Pharmacist-led new medicine service: a real-world cohort study in the Netherlands on drug-related problems, satisfaction, and self-efficacy in cardiovascular patients transitioning to primary care.

Background: Patients transitioning from hospital to home while starting long-term cardiovascular medicines are likely to experience drug-related problems (DRPs). The New Medicine Service (NMS) may support readmission to primary care.

Aim: To evaluate NMS in a real world setting, for patients transitioning from hospital to primary care with newly prescribed cardiovascular medicines on identifying DRPs, patient satisfaction with medication information and patient self-efficacy.

Pharmacists and pharmacy students' perceptions on how a new teaching model supports their clinical decision-making.

Background And Purpose: Clinical decision-making (CDM) is crucial in pharmacy practice, necessitating effective teaching in undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy education. This study aims to explore undergraduates and postgraduates' perceptions of how a new teaching model supports their CDM when addressing patient cases.

Educational Activity And Setting: Implemented in a full-day CDM course for pharmacy students and a half-day course for pharmacists in the Netherlands, the model, accompanied by a learning guide, facilitated CDM in patient cases.

Characteristics and preventability of medication-related admissions for acute kidney injury and dehydration in elderly patients.

Purpose: Patients with impaired renal function using medication that affects glomerular filtration rate are at increased risk of developing acute kidney injury (AKI) leading to hospital admissions. The risk increases during periods of dehydration due to diarrhoea, vomiting or fever (so-called "sick days"), or high environmental temperatures (heat wave). This study aims to gain insight into the characteristics and preventability of medication-related admissions for AKI and dehydration in elderly patients.

Patients' perspectives about the role of primary healthcare providers in long-term opioid therapy: a qualitative study in Dutch primary care.

Background: Over the past decade, long-term use of prescription opioids for chronic non-cancer pain has risen globally despite the associated risks. Most opioid users receive their first prescription in primary care.

Aim: To investigate the perspective of patients who are long-term opioid users in primary care regarding the role of healthcare providers (HCPs) in their prolonged opioid use.

Communication skills-based training about medication switch encounters: pharmacy staff and patients' experiences.

Background: Non-medical medication switches can lead to difficult conversations. To support pharmacy staff, a communication training has been developed based on two strategies: 'positive message framing' to emphasize positive elements of the message and 'breaking bad news model' to break the news immediately and address emotions.

Aim: To assess how patients and trained pharmacy staff experience the application of communication strategies for non-medical medication switch conversations and which are barriers and facilitators for the application.

Patients' perspectives on tapering programmes for prescription opioid use disorder: a qualitative study.

Objectives: Approximately 10% of chronic pain patients who receive opioids develop an opioid use disorder (OUD). Tapering programmes for these patients show high drop-out rates. Insight into chronic pain patients' experiences with tapering programmes for prescription OUD could help improve such programmes.

Communication during encounters about medication switching: Self-reported experiences of pharmacy technicians and patients.

Background: During conversations about medication switches, pharmacy staff often deliver a message to patients that may lead to negative emotions. In these situations, clear and patient-centered communication is important.

Aim: To gain insight into pharmacy technician-patient experiences regarding the communication during medication switching encounters, and in specific to map the needs and preferences of patients and whether pharmacy technicians (PTs) meet these.

Patients' Perspectives on the Development of Prescription Opioid Use Disorder in Patients with Chronic Non-Cancer Pain.

Introduction: In the past decade, prescription opioid use increased exponentially and concomitantly opioid use disorders (OUD) are becoming more common. Several risk factors for developing OUD have been identified, but little is known regarding the patients' perspective on developing a prescription OUD.

Methods: We recruited 25 adults undergoing treatment for prescription OUD.

Barriers and facilitators for providing self-care advice in community pharmacies: a qualitative study.

Background: Community pharmacies are easily accessible for self-care advice. Guidelines for providing self-care advice were introduced in several countries, including the Netherlands in the 1990s. Previous studies have indicated room for improvement in self-care advice in daily pharmacy practice.

Patients' experience with a community pharmacy fall prevention service.

Background: Pharmacists can contribute to fall prevention, by offering services such as fall risk screenings, counselling, and medication reviews. Patient acceptance of the role of pharmacists in fall prevention is crucial.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore patients' experience with a community pharmacy fall prevention service.

Facilitating pharmacy staff's conversations about non-medical medication switches: Development and testing of a communication training.

Background: Non-medical medication switches, a change to another medicine or medication label not motivated by medical reasons, occur frequently. Switches often lead to negative patient emotions, such as confusion and anger. Pharmacy staff's communication, i.

