Patients' antibiotic knowledge: a trial assessing the impact of verbal education

Title
Patients' antibiotic knowledge: a trial assessing the impact of verbal education
Publication Date
2015
Author(s)
Northey, Alyce
McGuren, Therese
Stupans, Ieva
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1111/ijpp.12136
UNE publication id
une:17689
Abstract
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of involving community pharmacy staff in patient education about antibiotic resistance, thus improving antibiotic knowledge. Methods: Thirty-four patients presenting a valid antibiotic script for dispensing at three community pharmacies in regional New South Wales, Australia were randomly allocated by ballot draw to an intervention group or control group. Those in the intervention group were provided with verbal education based on an Australian National Prescribing Service patient leaflet regarding antibiotics. Key findings: This paper presents pilot data indicating that there was a significant increase in antibiotic knowledge determined approximately 1month after receiving verbal antibiotic education (33.3 ± 40.8) as compared with patients not receiving verbal antibiotic education (-5.1 ± 23.0), t (18.9) = 2.957, P = 0.008. Conclusions: This study has shown that verbal education, provided within a community pharmacy, regarding antibiotics improved patients' knowledge about antibiotics and provides evidence for the critical role of pharmacy staff in patient education.
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Citation
International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 23(2), p. 158-160
ISSN
2042-7174
0961-7671
Start page
158
End page
160

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