Trends in Scientific Production on Pharmaceutical Follow-up and the Dader Method

Pharmacy Practice

  • Cristina Rius1UISYS Group, Department of History of Science and Information Science, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Valencia, Unit associated with the Interuniversity Institute for Advanced Research on the Evaluation of Science and the University (INAECU) UC3M-UAM, Spain.
  • Rut Lucas-Domínguez1UISYS Group, Department of History of Science and Information Science, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Valencia, Unit associated with the Interuniversity Institute for Advanced Research on the Evaluation of Science and the University (INAECU) UC3M-UAM, Spain.
  • Noé Martínez Peña2Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Valencia, Spain.
  • Marcia Helena Miranda Cardoso Podestá3Department of Food and Drugs, Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Alfenas, Brazil.
  • Álvaro Compañ-Bertomeu4Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Valencia, Interuniversity Research Institute for Molecular Recognition and Technological Development (IDM), University of Valencia, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain.
  • M. Carmen Montesinos4Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Valencia, Interuniversity Research Institute for Molecular Recognition and Technological Development (IDM), University of Valencia, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain.

Volume 22 Issue 1 Pages 1-9

DOI: 10.18549/PharmPract.2024.1.2889

Abstract

Objective: Pharmacotherapeutic Follow-up is the Professional Pharmaceutical Care Service aimed at detecting Drug-Related Problems for the prevention and resolution of negative medicine outcomes. The Dader Method is considered a clear and simple tool to develop Pharmacotherapeutic Follow-up. This research aims to analyze the evolution of the international scientific production related to Pharmacotherapeutic Follow-up and the Dader Method to show the current situation of this Professional Pharmacy Assistance Service. In addition, from the data obtained, we give a critical perspective on the implementation of the Dader Method in Community Pharmacy, considering its advantages and disadvantages based on the published scientific literature. Methods: Using bibliometrics tools, indicators were obtained to analyze the international production of scientific articles on Pharmacotherapeutic Follow-up and the Dader Method during the period (1999-2022) through the Scopus database. Results: The results showed a growth in the international scientific production of publications on Pharmacotherapeutic Follow-up, obtaining 30,287 papers, placing the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and Spain as the five most productive countries. The publication of 83 papers on the Dader Method places Spain with the highest number of publications, followed by other Spanish or Portuguese speaking countries, among which Brazil and Colombia have the most prominent number of published papers in Latin America. The most frequent international journal covering the topic of Pharmacotherapeutic Follow-up was the American Journal of Health-Pharmacy (12.4%), while on the Dader Method, the journal Pharmaceutical Care Spain (21.7%) is in the first position, followed by Farmacia Hospitalaria (8.4%). Conclusion: The publications on the Dader method highlighs the greater productivity of the University of Granada and the author María José Faus Dáder. The inclusion of patients in the PTF service using the Dader Method, is more frequent in the hospital context, and is based on the presence of defined chronic pathologies (mainly diabetes), polymedication or specialized care follow-up, with elderly population being the most represented in all cases.

Keywords

  • pharmaceutical care
  • pharmaceutical services
  • community pharmaceutical services
  • health care facilities
  • pharmacist practice patterns
  • health planning
  • health services research
  • bibliometrics
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