Sara Al Dali, Daoud Al-Badriyeh, Amaal Gulied, Anas Hamad, Moza Al Hail, Palli Valappila Abdul Rouf, Wessam El-Kassem, Dina Abushanab
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Abstract
Introduction: Drug-related problems (DRPs) affect the health outcomes of patients during hospitalization. We sought to analyze the clinical pharmacist-documented interventions among hospitalized patients in the cancer hospital in Qatar.
Methods: A retrospective analysis of electronically reported clinical pharmacist interventions of patients admitted to cancer units at Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar was conducted. Extracted data was based on an overall 3-month follow-up period; March 1-31, 2018, July 15-August 15, 2018 and January 1-31, 2019. Categorical variables were expressed as frequencies and percentages, while continuous variables were expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD).
Results: A total of 281 cancer patients with 1354 interventions were included. The average age of the study participants was 47 years (SD ± 17.36). The majority of the study population was females (n = 154, 54.80%). The prevailing pharmacist intervention was the addition of a drug therapy (n = 305, 22.53%), followed by medication discontinuation (n = 288, 21.27%) and the addition of a prophylactic agent (n = 174, 12.85%). This pattern was similar across all subgroups (i.e., gender, age, ward), except for the urgent care unit, where an increase in medication dose was the third highest frequently identified intervention (n = 3, 0.22%). The two medication groups associated with the majority of interventions were the anti-infective and fluid/electrolyte agents. Most of the interventions documented were in the oncology ward (73.19%), while the urgent care unit had the least documented interventions (1.62%).
Conclusions: Our analysis showed that clinical pharmacists can effectively identify and prevent DRPs among hospitalized cancer patients.
期刊介绍:
Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal dedicated to educating health professionals about providing pharmaceutical care to patients with cancer. It is the official publication of the International Society for Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners (ISOPP). Publishing pertinent case reports and consensus guidelines...