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Patient satisfaction with a chronic kidney disease risk assessment service in community pharmacies

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posted on 2023-05-19, 15:52 authored by Gheewala, PA, Gregory PetersonGregory Peterson, Syed Razi ZaidiSyed Razi Zaidi, Matthew JoseMatthew Jose, Ronald CastelinoRonald Castelino

Background: Patient satisfaction is an important determinant of the feasibility and sustainability of community pharmacy screening services. However, few studies have evaluated this, with no such study performed for a chronic kidney disease risk assessment service.

Objective: The aim was to determine patient satisfaction with a chronic kidney disease risk assessment service performed in community pharmacies.

Setting: Community pharmacies in the state of Tasmania, Australia.

Method: An anonymous nine-item satisfaction survey, with Likert-type scales, was developed following a literature review of existing surveys. Reliability of the nine-item scale was determined using Cronbach’s alpha. Patients were asked an additional question on willingness to pay, with choices of amount from $5 to $25. The satisfaction survey was mailed to 389 patients who participated in the chronic kidney disease risk assessment study.

Main outcome measure: Patient level of satisfaction with and willingness to pay for the chronic kidney disease service.

Results: Responses from 143 participants were included in the fnal analysis. Cronbach’s alpha for the nine-item satisfaction scale was 0.87. The majority of participants agreed that the time required to undergo the risk assessment process was justifed (90.2%); overall, they were satisfed with the chronic kidney disease risk assessment service (90.0%) and they felt comfortable with the pharmacist referring their results to their doctor (88.9%). Of 136 participants who answered the question on willingness to pay, 62.9% indicated that they would pay for the chronic kidney disease service. Of these, 29.2, 25.8 and 19.1% were willing to pay $20, $10 and $5, respectively.

Conclusion: Patient satisfaction with the community pharmacy-based chronic kidney disease risk assessment was high. These findings provide support for the implementation of the service within community pharmacy practice.

History

Publication title

International journal of clinical pharmacy

Volume

40

Pagination

458-463

ISSN

2210-7703

Department/School

College Office - College of Health and Medicine

Publisher

Springer

Place of publication

Netherlands

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Copyright 2018 Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Clinical health not elsewhere classified

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