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Medication adherence: a review of pharmacy education, research, practice and policy in Finland
AIMS: To describe pharmacy education, research, practice and policy related to medication adherence in Finland since the year 2000. METHODS: The three universities that provide pharmacy education (Åbo Akademi, University of Eastern Finland, and University of Helsinki) completed a structured pro-form...
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Centro de Investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmaceuticas
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4127049/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25126134 |
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description | AIMS: To describe pharmacy education, research, practice and policy related to medication adherence in Finland since the year 2000. METHODS: The three universities that provide pharmacy education (Åbo Akademi, University of Eastern Finland, and University of Helsinki) completed a structured pro-forma questionnaire regarding education related to medication adherence. A MEDLINE and EMBASE literature search was performed to identify English language peer-reviewed research that reported medication compliance, adherence or persistence. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health was invited to nominate policies and documents related to medication adherence. A narrative review of medication counselling practices and professional service delivery through Finnish community pharmacies was undertaken. RESULTS: Medication adherence was a theme integrated into obligatory and elective courses for bachelors and masters degree students. The literature search identified 33 English language peer-reviewed research articles reporting medication compliance, adherence or persistence published since the year 2000. Policy documents of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health recognise that poor medication adherence may lead to suboptimal treatment outcomes, and encourage patient participation in treatment decision making. Adherence practice in Finnish pharmacies has been strongly linked to the development of medication counselling services. CONCLUSIONS: Adherence research and education has focused on understanding and addressing the contextual factors that contribute to medication nonadherence. Adherence practice in community pharmacies has tended to focus on medication counselling and programs specific to particular disease states. Medication adherence is a topic that is integrated into courses for bachelor’s and master’s level pharmacy students in Finland. |
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spelling | pubmed-41270492014-08-14 Medication adherence: a review of pharmacy education, research, practice and policy in Finland Bell, J. Simon Enlund, Hannes Vainio, Kirsti Pharm Pract (Granada) International Series: Adherence AIMS: To describe pharmacy education, research, practice and policy related to medication adherence in Finland since the year 2000. METHODS: The three universities that provide pharmacy education (Åbo Akademi, University of Eastern Finland, and University of Helsinki) completed a structured pro-forma questionnaire regarding education related to medication adherence. A MEDLINE and EMBASE literature search was performed to identify English language peer-reviewed research that reported medication compliance, adherence or persistence. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health was invited to nominate policies and documents related to medication adherence. A narrative review of medication counselling practices and professional service delivery through Finnish community pharmacies was undertaken. RESULTS: Medication adherence was a theme integrated into obligatory and elective courses for bachelors and masters degree students. The literature search identified 33 English language peer-reviewed research articles reporting medication compliance, adherence or persistence published since the year 2000. Policy documents of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health recognise that poor medication adherence may lead to suboptimal treatment outcomes, and encourage patient participation in treatment decision making. Adherence practice in Finnish pharmacies has been strongly linked to the development of medication counselling services. CONCLUSIONS: Adherence research and education has focused on understanding and addressing the contextual factors that contribute to medication nonadherence. Adherence practice in community pharmacies has tended to focus on medication counselling and programs specific to particular disease states. Medication adherence is a topic that is integrated into courses for bachelor’s and master’s level pharmacy students in Finland. Centro de Investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmaceuticas 2010 2010-03-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4127049/ /pubmed/25126134 Text en Copyright: © Pharmacy Practice http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | International Series: Adherence Bell, J. Simon Enlund, Hannes Vainio, Kirsti Medication adherence: a review of pharmacy education, research, practice and policy in Finland |
title | Medication adherence: a review of pharmacy education, research, practice and policy in Finland |
title_full | Medication adherence: a review of pharmacy education, research, practice and policy in Finland |
title_fullStr | Medication adherence: a review of pharmacy education, research, practice and policy in Finland |
title_full_unstemmed | Medication adherence: a review of pharmacy education, research, practice and policy in Finland |
title_short | Medication adherence: a review of pharmacy education, research, practice and policy in Finland |
title_sort | medication adherence: a review of pharmacy education, research, practice and policy in finland |
topic | International Series: Adherence |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4127049/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25126134 |
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