%0 Journal Article
%T Patients’ and healthcare professionals’ experience with at-home parenteral therapy
%A Marko Puzovic
%A Hana Morrissey
%A Patrick Ball
%J Journal of Advanced Pharmacy Education and Research
%@ 2249-3379
%D 2023
%V 13
%N 4
%R 10.51847/shH6wZi9tF
%P 72-82
%X Literature investigating the training of patients on medications self-injecting at home is lacking. This study explored patients’ and healthcare professionals’ (HCPs) experience with home parenteral therapy (HPT) in the UK. A clinical audit and survey of patient and HCP were conducted to inform the development of training pathway. The audit confirmed that the current training content or length are not well managed, documented or effectively communicated to the primary care providers (97.8% of discharge summaries). The cross-sectional survey was completed by 110 patients, who are on HPT and  39 HCPs involved with HPT in a UK hospital NHS Trust. HCPs and patients showed significantly different view about challenges patients faced as a result of HPT. Compared to patients, HCPs perception was that patients are mainly experiencing social implications (c2 = 80.99, df = 1, p
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