NATIONAL SURVEY OF PHARMACY PRCATICE AT MOH HOSPITALS IN SAUDI ARABIA 2016: DRUG MONITORING AND PATIENT EDUCATION

• Published in: Value in health 2017-05, Vol.20 (5), p.A36
• Main Authors: Alomi, YA, Alghamdi, SJ, Alattyh, RA, Alshahrani, AM, Shorog, EM, Alasmary, SA, Alanazi, SA, Almutairi, AS, Almutairi, MM, Alanazi, HH
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Asthma; Clinical outcomes; Counseling services; Critical incidents; Diabetes mellitus; Drug therapy; Drugs; Geriatrics; Health education; Health status; Hospitals; Inpatient care; Patient education; Patients; Pediatrics; Pharmacies; Pharmacists; Pharmacy; Pharmacy services; Polls & surveys; Prescribing; Quality of care; Questionnaires; Technology
• ISSN: 1098-3015; 1524-4733
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2017.05.005

OBJECTIVES: To explore the drug monitoring and patient education at Ministry of Health (MOH) hospitals in Saudi Arabia METHODS: It is a 4-months crosssectional national survey of drug monitoring and patient education at MOH hospitals in Saudi Arabia. The study consisted of two-part; a demographic information and the second part contained eighty-five questions divided into six domains drove from American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) survey. The parts were pharmacy management and resources, prescribing and medication management, preparation of drugs and dispensing, technology and clinical pharmacy services, drug monitoring and patient education, and pharmacy education and training. The 5-points Likert response scale system closed and ended questions used. An electronic questionnaire distributed to the one hundred eighty-five directors of pharmacies at MOH hospitals, and it analyzed the drug monitoring and patient education section through survey monkey system RESULTS: The total responders were seventy hospital pharmacies; the repose rate was (37.73%). The highest estimated number of drug monitoring was a prevented medication error per hospital per year (139,816.79), the drug information inquiries per hospital per year were (69,703.23), the adverse drug reaction was (61,905.16). The average number of patients counseling per hospital per year was (58,643.33), the number of pharmacist intervention per hospital per year (58,628.13). The patient education services existed in 52 (74.3%) hospitals. The patient education services were given through outpatient services 59 (84.3%), and at the bedside during discharge 19 (27.1%). The patient education provides to adults patient followed pediatrics and geriatrics patient at outpatient and inpatient setting. The most hospital pharmacies shared in national diabetic day 45 (64.3%) and national asthma day 23 (32.9%). CONCLUSIONS: The pharmacist had the active role in drug therapy monitoring and patient counseling. Expanding those services with regular documentation is recommended to improve the quality of the services and patient health care outcomes.