The study identifies key pharmacist and patient perspectives on services to enhance medication adherence in diabetes care, highlighting barriers to implementation.
Key Points
The study investigates pharmacists' and patients' perspectives on effective services for improving medication adherence in diabetes care in Indonesia.
Data collected from open-ended survey questions among 917 patients and 99 pharmacists.
Participants were from community health centres and hospitals in Surabaya, Indonesia.
Data analyzed using Atlas.ti 9th software with a pre-defined coding book.
67.25% of patients in CHCs and 63.06% in hospitals felt they did not need adherence services.
Educational-based pharmacist services were the most preferred service by both patients and pharmacists.
Consultation/counselling was noted by 66.67% of pharmacists as a key service for adherence.