PHARM4ADHER_CESPU_2017: Pharmaceutical intervention in promoting adherence to topical treatment of chronic dermatosis.

Principal Investigator: 
Ana Isabel Pacheco Teixeira (ana.teixeira@iucs.cespu.pt)
Leader Institution: 
CESPU
Research Team: 
Vera Almeida, Carmen Maribel Teixeira, Isabel Almeida, Viviana Vasconcelos, Tiago Torres, Sandra Ferreira, Lúcia Ferraz
Funding entity: 
CESPU
Budget: 
2.300,00 €
Period covered: 
2017-2018
Abstract: 

Dermatosis are high prevalent diseases that affect the quality of life. Most of the dermatological patients can be treated effectively and safely with topical medicines. However, low adherence to treatment leads to the clinical ineffectiveness of this therapeutic approach with implications not only from the point of view of patient health, but also economic on the health system due to direct and indirect costs. Adherence to topical treatment is often conditioned by factors specific for the topical administration of the medicines such as the difficulty of establishing posology instructions. The contribution of pharmaceutical intervention in posology counselling and in promoting adherence to dermatology treatment is insufficiently characterized. This study aims to identify the needs of educational intervention oriented to pharmacists and to evaluate the impact of a training activity on literacy about topical
treatment.

Program: 
HealthCare 2017