Understandings, Attitudes, and Barriers About Diabetes Care: Analysis of Factors Influencing Community Pharmacists in China

Jia Wang, Yuyao Pei, Feng Yu, Zhen Kang, Yufen Zheng Department of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Yufen ZhengDepartment of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical...

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Autores principales:	Wang J, Pei Y, Yu F, Kang Z, Zheng Y
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:829c0d9312d34fdd8d539cf9957228762021-12-02T16:53:14ZUnderstandings, Attitudes, and Barriers About Diabetes Care: Analysis of Factors Influencing Community Pharmacists in China1178-7007https://doaj.org/article/829c0d9312d34fdd8d539cf9957228762021-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/understandings-attitudes-and-barriers-about-diabetes-care-analysis-of--peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-DMSOhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-7007Jia Wang, Yuyao Pei, Feng Yu, Zhen Kang, Yufen Zheng Department of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Yufen ZhengDepartment of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Longmian Road No. 639, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of ChinaTel +86 13218080696Email cathy8521@hotmail.comPurpose: Diabetes mellitus (DM) has been known as a major chronic health problem in China. Suboptimal management of diabetic patients may incur serious complications, even death. The quality of post-hospital care has a good relationship with community pharmacists. However, data describing the current situation from care between community pharmacists and patients in China are lacking. Our article is to investigate community pharmacists’ activities, evaluate their attitudes towards providing diabetes care, assess their understandings, and identify perceived barriers.Methods: A survey divided into four parts was carried out randomly in China. The part of basic characteristics, understandings, and pharmacists’ perceived barriers was rated with a few listed choices scales, while the Likert scale was used to identify on the part of attitudes. Quantitative data were shown in frequency and valid percent. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and non-parametric test conducted on data. A P-value ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results: A total of 737 surveys were collected. The respondent pharmacists maintained a simply moderate understanding of diabetes care and the pharmaceutical services provided met basic needs rather than clinical ones, though they showed a good momentum towards providing better service. The respondent pharmacists considered patients lacking knowledge on self-management, shortage of funds as the main barriers.Conclusion: Efforts are supposed to make to expand pharmacists’ scope of practice, lessen patients’ reluctance, and create platforms for pharmacists receiving further education.Keywords: diabetes, community pharmacy, general practice, attitudes, barriersWang JPei YYu FKang ZZheng YDove Medical Pressarticlediabetescommunity pharmacygeneral practiceattitudesbarriersSpecialties of internal medicineRC581-951ENDiabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy, Vol Volume 14, Pp 1999-2009 (2021)
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description	Jia Wang, Yuyao Pei, Feng Yu, Zhen Kang, Yufen Zheng Department of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Yufen ZhengDepartment of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Longmian Road No. 639, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of ChinaTel +86 13218080696Email cathy8521@hotmail.comPurpose: Diabetes mellitus (DM) has been known as a major chronic health problem in China. Suboptimal management of diabetic patients may incur serious complications, even death. The quality of post-hospital care has a good relationship with community pharmacists. However, data describing the current situation from care between community pharmacists and patients in China are lacking. Our article is to investigate community pharmacists’ activities, evaluate their attitudes towards providing diabetes care, assess their understandings, and identify perceived barriers.Methods: A survey divided into four parts was carried out randomly in China. The part of basic characteristics, understandings, and pharmacists’ perceived barriers was rated with a few listed choices scales, while the Likert scale was used to identify on the part of attitudes. Quantitative data were shown in frequency and valid percent. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and non-parametric test conducted on data. A P-value ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results: A total of 737 surveys were collected. The respondent pharmacists maintained a simply moderate understanding of diabetes care and the pharmaceutical services provided met basic needs rather than clinical ones, though they showed a good momentum towards providing better service. The respondent pharmacists considered patients lacking knowledge on self-management, shortage of funds as the main barriers.Conclusion: Efforts are supposed to make to expand pharmacists’ scope of practice, lessen patients’ reluctance, and create platforms for pharmacists receiving further education.Keywords: diabetes, community pharmacy, general practice, attitudes, barriers
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title	Understandings, Attitudes, and Barriers About Diabetes Care: Analysis of Factors Influencing Community Pharmacists in China
title_short	Understandings, Attitudes, and Barriers About Diabetes Care: Analysis of Factors Influencing Community Pharmacists in China
title_full	Understandings, Attitudes, and Barriers About Diabetes Care: Analysis of Factors Influencing Community Pharmacists in China
title_fullStr	Understandings, Attitudes, and Barriers About Diabetes Care: Analysis of Factors Influencing Community Pharmacists in China
title_full_unstemmed	Understandings, Attitudes, and Barriers About Diabetes Care: Analysis of Factors Influencing Community Pharmacists in China
title_sort	understandings, attitudes, and barriers about diabetes care: analysis of factors influencing community pharmacists in china
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Understandings, Attitudes, and Barriers About Diabetes Care: Analysis of Factors Influencing Community Pharmacists in China

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