Table 2 Pharmacist assessment of simulated patient
No | Question of assessment | No (%) N = 195 |
|---|---|---|
First impression (assessing diagnosis of asthma) & degree of Control | ||
1 | Pharmacist asked about cough syrup? | 53 (27.2) |
2 | Pharmacist asked about albuterol inhaler? | 144 (58.5) |
3 | Pharmacist asked about previous diagnosis of asthma? | 118 (61) |
4 | Pharmacist asked about any other medications for asthma? | 51 (26) |
Assessing Compliance with medications | ||
5 | Pharmacist assessed adherence to usual preventer medication use? | 38 (19.5) |
6 | Pharmacist asked about inhaler technique? | 1 (0.5) |
Assessing Complications from disease & medications | ||
7 | Pharmacist assessed disease-related problems, e.g., cough, shortness of breath, chest tightness, etc | 53 (27.2) |
8 | Pharmacist assessed drug-related problems, e.g., hoarseness (Preventer), tachycardia (albuterol)? | 32 (16) |
Pharmacist Management of patient | ||
9 | Pharmacist supplied either one of the medications? | 131 (67) |
Both medication | 109 (56) | |
Only cough syrup | 15 (7.7) | |
Only albuterol | 7 (3.6) | |
10 | Pharmacist referred patient to physician? | 126 (65) |
Pharmacist education and advice giving | ||
11 | Pharmacist provided any information about medications for asthma, what type of information? | 56 (29) |
Complete information | 1 (0.5) | |
Incomplete information | 27 (14) | |
Poor information | 28 (14) | |
12 | Pharmacist provided any counseling on inhaler technique? What type of counseling? | 41 (21) |
Complete information | 14 (7) | |
Incomplete information | 25 (13) | |
Poor information | 2 (1) | |
13 | Pharmacist provided any information about asthma and its trigger factors, what type of information? | 16 (8) |
Complete information | 4 (2) | |
Incomplete information | 10 (5) | |
Poor information | 2 (1) | |
14 | Pharmacist provided information on adherence to preventer medications | 1 (0.5) |
15 | Pharmacist provided information on drug-related problems | 32 (16) |
Patient Concerns: Pharmacist education and advice giving | ||
16 | When asked, pharmacist provided information on asthma medications? How well and complete was the counseling? | N = 139 |
Complete information | 42 (30) | |
Incomplete information | 45 (32) | |
Poor information | 53 (38) | |
17 | When asked, pharmacist provided comparison of medication use in asthma? | N = 195 |
Complete information | 39 (20) | |
Incomplete information | 103 (53) | |
Poor information | 53 (27) | |
18 | When asked, pharmacist counseled on appropriate inhaler technique? How well was the counseling? | N = 154 |
Complete information | 75 (49) | |
Incomplete information | 53 (34) | |
Poor information | 26 (17) | |