“Assessment of the Perception andPractices of the Community

Pharmaciston Pharmaceutical Care in Dumaguete City”

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 Pharmaceutical care is the direct, responsible
provision of medication-related care for the purpose
of achieving definite outcomes that improve a
patient’s quality of life by Hepler (1990). This
definition was also adapted by the American Society
of Health-System Pharmacists ASHP (2003) in which
they considered it as an irreducible unit of care
wherein one pharmacist will provide direct care to
one patient in order to achieve safe and effective
medication. It was also emphasized by the ASHP
(2003) that pharmaceutical care is pertinent and
achievable by drug specialists in all practice settings.
Community pharmacists offer a trusted
environment as they reduce medication errors and
improve patient’s safety, by providing patient
counselling and good dispensing practice as well as
INTRODUCTION
lessening costs and moving forward the quality of
care since, they interact with patients more often “Assessment of the Perception and
than the prescribing medical professional as stated Practices of the Community Pharmacist
on Pharmaceutical Care in Dumaguete
by Spears (2010). They are also most of the time the City”
first point of call for patients seeking advice for
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 There are studies that provide evidences that
pharmaceutical care cannot be fully achieved due
to a lot of factors. In the study of Aburuz et al
(2012) it was reported that the community
pharmacist in Jordan expressed a willingness to
perform pharmaceutical care practice but have
identified a number of barriers to successfully
implement it. The pharmaceutical training was
found to be the top barrier to the provision of
pharmaceutical care. It was also proven in the
study of Ibrahim et al (2015) that although being
well established within the community,
pharmacists in Dubai negatively perceived their
own professional role. They mentioned that there
are number of barriers which hinder optimized
INTRODUCTION
delivery of pharmacy services like under- “Assessment of the Perception and
estimation by pharmacy clients and other Practices of the Community Pharmacist
healthcare professionals, pressure to make sales, on Pharmaceutical Care in Dumaguete
and high running cost. City”

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 In the study conducted by Agaceta, et al
(2013) it was found out that hospital pharmacists
in Metro manila have not understood the essential
role of pharmaceutical care. Specifically, the
results showed that generally there is a low
perceived level of understanding the concept of
pharmaceutical care among the respondents. Only
50.25% have correct perceived levels of
understanding the pharmaceutical care concept
(total mean score of 60 or higher). The
respondents have high perceived levels of
importance but deem themselves to have low INTRODUCTION
competencies in performing pharmaceutical care.
“Assessment of the Perception and
Practices of the Community Pharmacist
on Pharmaceutical Care in Dumaguete
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 These studies showed the importance of
pharmaceutical care in providing services by the
pharmacists not only in the hospital but also in the
community. Dumaguete City is a community
whose economy is primarily built on its leading
educational institutions and thriving tourism. The
growing economy of Dumaguete City showed an
increase number of chain drugstores as well as the
populace of community pharmacist serving
pharmaceutical services to the public. Thus, the
researchers would like to conduct a study about
the perceptions and practices of the pharmacist in
this community in the provision of pharmaceutical
INTRODUCTION
care to ensure patient safety and effectiveness of
medication which is the goal of pharmaceutical “Assessment of the Perception and
care. Practices of the Community Pharmacist
on Pharmaceutical Care in Dumaguete
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 OBJECTIVES
General Objective: This study aims to determine the
perception on pharmaceutical care of the community
pharmacists situated in Dumaguete City. This specifically
seeks to answer the following:

1. What is the demographic data of the community pharmacist in

Dumaguete City
* Gender * Age
* Years of Work * School graduated
* Practice Profile

. What are the perception of the community pharmacists in

Dumaguete City towards the concept of pharmaceutical care
a. Philosophy of Pharmaceutical care
b. Monitoring
c. Documentation
d. Therapeutic Objectives
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3. What are the perception of the community pharmacists in
Dumaguete City regarding the different pharmaceutical care
practices
• Dispensing
• Patient Counselling

4. What are the factors that affects the implementation of

pharmaceutical care of the community pharmacists in Dumaguete
City
• Knowledge
• Communication Skills
• Time
5. Is there a significant relationship between the demographic data
(age and years of work) and the perception of the community
pharmacists in providing pharmaceutical care in Dumaguete City?

6. Is there a significant relationship between the demographic data

and the practices of the community pharmacists in providing
pharmaceutical care in Dumaguete City?

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SIGNIFICANCE OF
THE STUDY
The results of the study will be of great benefit to the
following:

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ACADEME
The results of this study will establish an educational strategy to the Department of Pharmacy. This study will guide
pharmacy teachers on how to enhance the roles of a pharmacist in the community and increase the perceive level of
understanding of pharmaceutical care concept that will help future pharmacy students to a higher competency and
practicability in this field.

COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS PHARMACY STUDENTS

This study will help community pharmacists to
evaluate and give their perception on the quality
of pharmaceutical care services that they are
rendering and as well as assess the perceive level
of understanding of pharmaceutical care concept.
Results will also develop their practice and
implement services and strategies in enhancing
their knowledge and skills. They will establish a
closer relationship with people and enhanced their
professionalism by accepting the great
responsibility of providing appropriate decision-
making to meet the people's needs and improve
its satisfaction in Dumaguete City.
This study will serve as a guide for students in
understanding the perceptions as a community
pharmacists and the concept of pharmaceutical
care. With this, the students may be able to
establish an awareness of the importance of
services of community pharmacy and to be
competent in this field.
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DRUG STORE OWNERS
The result of the study will give awareness to the drugstore owners about the concept of
pharmaceutical care. With this study, the owner may be able to assess and understand the perception of
his/her pharmacist thus helps in making different strategies that will increase the services of
pharmaceutical care.

THE COMMUNITY THE FUTURE RESEARCHERS

This study will provide an increase of services
to customers and will experience the concept of
pharmaceutical care through the community
pharmacist with a high perceive level of
understanding the principles of pharmaceutical
care.
This study will give future researchers
knowledge on the different perceptions of
community pharmacist in rendering their services
to the community and the principles of
pharmaceutical care. This study will foster new
ways of enhancing their knowledge, skills, and
attitude towards their research.

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This study will be conducted in the month of
March and April 2021 by the 3rd year BS
Pharmacy students of CNPAHS-NORSU. It SCOPE AND
focuses on the perception and practices of
community pharmacists on pharmaceutical
care. The collection of data will be conducted
LIMITATIONS
to all community pharmacists in Dumaguete
City. The study will be done through utilization
of a survey type questionnaire. This research is
limited only to the responses of the community
pharmacists to the questions provided in the
questionnaire. With the chosen strategy, the
researchers will be able to determine the
provision of pharmaceutical care by the
community pharmacists in Dumaguete City.

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THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
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$300,000 $300,000

$250,000 $6,750$33,750 $250,000

$200,000 $200,000

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RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY

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The study employed is a descriptive research
design, survey method which will involve the
collection of data through self-administered
questionnaires from community pharmacists in
Dumaguete City. The survey questionnaire that will
be used is adapted from the studies conducted by
Sarriff, et. al. in 2011. The questionnaire was
structured such that it consists of different
sections, as follows: Section one – Demographic
Characteristics; Section two – Concept of
Pharmaceutical Care; Section three – Your
Perceptions of Pharmacy Patient Care Practice;
Section four – The Factors Affecting the RESEARCH
Implementation of Pharmaceutical Care.
DESIGN

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 The participants will be carried out, using a non probability
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technique of purposive sampling. It is comprised of seventy (70)
young and the veteran community pharmacists from chain
drugstores or sole proprietorships that is bounded within
Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental.
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RESPONDENTS
The locale of this study is in Dumaguete City. It is a city in the
Philippine province of Negros Oriental that has a land area of 34.26
km² , situated on the plains of the southeastern coast of Negros
Island near the mouth of the Banica River. It is the capital, principal
seaport, and largest city of Negros Oriental. Of the province's 20
municipalities and 5 cities, it is the smallest in terms of land area.
This study will be conducted in the different pharmacy
establishments in Dumaguete City. This includes chain pharmacies,
government owned pharmacies and sole proprietorship
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pharmacies in Dumaguete City. ENVIRONMENT
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Procedure

The list, location, and name of the pharmacy were being obtained from the
internet. The researchers will make a letter of request for the list of name and Facebook
account of the community pharmacists will be sent to Mrs. Lily B. Lagahit, RPh,
President of PPhA Negros Oriental Chapter with the help of Ms. Gemma Amutan, RPh
the secretary of the PPhA of the said chapter. The data relevant to the study will be
through online survey questionnaires that will be sent directly to the respondents from
different community pharmacy establishments in Dumaguete City. The link of
questionnaires from google form will be sent privately through their Facebook
messenger.
An informed consent will be attach to the questionnaires explaining the nature,
goal and purpose of the study in order to fully understand before making a decision in
accepting or rejecting the study. The questionnaires will be collected a week after
sending in order to give respondents enough time to answer. The questionnaires do not
need to be explain further and translated in Cebuano because the respondents are well
educated and can understand English language.
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Statistical
B. Weighted Arithmetic Mean
Weighted Arithmetic Mean will be
The researchers will use the statistical tool to a set of data used to analyze the answer given by
that would facilitate appropriate analysis and interpretation. the respondents on the Perception
Frequency- percentage distribution and weighted average of Community Pharmacist on
mean will be used by the researchers to analyze and interpret Pharmaceutical Care.
the data in determining the Perception of Community
Pharmacist on Pharmaceutical Care. Below is the formula for the
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weighted arithmetic mean:
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A. Frequency-Percentage Distribution WAM =
To compute for the demographic profile of the Where:
respondents, the frequency count and percentage distribution WAM- is weighted arithmetic mean
will be used. The formula is: ݂߳ ‫ ݓ‬- is the sum of the product of the
Where: frequency and weight
%- is the simple percentage n- is the total number of the
f- is the frequency responses per item
n- is the total numbers of the respondents

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ThankYou

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