抄録
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare proposed the active use of family pharmacies/pharmacists, citing the importance of centralized management and continuous monitoring of medicines, sufficient explanation by medical professionals, and information sharing with obstetricians, for pregnant/postpartum women to use medicines information with peace of mind. It was also reported that approximately 60% of pregnant/postpartum women who visited a department other than obstetrician did not share information with their obstetricians, however, the specific actual status of information sharing on health products and medicines was unclear. Therefore, this study conducted an internet survey of primipara/multipara to clarify the actual status of information sharing with obstetricians among primipara and multipara, and examined how to promote support for pregnant/postpartum women by family pharmacies /pharmacists based on the findings obtained. The results showed that information sharing was inadequate in all categories when considering the safety of health products and medicines for pregnant/postpartum women. Within categories, sharing was lower for health products and over-the-counter (OTC) medicines than prescription medicines. Additionally, pregnant/postpartum women generally had a higher wish of sharing information for prescription drugs, and primipara had a significantly stronger wish for health products and OTC medicine than multipara. Based on the above findings, we examined the ideal form of maternal support by family pharmacies/pharmacists, including information sharing between pregnant/postpartum women and obstetricians, and concluded that the use of health support pharmacies is essential. As a consultation service for women at each stage of their lives, we considered that health support pharmacies would be possible to provide ongoing support for the use of health products and OTC medicines from before pregnancy, awareness-raising on safety management in marriage and childbirth, respond when medical care is needed, and information sharing with medical professionals including obstetricians based on centralized management of drug histories.
