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      Educating patients about warfarin therapy using information technology: A survey on healthcare professionals´ perspectives Translated title: Educando a pacientes sobre el uso terapéutico de warfarina utilizando tecnologías de información: estudio sobre perspectivas de profesionales de la salud

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          Objective: To explore healthcare professionals´ views about the benefits and challenges of using information technology (IT) resources for educating patients about their warfarin therapy. Methods: A cross-sectional survey of both community and hospital-based healthcare professionals (e.g., doctors, pharmacists and nurses) involved using a purpose-designed questionnaire. The questionnaires were distributed using a multi-modal approach to maximise response rates. Results: Of the total 300 questionnaires distributed, 109 completed surveys were received (43.3% response rate). Over half (53.2%) of the healthcare participants were aged between 40-59 years, the majority (59.5%) of whom were female. Fifty nine (54.1%) participants reported having had no access to warfarin-specific IT-based patient education resources, and a further 19 (38.0%) of the participants who had IT-access reported that they never used such resources. According to the healthcare participants, the main challenges associated with educating their patients about warfarin therapy included: patient-related factors, such as older age, language barriers, cognitive impairments and/or ethnic backgrounds or healthcare professional factors, such as time constraints. The healthcare professionals reported that there were several aspects about warfarin therapy which they found difficult to educate their patients about which is why they identified computers and interactive touch screen kiosks as preferred IT devices to deliver warfarin education resources in general practices, hospital-based clinics and community pharmacies. At the same time, the healthcare professionals also identified a number of facilitators (e.g., to reinforce warfarin education, to offer reliable and easily comprehensible information) and barriers (e.g., time and costs of using IT resources, difficulty in operating the resources) that could impact on the effective implementation of these devices in educating patients about their warfarin therapy. Conclusion: The findings of the study suggest that there is a need for improving healthcare professionals´ use of, and access to IT-based warfarin education resources for patients. The study findings also suggest addressing the concerns raised by the healthcare professionals when implementing such IT resources successfully to help educate patients about their warfarin therapy.

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          Objetivo: Explorar la visión de los profesionales de la salud sobre los beneficios y retos de usar tecnologías de información (TI) para educar pacientes sobre su tratamiento con warfarina. Métodos: Estudio transversal tanto de profesionales de la salud comunitarios y hospitalarios (e.g. médicos, farmacéuticos y enfermeras) que envolvió el uso de un cuestionario específicamente diseñado. Se distribuyeron los cuestionarios utilizando un diseño multi-modal para maximizar las tasas de respuesta. Resultados: De los 300 cuestionarios distribuidos, se recibieron 109 completos (43,3% de tasa de respuesta). Más de la mitad (53,2%) de los sanitarios participantes tenían entre 40-59 años y la mayoría (59,9%) eran mujeres. 59 participantes (54,1%) comunicaron no tener acceso a recursos de TI para educación de pacientes específicos de warfarina, y 19 de los que tenían acceso (38.0%) comunicaron que nunca los habían utilizado. De acuerdo con los sanitarios participantes, los principales retos asociados con la educación de sus pacientes sobre el tratamiento con warfarina incluían: factores relacionados con los pacientes, tales como elevada edad, barreras lingüísticas, deterioros cognitivos o antecedentes étnicos, o factores de los profesionales de la salud tales como restricción de tiempo. Los profesionales sanitarios comunicaron que había muchos aspectos del tratamiento con warfarina que encontraban difíciles de explicar a sus pacientes, por lo que identificaron los ordenadores y los quioscos interactivos de pantalla táctil como los aparatos de TI preferidos para proporcionar educación sobre warfarina en las consultas generales, en las clínicas hospitalarias y en las farmacias comunitarias. Al mismo tiempo, los profesionales de la salud también identificaron varios facilitadores (e.g. reforzar la educación sobre warfarina, ofrecer información fiable y fácilmente comprensible) y barreras (e.g. tiempo y costes de usar las TI, dificultad en manejar esos recursos) que podrían impactar en la implantación efectiva de estos aparatos para educar pacientes sobre su tratamiento con warfarina. Conclusión: Los hallazgos del estudio sugieren que se necesita mejorar el uso y el acceso de los profesionales de la salud a los recursos educativos para pacientes basados en TI sobre warfarina. El hallazgos del estudio también sugieren afrontar las preocupaciones levantadas por los profesionales al implantar con éxito tales TI para educar pacientes sobre sus tratamientos con warfarina.

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                Journal
                pharmacin
                Pharmacy Practice (Internet)
                Pharmacy Practice (Internet)
                Centro de Investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmacéuticas (Redondela )
                1886-3655
                June 2012
                : 10
                : 2
                : 97-104
                Affiliations
                [1 ] University of Sydney Australia
                [2 ] University of Wollongong Australia
                [3 ] University of Technology Sydney Australia
                [4 ] Royal North Shore Hospital Australia
                Article
                S1886-36552012000200006
                10.4321/s1886-36552012000200006
                8e2868f9-faea-4a7e-bbbe-cfb34186951a

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY

                Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical medicine
                Health Education,Health Promotion,Information Systems,Warfarin,Australia,Educación en Salud,Promoción de la Salud,Sistemas de Información,Warfarina

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