Pharmacy intervention to support topical acne treatment adherence
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Developing and testing the feasibility of a community pharmacist led intervention to improve patient adherence to prescribed topical acne therapies
IRAS ID
240516
Contact name
Katie MacLure
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Robert Gordon University
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
NA, NA
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 5 months, 31 days
Research summary
This study endeavours to test the feasibility and acceptability of a community pharmacist led intervention to improve patient adherence to prescribed topical acne therapies within community pharmacy practice. The intervention has been developed and based on the findings of previous phases of the research involving a survey of students on their behaviours around using topical acne treatments and qualitative workshops to determine more in-depth factors affecting students adherence. The intervention will guide pharmacists to what needs to be outlined in relation to prescribed topical acne treatments e.g. to discuss how much of the treatment to apply. A training brief for pharmacists to be involved in the delivery of the intervention in phase three will be developed by the research team to ensure the effective adoption of, and fidelity with, the intervention. Furthermore, all pharmacists involved in the study will have successfully completed an online, multiple choice assessment based on the brief before undertaking the intervention in pharmacy practice. We will also produce a summary guide based on the training content (something to take away, key facts, etc on how to use treatments, tips, etc) for patients which can be given to them following the intervention.
REC name
East of Scotland Research Ethics Service REC 1
REC reference
18/ES/0081
Date of REC Opinion
31 Aug 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion