Work Pressure for Pharmacist With Home Pharmaceutical Care

Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intention of Leaving the Service; Work Load.; Pressure Factors

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02028793

VGHTCPHARM2

Details and patient eligibility

About

National Health Insurance Administration, Taiwan has provided a protocol for community pharmacist to offer home pharmaceutical care for the patients with high health expenditures. Since community pharmacists need to visit patients for consultation and check their medications, it has been thought to have pressure for them in various areas. This study intends to investigate the factors related to the pressure and intention for leaving this protocol. The hypothesis are that community pharmacist who works longer, has economic pressure, and longer year of practice will have higher pressure and strong intention for leaving.

Enrollment: 160 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• community pharmacists who attend the protocol.

Exclusion criteria

• community pharmacists who attend any other home pharmaceutical care projects (any types).

Trial design

160 participants in 1 patient group

Pharmacists provide pharmaceutical care

Description:

The group is the community pharmacists who attend the protocol to provide home visit to the patients with heavy health expenditure, through pharmaceutical care approach.