Feasibility and effectiveness of an evidence-based asthma service in Australian community pharmacies: a pragmatic cluster randomised trial
Objective: To test the feasibility, effectiveness and sustainability of a pharmacy asthma service in primary care. Methods: A pragmatic cluster randomised trial in community pharmacies in four Australian states/territories in 2009. Specially trained pharmacists were randomised to deliver an asthma s...
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| author | Armour, Carol Reddel, Helen LeMay, Kate Saini, Bandana Smith, Lorraine Bosnic-Anticevich, Sinthia Song, Yun Ju Alles, Chehani Burton, Deborah Emmerton, Lynne Stewart, Kay Krass, Ines |
| author_facet | Armour, Carol Reddel, Helen LeMay, Kate Saini, Bandana Smith, Lorraine Bosnic-Anticevich, Sinthia Song, Yun Ju Alles, Chehani Burton, Deborah Emmerton, Lynne Stewart, Kay Krass, Ines |
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| description | Objective: To test the feasibility, effectiveness and sustainability of a pharmacy asthma service in primary care. Methods: A pragmatic cluster randomised trial in community pharmacies in four Australian states/territories in 2009. Specially trained pharmacists were randomised to deliver an asthma service in two groups, providing 3 or 4 consultations over 6 months. People with poorly-controlled asthma or no recent asthma review were included. Follow-up for 12 months after service completion occurred in 30% of randomly-selected completing patients. Outcomes included change in asthma control (poor, fair/good) and Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) score, inhaler technique, quality of life, perceived control, adherence, asthma knowledge and asthma action plan ownership. Objective: To test the feasibility, effectiveness and sustainability of a pharmacy asthma service in primary care. Methods: A pragmatic cluster randomised trial in community pharmacies in four Australian states/territories in 2009. Specially trained pharmacists were randomised to deliver an asthma service in two groups, providing 3 or 4 consultations over 6 months. People with poorly-controlled asthma or no recent asthma review were included. Follow-up for 12 months after service completion occurred in 30% of randomly-selected completing patients. Outcomes included change in asthma control (poor, fair/good) and Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) score, inhaler technique, quality of life, perceived control, adherence, asthma knowledge and asthma action plan ownership. Conclusions: The pharmacy asthma service delivered clinically important improvements in both a 3-visit and 4-visit service. Pharmacists were able to recruit and deliver the service with minimal intervention suggesting it is practical to implement in practice. The 3-visit service would be feasible and effective to implement, with a review at 12 months. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-299802017-09-13T16:09:10Z Feasibility and effectiveness of an evidence-based asthma service in Australian community pharmacies: a pragmatic cluster randomised trial Armour, Carol Reddel, Helen LeMay, Kate Saini, Bandana Smith, Lorraine Bosnic-Anticevich, Sinthia Song, Yun Ju Alles, Chehani Burton, Deborah Emmerton, Lynne Stewart, Kay Krass, Ines Objective: To test the feasibility, effectiveness and sustainability of a pharmacy asthma service in primary care. Methods: A pragmatic cluster randomised trial in community pharmacies in four Australian states/territories in 2009. Specially trained pharmacists were randomised to deliver an asthma service in two groups, providing 3 or 4 consultations over 6 months. People with poorly-controlled asthma or no recent asthma review were included. Follow-up for 12 months after service completion occurred in 30% of randomly-selected completing patients. Outcomes included change in asthma control (poor, fair/good) and Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) score, inhaler technique, quality of life, perceived control, adherence, asthma knowledge and asthma action plan ownership. Objective: To test the feasibility, effectiveness and sustainability of a pharmacy asthma service in primary care. Methods: A pragmatic cluster randomised trial in community pharmacies in four Australian states/territories in 2009. Specially trained pharmacists were randomised to deliver an asthma service in two groups, providing 3 or 4 consultations over 6 months. People with poorly-controlled asthma or no recent asthma review were included. Follow-up for 12 months after service completion occurred in 30% of randomly-selected completing patients. Outcomes included change in asthma control (poor, fair/good) and Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) score, inhaler technique, quality of life, perceived control, adherence, asthma knowledge and asthma action plan ownership. Conclusions: The pharmacy asthma service delivered clinically important improvements in both a 3-visit and 4-visit service. Pharmacists were able to recruit and deliver the service with minimal intervention suggesting it is practical to implement in practice. The 3-visit service would be feasible and effective to implement, with a review at 12 months. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29980 10.3109/02770903.2012.754463 Informa Healthcare fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Armour, Carol Reddel, Helen LeMay, Kate Saini, Bandana Smith, Lorraine Bosnic-Anticevich, Sinthia Song, Yun Ju Alles, Chehani Burton, Deborah Emmerton, Lynne Stewart, Kay Krass, Ines Feasibility and effectiveness of an evidence-based asthma service in Australian community pharmacies: a pragmatic cluster randomised trial |
| title | Feasibility and effectiveness of an evidence-based asthma service in Australian community pharmacies: a pragmatic cluster randomised trial |
| title_full | Feasibility and effectiveness of an evidence-based asthma service in Australian community pharmacies: a pragmatic cluster randomised trial |
| title_fullStr | Feasibility and effectiveness of an evidence-based asthma service in Australian community pharmacies: a pragmatic cluster randomised trial |
| title_full_unstemmed | Feasibility and effectiveness of an evidence-based asthma service in Australian community pharmacies: a pragmatic cluster randomised trial |
| title_short | Feasibility and effectiveness of an evidence-based asthma service in Australian community pharmacies: a pragmatic cluster randomised trial |
| title_sort | feasibility and effectiveness of an evidence-based asthma service in australian community pharmacies: a pragmatic cluster randomised trial |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29980 |