A survey to determine the level of community's awareness towards patient-care services provided by the community pharmacy and their perceptions towards the services / Fathul Ilham Faezan

Patient-care services are another important service provided by community pharmacist other than selling medication and health-care products. It is the responsibility of community pharmacists to provide and promote the services for the community. The research is intended to determine the awareness an...

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Main Author: Faezan, Fathul Ilham
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Published: 2009
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spelling my-uitm-ir.1053422024-12-05T08:54:27Z A survey to determine the level of community's awareness towards patient-care services provided by the community pharmacy and their perceptions towards the services / Fathul Ilham Faezan 2009 Faezan, Fathul Ilham Pharmaceutical industry Pharmaceutical chemistry Patient-care services are another important service provided by community pharmacist other than selling medication and health-care products. It is the responsibility of community pharmacists to provide and promote the services for the community. The research is intended to determine the awareness and perceptions of Shah Alam community towards patient-care services provided by their community pharmacies. Questionnaires were distributed among the pharmacies and their patients to investigate what services available at the pharmacies and how many patients are aware of its availability. Blood pressure monitoring, Diabetes management, Asthma management, Diet management, Over-the-Counter medication counseling, and Pain management are the services available in all (100.0%) participating pharmacies. It was found that in average 65% of the community are aware of the availability of these services at their visiting pharmacy. In accumulation, available services have been used 140 times. 32.85% have been rated Excellence, 56.42% of Good, and another 10.73% of Fair quality. Community's awareness towards the availability of the services can be very useful in increasing patient's concern toward health-care and improving the quality of services. 2009 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/105342/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/105342/1/105342.PDF text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA (Kampus Puncak Alam) Faculty of Pharmacy Das, Jesmin Permala
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
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language English
advisor Das, Jesmin Permala
topic Pharmaceutical industry
Pharmaceutical chemistry
spellingShingle Pharmaceutical industry
Pharmaceutical chemistry
Faezan, Fathul Ilham
A survey to determine the level of community's awareness towards patient-care services provided by the community pharmacy and their perceptions towards the services / Fathul Ilham Faezan
description Patient-care services are another important service provided by community pharmacist other than selling medication and health-care products. It is the responsibility of community pharmacists to provide and promote the services for the community. The research is intended to determine the awareness and perceptions of Shah Alam community towards patient-care services provided by their community pharmacies. Questionnaires were distributed among the pharmacies and their patients to investigate what services available at the pharmacies and how many patients are aware of its availability. Blood pressure monitoring, Diabetes management, Asthma management, Diet management, Over-the-Counter medication counseling, and Pain management are the services available in all (100.0%) participating pharmacies. It was found that in average 65% of the community are aware of the availability of these services at their visiting pharmacy. In accumulation, available services have been used 140 times. 32.85% have been rated Excellence, 56.42% of Good, and another 10.73% of Fair quality. Community's awareness towards the availability of the services can be very useful in increasing patient's concern toward health-care and improving the quality of services.
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title A survey to determine the level of community's awareness towards patient-care services provided by the community pharmacy and their perceptions towards the services / Fathul Ilham Faezan
title_short A survey to determine the level of community's awareness towards patient-care services provided by the community pharmacy and their perceptions towards the services / Fathul Ilham Faezan
title_full A survey to determine the level of community's awareness towards patient-care services provided by the community pharmacy and their perceptions towards the services / Fathul Ilham Faezan
title_fullStr A survey to determine the level of community's awareness towards patient-care services provided by the community pharmacy and their perceptions towards the services / Fathul Ilham Faezan
title_full_unstemmed A survey to determine the level of community's awareness towards patient-care services provided by the community pharmacy and their perceptions towards the services / Fathul Ilham Faezan
title_sort survey to determine the level of community's awareness towards patient-care services provided by the community pharmacy and their perceptions towards the services / fathul ilham faezan
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA (Kampus Puncak Alam)
granting_department Faculty of Pharmacy
publishDate 2009
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