Prescription Drug Abuse: A Comparison of Prescriber and Pharmacist Perspectives
Prescription Drug Abuse: A Comparison of Prescriber and Pharmacist Perspectives
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DOI:
10.3109/10826084.2013.787101
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发表时间:
2013-01-01
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2
通讯作者:
Pack, Robert P.
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作者:
Hagemeier, Nicholas E.;Gray, Jeffrey A.;Pack, Robert P.
This study compared perceptions of prescribers and pharmacists (N = 89) regarding multiple aspects of prescription drug abuse. Questionnaires were developed to assess perceptions regarding the prevalence of prescription drug abuse, self-perceived communication competence, and additional communication and prescription drug abuse domains. Pharmacists perceived a larger percentage of patients (41%) to be abusing opioid pain relievers as compared with their prescriber colleagues (17%). Both prescribers and pharmacists indicated improvements in prescriber-pharmacist communication would serve to deter prescription drug abuse. Self-efficacy beliefs for detecting and discussing prescription drug abuse with patients were low for both cohorts. Implications and limitations are noted.Year of data collection: 2012Setting: Rural AppalachiaData Collection Instruments: Prescriber- and pharmacist-specific survey instrumentsData Analysis Techniques: Independent samples t-test; Mann-Whitney U test