A study protocol: a community pharmacy-based intervention for improving the management of sleep disorders in the community settings

Background Sleep disorders are very common in the community and are estimated to affect up to 45% of the world’s population. Pharmacists are in a position to give advice and provide appropriate services to individuals who are unable to easily access medical care. The purpose of this study is to dev...

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Main Authors: Mohamad Noor, Zaswiza, Smith, Alesha J., Smith, Simon S., Nissen, Lisa M.
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spelling my.iium.irep.284022015-02-19T09:05:49Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/28402/ A study protocol: a community pharmacy-based intervention for improving the management of sleep disorders in the community settings Mohamad Noor, Zaswiza Smith, Alesha J. Smith, Simon S. Nissen, Lisa M. RS Pharmacy and materia medica Background Sleep disorders are very common in the community and are estimated to affect up to 45% of the world’s population. Pharmacists are in a position to give advice and provide appropriate services to individuals who are unable to easily access medical care. The purpose of this study is to develop an intervention to improve the management of sleep disorders in the community. The aims are– (1) to evaluate the effectiveness of a community pharmacy-based intervention in managing sleep disorders, (2) to evaluate the role of actigraph as an objective measure in monitoring certain sleep disorders and (3) to evaluate the extended role of community pharmacists in managing sleep disorders. This intervention is developed to monitor individuals undergoing treatment and overcome the difficulties in validating self-reported feedback. Method/design This is a community-based intervention, prospective, controlled trial, with one intervention group and one control group, comparing individuals receiving a structured intervention with those receiving usual care for sleep-related disorders at community pharmacies. Discussion This study will demonstrate the utilisation and efficacy of community pharmacy-based intervention to manage sleep disorders in the community, and will assess the possibility of implementing this intervention into the community pharmacy workflow. Trial registration Australian New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry: ACTRN12612000825853 BMC Health Services Research 2014 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/28402/1/1877168277769100.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/28402/4/28402.pdf Mohamad Noor, Zaswiza and Smith, Alesha J. and Smith, Simon S. and Nissen, Lisa M. (2014) A study protocol: a community pharmacy-based intervention for improving the management of sleep disorders in the community settings. BMC Health Services Research, 14. pp. 74-1. ISSN 1472-6963 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/14/74 10.1186/1472-6963-14-74
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Mohamad Noor, Zaswiza
Smith, Alesha J.
Smith, Simon S.
Nissen, Lisa M.
A study protocol: a community pharmacy-based intervention for improving the management of sleep disorders in the community settings
description Background Sleep disorders are very common in the community and are estimated to affect up to 45% of the world’s population. Pharmacists are in a position to give advice and provide appropriate services to individuals who are unable to easily access medical care. The purpose of this study is to develop an intervention to improve the management of sleep disorders in the community. The aims are– (1) to evaluate the effectiveness of a community pharmacy-based intervention in managing sleep disorders, (2) to evaluate the role of actigraph as an objective measure in monitoring certain sleep disorders and (3) to evaluate the extended role of community pharmacists in managing sleep disorders. This intervention is developed to monitor individuals undergoing treatment and overcome the difficulties in validating self-reported feedback. Method/design This is a community-based intervention, prospective, controlled trial, with one intervention group and one control group, comparing individuals receiving a structured intervention with those receiving usual care for sleep-related disorders at community pharmacies. Discussion This study will demonstrate the utilisation and efficacy of community pharmacy-based intervention to manage sleep disorders in the community, and will assess the possibility of implementing this intervention into the community pharmacy workflow. Trial registration Australian New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry: ACTRN12612000825853
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author Mohamad Noor, Zaswiza
Smith, Alesha J.
Smith, Simon S.
Nissen, Lisa M.
author_facet Mohamad Noor, Zaswiza
Smith, Alesha J.
Smith, Simon S.
Nissen, Lisa M.
author_sort Mohamad Noor, Zaswiza
title A study protocol: a community pharmacy-based intervention for improving the management of sleep disorders in the community settings
title_short A study protocol: a community pharmacy-based intervention for improving the management of sleep disorders in the community settings
title_full A study protocol: a community pharmacy-based intervention for improving the management of sleep disorders in the community settings
title_fullStr A study protocol: a community pharmacy-based intervention for improving the management of sleep disorders in the community settings
title_full_unstemmed A study protocol: a community pharmacy-based intervention for improving the management of sleep disorders in the community settings
title_sort study protocol: a community pharmacy-based intervention for improving the management of sleep disorders in the community settings
publisher BMC Health Services Research
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