The change in pharmacists’ attitude, confidence and job satisfaction following participation in a novel hypertension support service

Objectives To demonstrate how the confidence, attitude and job satisfaction of pharmacists who provide interventions and lifestyle support services to patients with hypertension are altered. Methods This study was a before‐and‐after study that used data from 50 pharmacists who participated in the Co...

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Published in:The International journal of pharmacy practice 2019-12, Vol.27 (6), p.520-527
Main Authors: Shoji, Masaki, Onda, Mitsuko, Okada, Hiroshi, Sakane, Naoki, Nakayama, Takeo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Attitude of Health Personnel
Attitudes
Communicating with Patients
Community Pharmacy
Community Pharmacy Services - organization & administration
Controlled Before-After Studies
Counseling
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Seeking Behaviour
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - therapy
Job Satisfaction
Life Style
Lifestyles
Male
Middle Aged
Patients
Pharmacists
Pharmacists - organization & administration
Pharmacists - psychology
Pharmacists - statistics & numerical data
Professional Practice
Professional Role
Young Adult
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Summary:Objectives To demonstrate how the confidence, attitude and job satisfaction of pharmacists who provide interventions and lifestyle support services to patients with hypertension are altered. Methods This study was a before‐and‐after study that used data from 50 pharmacists who participated in the Community Pharmacists Assist for Blood Pressure (COMPASS‐BP) study, which was an interventional study that was conducted in Japan to evaluate the effects of lifestyle support services provided to hypertension patients. The pharmacists received 4 h of training before the study was initiated to learn how to quickly provide patients with guidance about diet and exercise and tobacco and alcohol consumption. During the interventional period, each pharmacist provided concise lifestyle guidance to 1–3 hypertension patients. The pharmacists met with the patients a total of 5 times. The parameters that were assessed were the pharmacists’ attitudes towards and confidence in their lifestyle support services, as well as their level of job satisfaction. We verified the scores of each parameter assessed before and after the study, as well as changes in the relationships among the different parameters. Key findings Significant increases from baseline to the end of the study were observed for Confidence (P 
ISSN:0961-7671
2042-7174
DOI:10.1111/ijpp.12550