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Título: Improving Pharmacists Awareness of Inadequate Antibiotic Use for URTIs through an Educational Intervention: A Pilot Study
Autores: Magalhães, Sandra
Estrela, Marta
Silva, Tânia
Costa, Tainá
Crexinski, Gabriella
Simões, Catarina
Almeida, Margarida
Figueiras, Adolfo
Herdeiro, Maria
Palavras Chave: antibiotic dispensing
e-learning
eHealthResp
mobile app
online course
pharmacists
respiratory infections
website
Data: 25-Jul-2022
Resumo: The inadequate use of antibiotics led to the development of multi-resistant bacteria that are now causing millions of deaths worldwide. Since most antibiotics are prescribed/dispensed to treat respiratory tract infections, it is important to raise awareness among health professionals to optimize antibiotic use, especially within the primary care context. Thus, this pilot study aimed to evaluate pharmacists' feedback about the eHealthResp platform, composed by an online course and a mobile application (app) to help in the management of upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs). Ten community pharmacists were invited to participate in this study, exploring the contents of the eHealthResp platforms and answering a content validation questionnaire composed by eight qualitative and thirty-five quantitative questions about the online course and mobile app. The eHealthResp platform is a comprehensive, consistent, and high-quality e-learning tool. Median scores of 5.00 were attributed to the course contents' and clinical cases' adequacy and correction. Most qualitative feedback was about completeness and objectivity of the course, and its usefulness for clinical practice. This study showed that eHealthResp has great potential as an e-health tool for the management of URTIs' symptoms, which may ultimately aid in reducing inappropriate antibiotic use.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10314/6961
ISSN: 35893207
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