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Revista Cubana de Salud Pública
Print version ISSN 0864-3466On-line version ISSN 1561-3127
Abstract
ELIAS DIAZ, Ingrid; GARCIA FARINAS, Anai; BESGA FERRERA, Roxana Rocío and ROUCO DIAZ, Mariely. Evaluation of the structural conditions to implement the pharmacotherapy follow-up of the Cuban community pharmacies, 2016. Rev Cubana Salud Pública [online]. 2020, vol.46, n.2, e1873. Epub June 01, 2020. ISSN 0864-3466.
Introduction:
Pharmacotherapy follow-up is one of the activities aimed to patients that must develop the community pharmacies to reduce morbidity and mortality associated to medications use. Its implementation represents an opportunity to optimize pharmacotherapy and to improve the quality of life for patients receiving the service.
Objective:
To evaluate the basic structural conditions for the implementation of the service of pharmacotherapy follow-up at the community pharmacies of 10 de Octubre and Cerro municipalities in Havana province.
Methods:
Descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in the period from February to April 2016. 44 community pharmacies were assessed in 10 de Octubre municipality and 22 in Cerro municipality. It was used a guide for the assessment validated by experts according to Moriyama, that explored five dimensions and ten aspects.
Results:
Cerro municipality was the least favourable with fewer dimensions accomplished. For both municipalities, the dimension with less affectation was the material resources and the one with greater affectation was services. Other affected dimensions were the equipment, infrastructure and human resources. The pharmacy #710 in 10 de Octubre municipality complied with most of the dimensions assessed, except for the access to INFOMED network´s web page.
Conclusions:
Community pharmacies of 10 de Octubre and Cerro municipalities do not have basic structural conditions to implement the service of pharmacotherapy follow-up.
Keywords : pharmacotherapy follow-up; structural conditions; community pharmacy.