Programa pilot de farmàcies sentinella: seguiment de la dispensació de l’anticoncepció d’urgència a Catalunya durant l’any 2016
Abstract
Introduction. Emergency contraception dispensation
register in sentinel pharmacy offices of Barcelona province,
with the objective of obtaining information on users profile and
other conditions that allow to improve current contraception
programmes’s strategies.
Methods. An 18-item electronic form was designed. Data on the
pharmacy office, patient, drug, type of dispensing, suspected
adverse reactions and type of pharmaceutical action were collected.
Results. During the 10-month study, 205 postcoital contraceptive
dispensing reports were received. As regards postcoital
contraceptive purchased by age and sex, the mean age of women
was 28.2 ± 7.8 years and men’s 24 ± 6.3 years. 56.6% of women
users report having taken medication on previous occasions, most
of them more than a year ago. The main contraceptive method
used is condom. In most dispensations, pharmacists performed
additional actions by providing individually-tailored information
to patients.
Conclusions. Registered information allows to identify users profile
and their behaviour pattern, confirming the need to continue
monitoring in order to be able to plan educational and public health
strategies on the use of different contraceptive methods.
Keywords
Emergency contraception; Sentinel drugstores; Ulipristal acetate
Bibliographic citation
Jambrina-Albiach AM, Rabanal M, Guayta-Escolies R, Rius P, Gascón P, Rodríguez G, et al. Programa pilot de farmàcies sentinella: seguiment de la dispensació de l’anticoncepció d’urgència a Catalunya durant l’any 2016. Butll Epidemiol Catalunya. 2016;37(12):278-284.
Audience
Professionals
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