LONG TERM CONDITIONS AND MENTAL HEALTH: AN AUDIT OF LOCAL DATA

Authors

  • HANA MORRISSEY School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
  • OLUTAYO ARIKAWE School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom, The Priory Community Pharmacy, Dudley, United Kingdom
  • PAMELA PAUL The Priory Community Pharmacy, Dudley, United Kingdom, Primary Care Network, Dudley Clinical Commissioning Group, United Kingdom
  • MANJINDER SANDHU The Priory Community Pharmacy, Dudley, United Kingdom
  • ZAIN SADIQUE Primary Care Network, Dudley Clinical Commissioning Group, United Kingdom
  • PATRICK BALL School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22159/ijcpr.2021v13i2.51552

Keywords:

Long term conditions, Mental illness, Community pharmacists, Mental health and memory screening

Abstract

Objective: Studies have shown that mental health is affected by poor physical health, with people living in the deprived area are the most affected. Community Pharmacists potentially have a new role in supporting people with mental illness and dementia to manage their medications. The aim of this local audit was to compare the local population to the national and global population, to inform the development and provision of local pharmacy mental health screening services, to support patients diagnosed with long-term conditions.

Methods: This project was designed as an audit of anonymised local data, to inform the development of services offered by community pharmacies to improve adherence to therapy amongst patients diagnosed with long-term conditions in the Black Country, UK. It forms part of a larger study granted ethical approval by the Health Research Authority in 2018. It was carried out against the background of the Covid-19 epidemic. A total of 652 patients pharmacy records were reviewed between March and April 2020. No patient identifiers were included in the reviewed data.

Results: This means that the results of this analysis might not be applicable to the entire local population outside the 31-90 y of age range.

Conclusion: It is was demonstrated during COVID-19 that pharmacists are well-positioned as easily accessible health care facilities to support patients, especially when the other NHS facilities are stretched or closed. Community pharmacies are in a position to offer large-scale screening programs such as self-completed anxiety, depression and cognitive function screening surveys and refer to general practitioners for further investigations. It is also recommended that the New Medicines Service include mental health disorder patients prescribed pharmacological therapy and to allow the pharmacists appropriate access to medical records to facilitate safe, integrated and effective patient care.

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Published

15-03-2021

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MORRISSEY, H., O. ARIKAWE, P. PAUL, M. SANDHU, Z. SADIQUE, and P. BALL. “LONG TERM CONDITIONS AND MENTAL HEALTH: AN AUDIT OF LOCAL DATA”. International Journal of Current Pharmaceutical Research, vol. 13, no. 2, Mar. 2021, pp. 32-38, doi:10.22159/ijcpr.2021v13i2.51552.

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