Dhesi, Amardeep;
Al-Kharsan, Zainab;
Chan, Amy Hai Yan;
(2022)
A retrospective evaluation of the effectiveness of a targeted medicines use review service in improving asthma and COPD control provided by community pharmacists in England.
Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research
, 13
(4)
pp. 269-275.
10.1093/jphsr/rmac043.
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Abstract
Objective Medicines Use Reviews (MUR) may benefit asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) control. The present study evaluates the effect of respiratory-targeted MUR-plus (MUR+) services delivered by community pharmacists on disease control. Methods A retrospective analysis of MUR+ data in the PharmOutcomes database was conducted. All patients receiving respiratory-targeted MUR+ in Milton Keynes were included. Changes in asthma control test (ACT) and COPD assessment test (CAT) scores were analysed. Key findings A total of 191 asthma and 81 COPD patients received MUR+. Asthma and COPD control improved as shown by the increase in mean ACT [+1.2 (95% CI, 0.6–1.8)] and decrease in mean CAT [−0.2 (95% CI, −1.4 to 1.0)]. Baseline ACT, smoking cessation, absence of change in drug therapy, patient education, healthcare professional referral, device training and baseline ACT score ≤19 were associated with change in ACT, but only smoking cessation was related to CAT change. A multivariable regression model comprising the aforementioned variables explained 19% of the variance in ACT change (P < 0.001). Only baseline ACT was associated with ACT change (beta = −0.34, P < 0.01). Baseline CAT, absence of change in drug therapy, smoking cessation and baseline CAT score >20 accounted for 12% of the variance in changes in CAT (P = 0.046). No variable was significantly associated with CAT change. Conclusions Respiratory-targeted MUR+ service by community pharmacists was associated with improvements in asthma control among patients with poorer baseline ACT, but not in patients with COPD. Several potentially modifiable factors such as education were associated with changes in control.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | A retrospective evaluation of the effectiveness of a targeted medicines use review service in improving asthma and COPD control provided by community pharmacists in England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jphsr/rmac043 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1093/jphsr/rmac043 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
| Keywords: | Asthma; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; community pharmacy; adherence; medicines use review; control |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10165543 |
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