Abstract: Objective: Study objectives were to develop a questionnaire to assess factors influencing pharmacists’ adoption of prescribing (i.e., continuing, adapting or initiating therapy), describe use of pre-incentive and mixed mode survey, and establish survey psycho

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Abstract: Objective: Characterization of the adverse drug reactions (ADR) reported by the immunoallergology department (IAD), Centro Hospitalar de São João (Porto), to the Northern Pharmacovigilance Centre (NPC).Methods: An observational, descriptive and retrospective

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Abstract: Background: Patients’ satisfaction is the key parameter to measure the quality of healthcare services. Value added-services (VAS) were introduced to improve the quality of medication deliveries and to reduce the waiting time at outpatient pharmacy.Objective:

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Abstract: Objectives: To 1) characterise older patients taking warfarin, 2) assess these patients’ level of warfarin knowledge, and 3) describe their strengths and limitations in health literacy, and 4) explore relationships between participants’ characteristics, warfa

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Abstract: Objective: To investigate the views and assess motivation, attitudes of pharmacists in Lebanon towards mandatory continuous education (CE), its transition to Continuous Professional Development (CPD), and identify barriers to participation in CPD.Methods: A c

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Abstract: Background: Community pharmacy has been a lucrative area of practice for pharmacists in Jos, Nigeria, until about the turn of the millennium where a decline in viability of the business has been observed.Objective: This study assessed the entrepreneurial skil

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Abstract: Objective: The objective is to assess factors associated with the success rate of smoking cessation among Lebanese smokers in a smoking cessation center.Methods: A cross-sectional data study, conducted between March 2014 and March 2016 in an outpatient smokin

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Abstract: Background: Currently, clinical pharmacists have in-depth therapeutic knowledge and scientific skills to act as drug therapy experts in healthcare settings.Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the opportunities and challenges of clinical pharmacy se

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Abstract: Background: Recent studies have revealed that pharmacists have interest in conducting research. However, lack of confidence is a major barrier.Objective: This study evaluated pharmacists’ self-perceived competence and confidence to plan and conduct health-rel

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Abstract: The peer-review crisis is posing a risk to the scholarly peer-reviewed journal system. Journals have to ask many potential peer reviewers to obtain a minimum acceptable number of peers accepting reviewing a manuscript. Several solutions ha

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