Provision of and trust in COVID-19 vaccines information: Perspectives of people who have had COVID-19.

Aim: The aim of this study was to understand the provision and need, quality of and trust in COVID-19 vaccines information from the perspectives of people who have had COVID-19 infection.

Method: People who have had a COVID-19 infection were approached via their general practice and invited to participate in the Nivel Corona Cohort. They completed questionnaires at baseline (Q1), and at three months (Q2).

Better use of inhaled medication in asthma and COPD through training, preparation and counselling: the On TRACk study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial.

Introduction: About 70% of patients with asthma and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) use their inhaled medication incorrectly, leading to reduced disease control, higher healthcare use and costs. Adequate guidance from the pharmacy team from first dispense onwards can benefit patients in the long run. We propose an intervention ('On TRACk') to improve medication adherence and inhaler technique of adult patients with asthma and/or COPD.

Comprehensibility of a personalized medication overview compared to usual-care prescription drug labels.

Poor understanding of prescription drug label (PDL) instructions can lead to medication errors, suboptimal treatment (side) effects, and non-adherence. A personalized medication hard-copy overview listing PDL instructions and visual information may support patients in their medication use. This study aimed to investigate the comprehensibility of PDL instructions on a personalized medication overview compared to usual-care PDL instructions presented on a medication box.

Implementing a newly prescribed cardiovascular medicine in daily routine: The patient perspective at readmission to primary care.

Background: Readmission to primary care is challenging for patients due to involvement of multiple healthcare providers across different settings and implementing new medicines into their daily routine. Elucidating patients' needs is crucial to tailor counseling support.

Objective: To explore the patient perspectives on implementing a newly prescribed cardiovascular medicine into their daily routine at readmission to primary care.

Clinical reasoning by pharmacists: A scoping review.

Background: Clinical reasoning is considered a core competency for pharmacists, but there is a lack of conceptual clarity that complicates teaching and assessment. This scoping review was conducted to identify, map, and examine evidence on used cognitive processes and their conceptualization of clinical reasoning by pharmacists.

Methods: In March 2021, seven databases were searched for relevant primary research studies.

Establishing a community pharmacy-based fall prevention service - An implementation study.

Background: Community pharmacists are in the position to contribute to fall prevention, but this is not yet common practice.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the implementation of a community pharmacy-based fall prevention service.

Methods: A fall prevention service, consisting of a fall risk screening and assessment including a medication review, was implemented in pharmacies during three months.

Perspectives of primary care providers on multidisciplinary collaboration to prevent medication-related falls.

Background: The causes of falls are often multifactorial. The prevention of falls benefits from a multidisciplinary approach. As people who fall are generally older and users of polypharmacy who frequently visit pharmacies, pharmacists may contribute to fall prevention.

[Children with atopic eczema deserve better care].

Constitutional eczema in children is common. It itches and has a negative impact on quality of life. Although there are good treatments, in practice many children appear to be undertreated.

Allergic rhinitis self-care advice in community pharmacies: A simulated patient study.

Background: Pharmacists and pharmacy assistants can support consumers by identifying minor ailments and providing evidence-based advice about treatment options. In the Netherlands, advice is based on national minor ailment guidelines and structured WWHAM questions (Who, What, How long, Action, Medication).

Objectives: To study whether pharmacy assistants provide guideline-compliant advice for allergic rhinitis based on WWHAM and condition-specific questions (When and Familiarity) and their association with appropriate self-care advice.

Preferences of patients regarding community pharmacy services: A discrete choice experiment.

Background: The community pharmacy profession is in transition, with emphasis on the provision of cognitive pharmaceutical services (CPS). In contrast, previous research showed that the general public prefers more convenience related services. However, this was based on currently available services and not on innovative services.

Pharmacy fall prevention services for the community-dwelling elderly: Patient engagement and expectations.

Medication use is an important risk factor for falls. Community pharmacists should therefore organise fall prevention care; however, little is known about patients' expectations of such services. This qualitative study aims to explore the expectations of community-dwelling older patients regarding fall prevention services provided by community pharmacies.

Community pharmacists' perceptions on providing fall prevention services: a mixed-methods study.

Background Pharmacists may contribute to fall prevention particularly by identifying and deprescribing fall risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs) in patients with high fall risk. Objective To assess community pharmacists' perceptions on providing fall prevention services, and to identify their barriers and facilitators in offering these fall prevention services including deprescribing of FRIDs. Setting A mixed-methods study was conducted with Dutch pharmacists.