Grand Rounds and Seminars Abstract - The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

DATE: 11/3/2009

College of Pharmacy
Pharmacy Research Seminar
"Factors associated with patient non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug risk awareness: The role of healthcare provider counseling and written medicine information."

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Speaker:
Michael R. Schmitt, Graduate Student

Location:
Schusterman Center
4502 E. 41st St., Building 4
Tulsa, OK 74315
1D28

Abstract or Additional Comments:
Healthcare provider counseling and written medicine information are optimal points of intervention to enhance patient awareness of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) risks. Patient health literacy and background characteristics may also influence these relationships. Cross-sectional data from the Alabama NSAID Patient Safety Study (2006) were used to examine the associations of physician counseling, pharmacist counseling, and written medicine information in relationship to awareness of NSAID risks in a sample of older, white and african american adults. Physician counseling was significantly associated with participants' awarenss of NSAID risks while pharmacist counseling and the reading of written medicine information were not. Barriers to communication in community pharmacies and inappropriately targeted written medicine information may diminish the effectiveness of these two important points of intervention in communicating NSAID risks to patients.

For more information contact:
Paula Meder
College of Pharmacy
271-6593 x47271
paula-meder@ouhsc.edu

This seminar will be broadcast live to 1D28 on the Schusterman campus.

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