| Title: | Driving factors of community pharmacist weight management service: A structural equation modeling approach |
| Researcher: | Su Myat Thin, Tipaporn Kanjanarach, Pairin Supsongserm, Chamipa Phanudulkitti, Bernard A. Sorofman, Myo Thiha Zaw, Anuchai Theeraroungchaisri, Tanattha Kittisopee |
| Degree: | Doctor of Pharmacy Program in Pharmaceutical Care |
| Major: | Pharm.D. (Pharm.Care) |
| Faculty of study: | Pharmacy |
| Academic year: | 2566 (2023) |
| Published: | Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, Volume 20, Issue 7, 2024, Pages 618-624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2024.03.009 Click |
Abstract
Background: Even though the effectiveness of community pharmacists in helping customers to reduce weight has been evident, few pharmacists provided weight management services (WMS). To drive community pharmacist WMS provision, factors affecting their intention and WMS provision were important to be investigated. Objective: The present study aimed to explore relationships among pharmacist authority, perceived customer obstruction, WMS performance support, obstacles, and facilitators with intention to provide WMS and WMS rovision using structural equation modeling (WMS) Method: Self-administered questionnaires were utilized to collect data from 302 Thai community pharmacists from December 2022 to March 2023. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to explore the influencing factors on pharmacist WMS intention and WMS provision. Results: Pharmacist authority (r = 0.35), WMS performance support (r = 0.24), and facilitators (r = 0.22) were significantly correlated with community pharmacist WMS provision. Pharmacist authority (r = 0.50), facilitators (r = 0.46), and WMS performance support (r = 0.42) were significantly correlated with community pharmacist intention to provide WMS e structural equation model (SEM), pharmacist authority (β = 0.34) and intention (β = 0.16) significantly influenced WMS provision (R2 = 0.20). Authority (β = 0.49) and WMS performance support (β = 0.28) significantly influenced pharmacist intention to WMS (R2 = 0.42). The model from empirical data indicated a good fit with the hypothetical model (p-value = 0.000, Comparatively Fit Index = 0.9, and TuckerLewis Index = 0.878). Conclusion: Pharmacist authority had direct effects with both their intention to provide WMS and WMS provision. WMS performance support had a direct effect on intention to provide WMS and an indirect effect on WMS provision. Facilitators also had significant correlations with intention to provide WMS and WMS provision
Keywords: Weight management service, Community pharmacist, Pharmacist intention, Authority, Competency
Driving factors of community pharmacist weight management service: A structural equation modeling approach. 2566 (2023). -. บทความ (Paper). Advisor: รศ.ดร. ฐณัฎฐา กิตติโสภี – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tanattha Kittisopee. วิทยาศาสตร์สุขภาพ|Health Science. เภสัชศาสตร์ (Pharmacy). เภสัชศาสตรบัณฑิต ภ.บ. (การบริบาลทางเภสัชกรรม) – Pharm.D. (Pharm.Care). หลักสูตรเภสัชศาสตรบัณฑิต สาขาวิชาการบริบาลทางเภสัชกรรม – Doctor of Pharmacy Program in Pharmaceutical Care. Bangkok: Siam University
Academic Year 2023, วิทยาศาสตร์สุขภาพ|Health Science, เภสัชศาสตร์ (Pharmacy), เภสัชศาสตรบัณฑิต ภ.บ. (การบริบาลทางเภสัชกรรม) – Pharm.D. (Pharm.Care),หลักสูตรเภสัชศาสตรบัณฑิต สาขาวิชาการบริบาลทางเภสัชกรรม – Doctor of Pharmacy Program in Pharmaceutical Care