病院薬剤師の臨床研究に関する経験と意識調査

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Evaluating the awareness and experience with regard to clinical research and understanding the current challenges are important in promoting the engagement of hospital pharmacists in clinical research. Therefore, we conducted a questionnaire survey on 337 pharmacists working at 28 National Hospital Organization Kyushu Group facilities and 5 National Hansen's Sanatoriums, regarding their experience and awareness of clinical research. The survey was conducted via mail from June 2019 to July 2019. Overall, 335 (99.4％) questionnaires were collected, 280 (83.1％) of which were valid responses and could be analyzed. The survey showed that 48.2％ of the responding pharmacists had delivered conference presentations and only 15.4％ had published articles. The necessity for hospital pharmacists to plan and conduct clinical research was considered “necessary” or “slightly necessary” by 86.0％ of the respondents; the most frequent reason was "for medical development." However, concerns about planning and conducting a clinical study were expressed by 94.6％ of the pharmacists; “statistical analysis” was the most frequent issue. The results of this survey indicate that the majority of pharmacists are interested in clinical research; however, writing a dissertation was a difficult task for hospital pharmacists. Hence, we believe that it is important to include the topics of research planning and statistical analysis in the basic education of pharmacists.