Publications by authors named "Hilde Ariansen"
Background: Maternal wellbeing and quality of life (QOL) are increasingly being recognized as important for healthy pregnancies. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of a pharmacist consultation on pregnant women's QOL focusing on nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (NVP), and patient satisfaction.
Methods: For this intervention study in 14 community pharmacies, women in early pregnancy were recruited and assigned to a pharmacist consultation (intervention) or standard care (control).
Background: Community pharmacists are available to counsel women in early pregnancy, but no studies have assessed the feasibility of such a service.
Objective: To test the feasibility of a pharmacist consultation in early pregnancy and to inform the design of a definitive trial.
Setting: Six community pharmacies in Norway from Oct.
Background: Antibiotic resistance is a global health threat. Public knowledge is considered a prerequisite for appropriate use of antibiotics and limited spread of antibiotic resistance. Our aim was to examine the level of knowledge of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance among Norwegian pharmacy customers, and to assess to which degree beliefs, attitudes and sociodemographic factors are associated with this knowledge.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To investigate whether the inhalation technique improved among patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after an Inhalation Technique Assessment Service (ITAS), and to assess the patients' and pharmacists' perceptions of ITAS.
Methods: This uncontrolled, pre-post study included 405 patients recruited from 42 Norwegian pharmacies. Inhalation technique was assessed by trained pharmacists before ITAS (baseline), directly after (follow-up 1) and three months after ITAS (follow-up 2), and analyzed statistically using SPSS.