1.Survey of Patient’s Comprehension of Home Medical Care and Pharmaceutical Intervention Using Factor Analysis
Keiko TAKASHIMA ; Yasuhiro YOSHIKAWA ; Manabu KITAKOUJI ; Takashi OKUMURA ; Hiroaki TANABE ; Kenzo OKUMURA ; Toru OTORI ; Kenji MATSUYAMA ; Keiji YOSHIKAWA ; Norio ODA
Japanese Journal of Social Pharmacy 2018;37(1):45-51
Because of societal aging, Japanese pharmacists have an increasingly important role in home medical care. This is particularly true because more pharmacists are required to perform physical assessments to optimize patient treatment. However, few investigations have examined whether patients understand the role of pharmacists and the importance of home medical care. In this study, a questionnaire was provided to 260 patients aged 20-90 years to determine patients’ attitudes toward home medical care and pharmaceutical interventions. After conducting factor analysis, items related to home medical care were excluded at the stage of exploratory factor analysis, indicating that patients are not interested in home medical care. However, regarding pharmaceutical interventions, the questionnaire revealed that 42% of the patients required the pharmacists to provide information regarding the prescribed drugs during home medical care visits. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that 85% of the patients were unaware that physical assessments are also perform by pharmacists. In contrast, >50% of the patients believed that pharmacists had an important role in physical assessment interventions.
2.An Interim Report on Result of Knee Pain Chart Accumulation
Toshikatsu KITADE ; Shoji SHINOHARA ; Masanori AKANUMA ; Fujio ITO ; Jun TANABE ; Masayoshi HYODO ; Akiya KATAOKA ; Kaji SHIBA ; Futami KOSAKA ; Yuji MIYAKE ; Toshifumi TARAHARA ; Zaigen OH ; Toshikazu TAKAGI ; Keiji YOSHIKAWA ; Takumi ITO ; Yasuzo KURONO ; Toru SATO ; Masaaki SHINOHARA ; Hiroshi SANADA ; Katsuhiko MATSUMOTO ; Hiromitsu TANIMURA ; Renpu FUJIMOTO ; Tetsusai YAMAMOTO ; Mitsuru NAKAMURA ; Takao SAKAI ; Tabasu MATSUMOTO ; Takaharu IKEUCHI
Journal of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion 1987;37(4):250-256