TY - JOUR
T1 - Changes in community pharmacists’ knowledge, attitudes, and practice regarding the management of hypertension before and after educational interventions
AU - Noda, Aoi
AU - Obara, Taku
AU - Takada, Kazuki
AU - Kishikawa, Yukinaga
AU - Abe, Shinya
AU - Yoshimachi, Shoko
AU - Mano, Nariyasu
AU - Imai, Yutaka
AU - Goto, Teruaki
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/5/18
Y1 - 2020/5/18
N2 - Objective: To clarify changes in community pharmacists’ knowledge, attitudes, and practice regarding the management of hypertension before and after attending educational interventions based on their self-report on a questionnaire survey. Method: We conducted questionnaire surveys regarding the management of hypertension with a sample of community pharmacists before and after educational interventions. Results: The proportions of pharmacists who knew the 2014 Japanese Society of Hypertension Guidelines, guidelines for home blood pressure measurement, reference values for hypertension based on clinic-measured blood pressure, and reference values for hypertension based on home-measured blood pressure after the educational interventions (59.3%, 41.4%, 75.1%, and 70.8% respectively) were significantly higher relative to those recorded before interventions (31.6%, 13.7%, 47.7%, and 25.4% respectively). Conclusions: These findings suggest that in-house training might increase the knowledge of community pharmacists regarding hypertension management.
AB - Objective: To clarify changes in community pharmacists’ knowledge, attitudes, and practice regarding the management of hypertension before and after attending educational interventions based on their self-report on a questionnaire survey. Method: We conducted questionnaire surveys regarding the management of hypertension with a sample of community pharmacists before and after educational interventions. Results: The proportions of pharmacists who knew the 2014 Japanese Society of Hypertension Guidelines, guidelines for home blood pressure measurement, reference values for hypertension based on clinic-measured blood pressure, and reference values for hypertension based on home-measured blood pressure after the educational interventions (59.3%, 41.4%, 75.1%, and 70.8% respectively) were significantly higher relative to those recorded before interventions (31.6%, 13.7%, 47.7%, and 25.4% respectively). Conclusions: These findings suggest that in-house training might increase the knowledge of community pharmacists regarding hypertension management.
KW - Community pharmacist
KW - educational intervention
KW - guideline
KW - hypertension
KW - knowledge and practice
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U2 - 10.1080/10641963.2019.1652634
DO - 10.1080/10641963.2019.1652634
M3 - Article
C2 - 31423854
AN - SCOPUS:85071033559
VL - 42
SP - 322
EP - 327
JO - Clinical and Experimental Hypertension
JF - Clinical and Experimental Hypertension
SN - 1064-1963
IS - 4
ER -