Validation of a Questionnaire for Patient Awareness and the Need for a Community-Based Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (O-ASP): A Pilot Study

Antibiotics

HeeJung Choi¹  Chung-Jong Kim¹  EunKyoung Chung²  WonGun Kwack³  Sohyun Park⁴  MinJeong Geum⁴  SandyJeong Rhie⁴ 

[1] College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 07804, Korea;Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea;Department of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Seoul 02447, Korea;Division of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate School, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea;

关键词: antimicrobial stewardship program;    pharmacist;    interprofessional team;    outpatient;    community pharmacy;   

DOI  :  10.3390/antibiotics10040441

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

An outpatient antimicrobial stewardship program (O-ASP) was developed and implemented to promote appropriate antibiotic therapy in outpatient settings. As active patient involvement is a critical component of an effective O-ASP, this study aimed to develop and validate a questionnaire addressing patient awareness for appropriate antibiotic therapy and the need for pharmaceutical care services (PCS) in the O-ASP in Korea. The questionnaire was drafted based on ASPs and PCS guidelines and validated for content and construct validity using the item-content validity index (I-CVI) and Cronbach’s alpha, respectively. The estimated I-CVI and Cronbach’s alpha were considered excellent or adequate (≥0.8 and 0.70–0.90, respectively) for most of the survey items (17 out of 23 items). The validated questionnaire was utilized in a pilot survey study, including 112 individuals (37% male) with the mean ± SD age of 37 ± 13 years. Among the survey participants, 68% responded that antibiotics had been prescribed appropriately; however, ≥50% showed a lack of knowledge regarding their antibiotic therapy. The participants expressed the need for PCS as part of an O-ASP in the questionnaire (average Likert score ≥3.4/5). In conclusion, our newly validated questionnaire successfully measured patient awareness and knowledge of antimicrobial use and the need for PCS in the O-ASP.

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