Impact of an educational intervention on the behavioural pharmaceutical care scale

Authors

  • Azuka C. Oparah Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Benin, PMB 1154, Benin City, Nigeria
  • Ehije F.O. Enato Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Benin, PMB 1154, Benin City, Nigeria
  • Adego E. Eferakeya Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Benin, PMB 1154, Benin City, Nigeria

Keywords:

Educational intervention, pharmaceutical care scale, pharmacy education, Nigeria

Abstract

Objective: To describe and evaluate an educational intervention that is designed to enable pharmacists in a Nigerian teaching hospital to provide pharmaceutical care (PC) and to assess the impact of the intervention on an existing behavioural PC scale. Special attention was paid to develop a documentation format.
Method: A pharmaceutical educational intervention was undertaken. The impact of the intervention on the pharmacists’ potential to deliver PC was quantitatively evaluated using a standard behavioural PC scale.
Results: There were significant differences between self-reported knowledge (t 1⁄4 3.212; p 1⁄4 0.003), attitudes (t 1⁄4 2.868; p 1⁄4 0.008) and self-efficacy (t 1⁄4 2.537; p 1⁄4 0.016) (pre-intervention and post-intervention).
Conclusion: The educational intervention enhanced the pharmacists’ potential to deliver PC and also generated two systems of documenting PC activities

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Oparah, A. C., Enato, E. F., & Eferakeya, A. E. (2018). Impact of an educational intervention on the behavioural pharmaceutical care scale. Pharmacy Education, 6(2). Retrieved from https://pharmacyeducation.fip.org/pharmacyeducation/article/view/98

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Vol. 6 No. 2 (2006)

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Research Article

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