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001			CUHAS/BP/3001108/T/19
003			CUHAS/BP/3001108/T/19
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028			_bWurzburg Road 35, BMC Premises, Post Code: 33102 :
028			_b P. O. Box 1464, Mwanza – Tanzania :
028			_bPhone: +255 28 298 3384 :
028			_bFax: +255 28 298 3386 :
028			_bEmail: vc@bugando.ac.tz :
028			_b www.bugando.ac.tz :
035			_a CUHAS/BP/3001108/T/19
040			_bEnglish _cDDC
041			_aEnglish
041			_aKiswahili
100			_aHamida Abdallah Swedy _d CUHAS/BP/3001108/T/19
245			_aMedication counselling practice among community dispensers in Nyamagana district, Mwanza,Tanzania
260			_aMwanza, Tanzania: _bCatholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando] : _c ©2023
300			_a38 Pages
300			_aIncludes References and Appendicies
520			_aAbstract: "Background: In pharmaceutical care service patient medication counselling involving providing medication information orally or in written form aiming on improvement of treatment outcome and optimize the safety of drug use by patient. Medication counselling improve medication safety and patient adherence, avoiding treatment failure and resource waste. Pharmacy dispensers are essential members of the health care team. Pharmacy practice activities varies in different setting (hospital, pharmacy, and dispensary), the act of pharmacy practice is to provide medication and other health care product to patient and give them information on how to use them.There are guidelines and regulation for pharmacy dispensers on providing medication counselling to patients and care givers.Many studies have been done on medication counselling and they emphasise on production of medication information to patients in developed countries but in some developing countries like Tanzania there are limited information regarding medication counselling. Methodology: This was a cross sectional study conducted for a period of one month from April to May 2023 involving 114 pharmacy dispensers in Nyamagana district by using questionnaires. Raw data was cleaned in Microsoft excel and then analyse by using STATA. Data were summarised with appropriate statistics at p<0.05. Results: A total number of Pharmacy 114 pharmacy was surveyed for this study, one pharmacy dispenser from each pharmacy participated in the study. The study comprises of 57.9% male and 42.1% female. Among them pharmaceutical dispensers with degree in pharmacy are 18%, diploma in pharmacy 53% and certificate 29%. Significant association existed between demographic characteristic (education level) and question asked by dispensers (chi2 =21.8891 and P=0.000). Conclusion: The study determined that little information about medication was provided by community dispensers and some dispensers did not ask their clients questions when dispensing. Level of counselling was suboptimal but could be improved if community dispensers participate in continuous training to acquire more counselling skills."
600			_xPharmacy
700			_aStanley Mwita
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