An interventional study of Staff pharmacy whith intervention in Controlled Drug Dependence, sponsored by Universidad de Antioquia. Completed at 1 site in Colombia. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-04-10.
Sponsored by Universidad de Antioquia · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
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Preventable failures in the drug chain are related to Drugs Problems Related Use and are associated with medication errors (prescription, dispensing, administration or use by the patient or caregiver), including failures In the Medication Supply System (availability and quality).
The controlled drugs are those that contain substances regulated by international conventions on drug control. They are important in various fields of medicine, such as pain management, obstetric emergencies, mental disorders such as the treatment of substance dependence, psychiatry and neurology. It has been defined as abuse of drugs the improper use of these for non-medical purposes, and associated with the use without medical prescription, which can produce addiction or psychic or physical dependence.
Experimental study with random assignment of the staff pharmacist of Pharmacies. The staff pharmacists admitted will be followed for 12 months (1 year). The study will make it possible to determine the effect of the continuing education program accompanied by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).
483 studies on the registry are indexed under Health Education; 112 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 360 is above the median of 132 across 452 interventional studies indexed under Health Education.
Browse Health Education studies →Universidad de Antioquia is the lead sponsor of 80 studies on the registry; 9 are open to participants now.
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Inclusion Criteria:
Inclusion Exclusion:
Staff pharmacy who will receive continuous education through technology and communication tools, as well as accompaniment and advice from a pharmaceutical chemist
Other: Staff pharmacy whith intervention
Staff pharmacy who will receive only pharmacy information
Pharmacists who will receive continuous education through technology and communication tools, as well as accompaniment and advice from a pharmaceutical chemist
Pharmacy staff competences (Pharmacy staff knowledge, skills and attitudes. )
Pharmacy staff knowledge, skills and attitudes. An adapted and self-designed questionnaire is used from different bibliographical references, among them, the General Level Framework (GLF), as well as the guidelines of the Colombian legislation for pharmacy staff competences. The main areas of competency (competency clusters): which are: * Delivery of patient care * Personal * Problem Solving * Management and Organisation The assessment rating is on a 4-point scale ranging from rarely, sometimes, usually to consistently: * Rarely: Very rarely meets the standard expected. No logical thought process appears to apply (0-20 %) * Sometimes: Much more haphazard than "usually" (21-50 %) * Usually: Implies standard practice with occasional lapses (51-84 %) * Consistently: Demonstrates the expected standard of practice with very rare lapses (85-100 %)
Time frame: 12 months
Characterize the processes associated with the use of medications in the Pharmaceutical Establishments
Recognize basic information of the Pharmaceutical Establishments (PE), to characterize some processes related to the use of controlled drugs (CD), including compliance with the regulations, and determine the level of risk perception and the continuing education needs of the pharmacy staff. An adapted and self-designed questionnaire is used from different bibliographical references. The assessment rating is on a 4-point scale ranging from rarely, sometimes, usually to consistently: * Rarely: Very rarely meets the standard expected. No logical thought process appears to apply (0-20 %) * Sometimes: Much more haphazard than "usually" (21-50 %) * Usually: Implies standard practice with occasional lapses (51-84 %) * Consistently: Demonstrates the expected standard of practice with very rare lapses (85-100 %)
Time frame: 2 months
Implementation of pharmaceutical professional services
Measure the degree of implementation of pharmaceutical professional services: Dispensation, Health Education and Pharmacovigilance services. An adapted and self-designed questionnaire is used from different bibliographical references, among them, the guidelines of the Colombian legislation for the development of pharmaceutical services. The assessment rating is on a 4-point scale ranging from rarely, sometimes, usually to consistently: * Rarely: Very rarely meets the standard expected. No logical thought process appears to apply (0-20 %) * Sometimes: Much more haphazard than "usually" (21-50 %) * Usually: Implies standard practice with occasional lapses (51-84 %) * Consistently: Demonstrates the expected standard of practice with very rare lapses (85-100 %)
Time frame: 12 months
Satisfaction level pharmacy staff
Pharmacy staff satisfaction about the continuing education program. An adapted and self-designed questionnaire is used from different bibliographical references, among them, the General Level Framework (GLF), as well as the guidelines of the Colombian legislation for the development of labor competences from the pharmaceutical services. A five points scale (5=Excellent, 4=Good, 3=Satisfactory, 2=Needs Improvement, and 1=Unacceptable) will used in the questionnaire.
Time frame: 12 months
Satisfaction level patients
Patients satisfaction of pharmacy professional services. An adapted and self-designed questionnaire is used from different bibliographical references. A five points scale (5=Excellent, 4=Good, 3=Satisfactory, 2=Needs Improvement, and 1=Unacceptable) will used in the questionnaire
Time frame: 12 months
Plan to share: No
Ran from Dec 2018 to primary completion in Dec 2018, 0 months.
Of 292 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Health Education, half reached primary completion within 11 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 3 and three quarters within 24. This study's 0 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 293 studies reached it within 11 months; a quarter within 3 and three quarters within 24.
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