confirmed urinary tract infection (UTI). Data collection was through a service user survey (n = 51) and pharmacist surveys and semi-structured interviews before (16 interviews, 22 questionnaires) and after (15 interviews, 16 questionnaires) trialing UTI leaflets designed to be shared with service users. Data were analysed inductively using thematic analysis and descriptive tabulation of quantitative data. Twenty-five percent (n = 13/51) of service users with urinary symptoms sought help from a

SUBMITTER: Peiffer-Smadja N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7559416 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature