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Théodora Merenda1, Stéphanie Patris1
1Unit of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Biomedical Sciences, University of Mons (UMONS), Mons, Belgium.
Background:
Individuals with visual impairment encounter considerable challenges in managing their treatments, which stem from difficulties in identifying medications, as well as reading and recalling information. Despite the implementation of various management strategies, errors remain prevalent and have the potential to compromise health. Consequently, pragmatic recommendations have been formulated in French for community pharmacists to enhance the quality of care for this vulnerable population.
Aim And Objective:
To build an interdisciplinary consensus on guidelines for the care of individuals with visual impairment, with the aim of promoting their inclusion in healthcare.
Method:
A consensus-building Delphi survey was conducted between May and October 2024 by a European panel of experts. The interdisciplinary panel consisted of ophthalmologists with a specialisation in low vision, orthoptists, ergotherapists, psychologists, and community pharmacists. The recommendations were encoded in the form of an online questionnaire on the LimeSurvey platform. The experts were invited to indicate their degree of agreement on a nine-point Likert scale. Descriptive statistics were produced using IBM® SPSS 29 Advanced software. This process was repeated until a consensus was reached between all the experts.
Results:
A total of four rounds of the Delphi method were required by the panel of ten experts to evaluate the initial set of 32 recommendations. In conclusion, an introduction to the guidelines and 30 recommendations, which have been grouped into six main categories, were validated.
Conclusion:
The consensus process has facilitated the consolidation of recommendations and ensured their relevance, thereby enabling the dissemination of high-quality content to French-speaking community pharmacists to support their practice and promote health equity.
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