药物同步对儿科设置中所覆盖日数比例的影响
Brooke E Maletic1, Alex Swick1, Leanne Murray2
1From the Department of Pharmacy, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
Pediatric quality & safety
|April 4, 2024
概括
药物同步显著改善了儿童患者的药物坚持,并减少了儿科患者的药房访问. 这项服务提高了儿童的药物管理和患者的治疗结果.
科学领域:
- 儿科药房实践 儿科药房实践
- 提高医疗保健的质量 改善医疗保健的质量
- 药物坚持研究 药物坚持研究
背景情况:
- 儿科患者的药物坚持不佳导致疾病恶化,死亡率增加和医疗保健成本显著增加.
- 药物同步是一种经过验证的策略,可以改善成年人对药物的坚持,但它的儿科应用需要进一步研究.
- 该项目解决了在儿科环境中评估药物同步的需要.
研究的目的:
- 为儿科患者实施和评估药物同步服务.
- 评估药物同步对药物坚持率的影响.
- 测量药房利用率的变化,并评估患者和工作人员的满意度.
主要方法:
- 在全国儿童医院进行了一项单一中心,有前景的质量改善项目.
- 药物坚持度是使用90天前和后实施的覆盖日比例 (PDC) 来衡量的.
- 在实施后评估了药房旅行和患者/工作人员满意度.
主要成果:
- 在实施后观察到PDC的统计显著增加 (差异:3.60,P = 0.001).
- 在统计学上,药房出行量显著下降 (差异:2.17,P < 0.001).
- 患者和药房工作人员都对药物同步服务表示满意.
结论:
- 药物同步是一种有效的策略,可以改善儿科患者的药物坚持.
- 这项服务减少了儿科患者及其照顾者的药房访问频率.
- 实施药物同步可以提高患有慢性疾病的儿童的整体护理质量.
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