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| Title |
Impact of Pharmacist Counselling on Clozapine Knowledge
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Schizophrenia Research and Treatment, June 2017
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| DOI | 10.1155/2017/6120970 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ciara Ní Dhubhlaing, Ailish Young, Laura J. Sahm |
| Abstract |
Clozapine is the only antipsychotic with evidence for efficacy in treatment of resistant schizophrenia but it carries a high side effect burden. Patient information is provided but may be poorly retained. This study aims to examine the impact of pharmacist counselling upon patient knowledge of clozapine. Outpatients, aged 18 years and over, attending St. Patrick's University Hospital, Dublin, participated in this study between June and August 2015. The intervention consisted of pharmacist counselling on two occasions one month apart. Knowledge was assessed using a 28-point checklist devised from the currently available clozapine patient information sources, at baseline and after each counselling session. Ethics approval was obtained. Twenty-five participants (40% female; mean age 45.1 years, SD 9.82; 64% unemployed, 28% smokers) showed an improvement in knowledge scores of clozapine from baseline to postcounselling on each occasion with an overall improvement in knowledge score, from baseline to postcounselling at one month, of 39.43%; p < 0.001. This study adds to the evidence that interventions involving pharmacist counselling can improve patient knowledge, whilst the specific knowledge gained relating to recognition of side effects may help patients towards more empowerment regarding their treatment. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 40 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 40 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 7 | 18% |
| Other | 5 | 13% |
| Researcher | 4 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 10% |
| Librarian | 3 | 8% |
| Other | 5 | 13% |
| Unknown | 12 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 8 | 20% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 18% |
| Psychology | 4 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 2 | 5% |
| Unknown | 14 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 March 2019.
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#6,476,524
of 25,382,440 outputs
Outputs from Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
#18
of 77 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#95,810
of 331,711 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
#1
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