[Prospective observational study of the impact of problems accessing treatment such as risk factors for adherence and persistence. Pilot study].

Introduction: Some preliminary studies that reveal the onset of risk factors not investigated previously in regard to the health system were performed. They can reduce adherence and/or persistence of pharmacological treatments. Knowledge about them can lead to possible solutions.

[Project on exceptional dispensation in the Principality of Asturias].

Community pharmacy (CF) is daily confronted with situations that prevent the proper dispensing of medication, putting at risk the continuity of treatment by patients, which causes medication-related problems (DRPs). In this pilot study, carried out in the Principality of Asturias, the aim was to quantify the number of incidents of this type related to those aspects of the prescription that could be easily corrected by the community pharmacist through simple interventions at the time of dispensing. It was carried out in ten pharmacies in this autonomous community during normal opening hours over fifteen working days.