Intention of Leaving the Service, Pressure Factors, Work Load.
Conditions
Keywords
Pharmaceutical Care, Taiwan, pharmacist, Workload, pressure
Brief summary
National Health Insurance Administration, Taiwan has provided a protocol for community pharmacist to offer home pharmaceutical care for the patients with high health expenditures. Since community pharmacists need to visit patients for consultation and check their medications, it has been thought to have pressure for them in various areas. This study intends to investigate the factors related to the pressure and intention for leaving this protocol. The hypothesis are that community pharmacist who works longer, has economic pressure, and longer year of practice will have higher pressure and strong intention for leaving.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* community pharmacists who attend the protocol.
Exclusion criteria
* community pharmacists who attend any other home pharmaceutical care projects (any types).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| intention to leave the service | up to four months | community pharmacist who provides the service will have chance to fill the questionnaire. the major outcome will be his/her intention to leave the service. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| work pressure | up to four months | each community pharmacist will be asked through questionnaire regarding their work pressure related to the pharmaceutical care. |
| work load | up to four months | each community pharmacist attends the study will provide what they though about the loading in offering pharmaceutical care. |
Countries
Taiwan
Outcome results
None listed