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EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR
Volume 150, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2023.109542
Keywords
Epilepsy care; Population health; Community pharmacy services; Medication therapy management; Pharmacist
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This study used design thinking to develop a community pharmacist-led intervention for people living with epilepsy. Four features - pharmacist-patient consultations, care plan development, regular check-ins, and care coordination with other health care providers - were identified as desirable, feasible, and viable for the intervention. The study highlights the importance of involving pharmacists in epilepsy care and provides evidence-based features for such interventions.
Objective: To use design thinking to develop a community pharmacist-led intervention for people living with epilepsy (PWE) with desirable, feasible, and viable features. Methods: This study used design thinking. Three patient personas were created based on previous research: a newly diagnosed PWE, a well-controlled PWE, and a complex PWE with uncontrolled seizures. An intervention prototype was developed for each of the three personas. Structured interviews were conducted with pharmacists, pharmacy students, patients with diagnosed epilepsy, and caregivers to elicit feedback on which features of each intervention prototype were desirable, feasible, and viable. Interviews were analyzed using rapid content analysis. A multidisciplinary advisory group and the research team prioritized features of the prototypes to include in the final intervention. Results: The following four features were identified as desirable, feasible, and viable for a pharmacist-led intervention for PWE: (1) pharmacist-patient consultations, (2) care plan development, (3) regular check-ins, and (4) care coordination with other health care providers. Significance: This study identified evidence-based features for a community pharmacist intervention to support epilepsy care using design thinking. A pilot study to evaluate this intervention on the quality of life (QoL), health outcomes and satisfaction of PWE can inform the implementation and feasibility of such patient services.
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