Case report for standardization of a health-related QOL assessment using a medical application by community pharmacists

Abstract

Pharmacy management by community pharmacists is required. However, a health-related quality of life(QOL) assessment is not a standardized essential assessment of pharmacotherapy. Therefore, we developed a medical application using EuroQOL-5-Dimension-5-Level (EQ-5D-5L) for standardization of a health-related QOL measurement. Community pharmacists participated in a health-related QOL evaluation workshop using the application. Afterwards, a questionnaire survey was administered to evaluate the application and identify problems. From the results of the questionnaire survey, we found it was necessary to consider the operability of the application and appropriate patient selection before introducing the application for use. The application will be used for patients in the future. In addition, we will include patient safety management in the standardization of health-related QOL evaluations.