Community Pharmacy Services Clinical Trial
Official title:
Evaluation of the Effect of Consensual Pharmaceutical Indication Protocols for the Treatment of Minor Ailments in Drugstores and Drugstores/Pharmacies in Medellin and the Metropolitan Area, Colombia: InFaPro, a Randomized Clinical Trial.
Minor ailments are non-serious, short-term health problems, not related to the patient's pathologies or to the desired or undesired effects of the medications they are taking. Pharmaceutical indication is the service provided in response to a patient's request, who comes to the pharmacy asking for a medication recommendation for a health problem; for this purpose, over-the-counter medications are used, which are pharmacological agents that can be acquired without a prescription. The practice of pharmaceutical indication turns self-medication into a safe and responsible practice, but it requires agreed-upon protocols.
This study is an experimental investigation with a baseline reference period, involving parallel groups of patients who approach a drugstore or drugstore/pharmacy to purchase over-the-counter medication for the treatment of a possible minor ailment. Drugstores or drugstores/pharmacies will be selected using cluster sampling, and patients will be randomly allocated to one of the study groups (intervention or control). The intervention group will receive care in line with the consensus pharmaceutical indication protocols and will undergo follow-up on days 3 to 5, and 7 to 10 post-care; the control group will continue with the standard care procedure. The aim of this study is to assess whether the implementation of consensus pharmaceutical indication protocols can shorten the resolution time of minor ailments and reduce the frequency of referrals to physicians. Secondary outcomes include: 1) profiling the population that visits a drugstore or drugstore/pharmacy to purchase an over-the-counter medication for a minor ailment, 2) identifying and classifying the minor ailment, and 3) determining the necessity for over-the-counter medication to address the minor ailment. ;
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