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Factors affecting antiretroviral therapy patients' data quality at Princess Marina Hospital pharmacy in Botswana

AIM: This study aimed to explore the factors influencing antiretroviral therapy
patients` data quality at Princess Marina Hospital Pharmacy in Botswana.
METHODS: A phenomenological approach was adopted in this study. Specifically,
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis qualitative design was used to explore the
factors influencing antiretroviral therapy patients` data quality at Princess Marina
Hospital Pharmacy in Botswana. Data were collected using a semi-structured
interview format on 18 conveniently selected pharmacy staff. Data were analysed
using Smith’s (2005) Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis framework.
RESULT: Five thematic categories emerged from data analysis: data capturing: an
extra task, knowledge and experience of IPMS, training and education, mentoring
and supervision, and data quality: impact on patients’ care. The findings of this study
have implications for practice, training and research.
CONCLUSION: Pharmacy staff had limited knowledge of IPMS and its utilisation in
data capturing. Such limitations have implications in the context of the quality of data
captured / Health Studies / M.A. (Health Studies)

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:umkn-dsp01.int.unisa.ac.za:10500/18699
Date04 June 2015
CreatorsTesema, Hana Tsegaye
ContributorsSandy, Peter T.
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDissertation
Format1 online resource (viii, 47 leaves)

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