Work Pressure for Pharmacist With Home Pharmaceutical Care

August 27, 2014 updated by: Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Factors Related to Work Pressure and Turnover Intention for Pharmacists With Home Pharmaceutical Care

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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Anticipated)

160

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Taiwan
      • All cities in Taiwan, Taiwan, 40705
        • Community Pharmacies

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

community pharmacists who attend the protocol (offered by National Health Insurance Administration,, Taiwan). the protocol is designed to provide home pharmaceutical care (PC) to the patients with heavy health expenditure. This group of community pharmacists needs to operate their pharmacy while offering PC with small amount of payment. This study investigates the work load, pressure, and intention of leaving the protocol.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • community pharmacists who attend the protocol.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • community pharmacists who attend any other home pharmaceutical care projects (any types).

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Observational Models: Case-Only
  • Time Perspectives: Prospective

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Pharmacists provide pharmaceutical care
The group is the community pharmacists who attend the protocol to provide home visit to the patients with heavy health expenditure, through pharmaceutical care approach.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
intention to leave the service
Time Frame: 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.
up to four months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
work pressure
Time Frame: up to four months
each community pharmacist will be asked through questionnaire regarding their work pressure related to the pharmaceutical care.
up to four months
work load
Time Frame: up to four months
each community pharmacist attends the study will provide what they though about the loading in offering pharmaceutical care.
up to four months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Wen-Shyong Liou, PhD, Taichung Veteran General Hospital, Taiwan

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

November 1, 2013

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 24, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 6, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

January 7, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 28, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 27, 2014

Last Verified

August 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • VGHTCPHARM2

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