TY - JOUR AU - McLachlan A. AU - C. Shaheed Abdel AU - Williams K. AU - Maher C. AB -

Pharmacists have the potential to take a lead role in the primary care management of people with acute low back pain. The aim of this study was to investigate pharmacists' views on implementing a care program for people with acute low back pain in the community pharmacy. Recruitment of pharmacists for this study took place between July 2012 and March 2013. A convenience sample of 30 pharmacists who collaborated in recruiting participants for a low back pain clinical trial in Sydney (n=15 pharmacist recruiters and n=15 non-recruiters) completed an open-ended questionnaire. There was no marked variation in responses between the two groups. Participating pharmacists were receptive to the idea of implementing a care program for people with low back pain, highlighting the need for adequate reimbursement and adequate training of staff to ensure it is successful. Pharmacists identified that the follow up of people receiving such a service is dependent on several factors such as effective reminder systems and the proximity of patients to the pharmacy.

AD - Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, Pharmacy Building A15, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
Graduate School of Health, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Level 13, 321 Kent Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia.
University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia. AN - 25719762 BT - Aust J Prim HealthAust J Prim HealthAustralian Journal of Primary Health CN - [IF]: 0.960 DP - NLM ET - 2015/02/27 LA - eng LB - AUS
MSK
FY16 M1 - 3 N1 - Abdel Shaheed, Christina
Maher, Christopher G
Williams, Kylie A
McLachlan, Andrew J
Australia
Aust J Prim Health. 2016;22(3):211-7. doi: 10.1071/PY14116. N2 -

Pharmacists have the potential to take a lead role in the primary care management of people with acute low back pain. The aim of this study was to investigate pharmacists' views on implementing a care program for people with acute low back pain in the community pharmacy. Recruitment of pharmacists for this study took place between July 2012 and March 2013. A convenience sample of 30 pharmacists who collaborated in recruiting participants for a low back pain clinical trial in Sydney (n=15 pharmacist recruiters and n=15 non-recruiters) completed an open-ended questionnaire. There was no marked variation in responses between the two groups. Participating pharmacists were receptive to the idea of implementing a care program for people with low back pain, highlighting the need for adequate reimbursement and adequate training of staff to ensure it is successful. Pharmacists identified that the follow up of people receiving such a service is dependent on several factors such as effective reminder systems and the proximity of patients to the pharmacy.

PY - 2016 SN - 1448-7527 (Print)
1448-7527 (Linking) SP - 211 EP - 7 T2 - Aust J Prim HealthAust J Prim HealthAustralian Journal of Primary Health TI - Pharmacists' views on implementing a disease state management program for low back pain VL - 22 Y2 - FY16 ER -