5PSQ-103 Parental unmet needs on paediatric drugs expressed in forums

• Published in: European journal of hospital pharmacy. Science and practice Vol. 30; no. Suppl 1; p. A147
• Main Authors: Vilimelis, I, Pérez-Ricart, A, Bosch Peligero, M, Calvo, A, Codina-Jiménez, C, Valls Sánchez, E, Suñé Negre, JM, Quiñones Ribas, C, Giménez-Juárez, JC
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London British Medical Journal Publishing Group 23-03-2023; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Conflicts of interest; Drugs; Medicine; Pediatrics; Section 5: Patient safety and quality assurance
• ISSN: 2047-9956; 2047-9964
• DOI: 10.1136/ejhpharm-2023-eahp.306

Background and ImportanceSocial Media (SM) could be a source of unmet needs of parents about drug use in paediatrics. Knowing subjective information (SI) can lead to improve pharmaceutical care.Aim and ObjectivesAnalyse content of posts from parent forums (PF).Material and MethodsObservational, ambispective study on PF related to primary care medicines in paediatrics. PF were selected if included child-health sections in Catalan, Spanish or English and permission was obtained. Data mining software was developed using ontologies from Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices and Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities. Posts were excluded if written by professionals, referred to non-pharmacological treatments, adults, pregnancy, hospital drugs, non-original entries or duplicates. SI was classified into positive, negative or doubts according tone and adjectives expressed.Results3572 posts from two PF were downloaded, 821 (26%) analysed. Excluded entries (94;11%): non-pharmacological treatments (42;5%), hospital drugs (12;1%), adults (12;1%), non-originalentries (9;1%), pregnancy (2;0,02%) or duplicates (2;0,02%).444 (72%) users mentioned SI in 591 posts (1,3 SI/post). Notifier were mainly parents(177;40%) and caregivers (233;52%). SI posts contained neutral (223;38%), doubts (259;44%), negative (63;10%), positive (47;8%) SI. Posts referred to 453 children, infants (28 days-23 months) (156;26%) and children (3-11 years) (107;18%) and not classified (190;56%).Reported drugs: antibiotics (214;36%), respiratory (99;17%) and nervous system (78;13%) medications, other (200, 34%). Routes: oral (330;56%), parenteral (123;21%), other (138, 23%).Topics reported were: Positive (47) Negative (63) Doubts (256) Attitudes (32;5 %) Future medicine 2(4%) 20(32%) 0(0%) Current medicine 5(11%) 5(8%) 0(0%) Drug information (270;46 %) Pharmacokinetics 0(0%) 1(2%) 7(3%) Posology 0(0%) 0(0%) 16(6%) Avoided/delayed/discontinued medicine 0(0%) 3(5%) 23(9%) Peer Advice 0(0%) 0(0%) 97(39%) Vaccination schedule 0(0%) 0(0%) 34(13%) Alternative therapies 0(0%) 9(14%) 20(8%) Route of administration 3(6%) 1(2%) 8(3%) Reconstitution 0(0%) 0(0%) 2(1%) Conservation 0(0%) 0(0%) 1(0%) Adverse Events 0(0%) 9(14%) 15(6%) Contraindications 0(0%) 0(0%) 1(0%) Interactions 0(0%) 0(0%) 1(0%) Effectiveness 37(79%) 10(16%) 12(5%) Accessibility (24;4 %) Vaccines 0(0%) 0(0%) 7(3%) Other 0(0%) 5(8%) 12(5%) Conclusion and RelevanceDoubts, negative attitudes towards a future medicine and positive opinions about drugeffectiveness were the most SI expressed by PF users. Pharmacists can have a main roleproviding more information and knowledge to parents about drugs.References and/or AcknowledgementsConflict of InterestNo conflict of interest