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Pharmacists’ Behavioral Change after Attending a Palliative Care Education Program in a Multi-Prefecture

Masahiro Yamada
,
Mayako Uchida
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Masao Hada
,
Haruka Wakabaashi
,
Daigo Inma
,
Shunji Ariyoshi
,
Hidetoshi Kamimura
,
Tohru Haraguchi
Version 1 : Received: 10 April 2024 / Approved: 10 April 2024 / Online: 10 April 2024 (08:20:27 CEST)

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Yamada, M.; Uchida, M.; Hada, M.; Wakabayashi, H.; Inma, D.; Ariyoshi, S.; Kamimura, H.; Haraguchi, T. Pharmacists’ Behavioral Changes after Attending a Multi-Prefectural Palliative Care Education Program. Pharmacy 2024, 12, 87. Yamada, M.; Uchida, M.; Hada, M.; Wakabayashi, H.; Inma, D.; Ariyoshi, S.; Kamimura, H.; Haraguchi, T. Pharmacists’ Behavioral Changes after Attending a Multi-Prefectural Palliative Care Education Program. Pharmacy 2024, 12, 87.

Abstract

Pharmacists must acquire the necessary knowledge to provide better drug therapy to patients. In other words, educational programs need to facilitate behavioral changes among pharmacists. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate how the behavior of pharmacists changed after attending a palliative care educational program. We conducted a web-based questionnaire survey examining the behavior of pharmacists regarding palliative care before participating in the program, two months after participating in the program, and eight months after participating in the program, to determine the behavior and changes over time. For all questions, scores were higher at two and eight months after attending the program than before attending the program (P <0.05). In addition, no significant difference was observed between two and eight months after attending the program for all questions (P =0.504-1.000). The knowledge gained from the educational program was used to repeatedly intervene with patients with cancer, to address the various symptoms they experienced and maintain their behavior. The proven effectiveness of this program serves as a stepping stone for a nationwide rollout across Japan’s 47 prefectures.

Keywords

pharmacists’ behavioral change; cancer; palliative care; education program; multi-prefecture; transtheoretical model

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Pharmacy

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