OBJECTIVE To assess the extent of participation and attitude of community pharmacists for disposal of unused medicine and to identify the associated factors. METHODS An on-line based survey was conducted with community pharmacists who were members of a web café named as “Pharmacists’ Community for Future Pharmacy.” A total of 147 pharmacists participated in the survey on a voluntary basis between August 23 and September 3, 2016. RESULTS About 81% of the respondents had a collection box for disposal of unused medicine at the community pharmacy where they were working. Only one third posted the promotion poster about collecting unused medicine. The most common frequency of educating their patients about the disposal system of unused medicine were: when patients asked about (53.7%); and when pharmacists felt necessary to educate (29.3%). Among the responding pharmacists, 74%, 70%, and 67% knew the accurate method of disposing unused medicine for PTP tablets, capsules, and syrups, respectively. Only 47.6% answered correctly for the method of disposal for all of the three types of drugs. Logistic regression analysis results showed that those with a longer job experience as community pharmacists (< 5 years vs. ≥ 10 years, odds ratio=6.123) and with graduate-level education (odds ratio=3.682) tended to more actively participate in the disposal system of unused medicine. CONCLUSION To improve the effectiveness of the disposal system of unused medicine, it appears that more active participation in and better knowledge of the system by community pharmacists are necessary.
목차
Abstract 서론 연구방법 1. 연구 대상 및 설문 조사 방법 2. 설문지 개발 방법 3. 주요 변수 및 자료분석 방법 연구결과 1. 응답자의 특성 2. 약국의 폐의약품 수거활동 참여 현황 3. 올바른 의약품 폐기방법에 대한 약사의 지식과 인식 4. 폐의약품 수거활동의 장애요인 및 개선방안 5. 약사의 폐의약품 수거활동에 영향을 미치는 요인 분석 고찰 참고문헌 부록1. 올바른 의약품 폐기에 관한 약사의 인식조사
키워드
community pharmacydisposaleducationunused medicine
저자
김아영 [ Ah-Young Kim | 연세대학교 약학대학 ]
강혜영 [ Hye-Young Kang | 연세대학교 약학대학, 연세대학교 종합약학연구소 ]
Corresponding author
한국보건사회약료경영학회 [Korean Academy of Social & Managed Care Phemacy]
설립연도
2009
분야
의약학>약학
소개
본 학회는 비영리 학술단체로서 환자의 삶의 질 향상을 위한 약료(pharmaceutical care)가 보장될 수 있도록 약료경영약학(managed care pharmacy)을 발전시키는 데 궁극 목적을 두고 다음과 같은 활동을 전개하여 사회에 기여하며 회원 상호간의 친목을 도모한다.
간행물
간행물명
한국보건사회약료경영학회지 [Journal of Korean Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy]