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1Faculty of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.
Rationale, Aims And Objectives:
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the pharmacist's role, patient understanding and satisfaction during the provision of a cost-effective pharmacist-led intervention using structural equation modelling (SEM). SEM is a group of statistical techniques used in different disciplines to model latent variables and evaluate theories.
Methods:
A validated questionnaire was used to gather patient views on a pharmacist-led intervention. A conceptual model was developed to test the statistical significance of the relationship between patient understanding and satisfaction, the pharmacist's role and patient understanding, the pharmacist's role and patient satisfaction. In addition, the study evaluated the model's in-sample and out-of-sample predictive power. The analysis tested fours hypotheses (H): 1) There was no significant relationship between patient understanding and patient satisfaction; 2) There was no significant relationship between the pharmacist's role and patient understanding; 3) There was no significant relationship between the pharmacist's role and patient satisfaction; 4) The in-sample and out-of-sample predictive power of the model. Data were analysed using Smart-PLS software version 3.2.8.
Results:
Two hundred and forty-six patients returned the questionnaire. Construct reliability, validity (Cronbach's alpha〉0.70, ⍴A>0.70, ⍴C>0.70), average extracted variance (AVE〉0.50) and discriminant validity (HTMT<0.85) were confirmed. The structural model and hypothesis testing results showed that all hypotheses were supported in this study. Path coefficients and effect sizes suggested that the pharmacist's role played a significant part in patient understanding (H2, β=0.650, f2 =0.730, p<0.001), which then influenced patient satisfaction (H1, β=0.474, f2 =0.222, p<0.001). The in-sample and out-of-sample predictive powers were moderate.
Conclusions:
Patient satisfaction is becoming an integral component in healthcare provision and evaluation of healthcare quality. The results support using structural equation modelling to assess the link between the pharmacist's role and patient understanding and satisfaction when delivering cost-effective pharmacist-led interventions.
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