Health evidence

Cientis establishes itself as a benchmark in translating scientific knowledge into practice, reinforcing the contribution of Pharmacies to the quality and safety of care. It further strengthens their role as strategic partners in developing evidence-based public policies and achieving better health outcomes.

Published evidence demonstrates that pharmacies are strategic partners within the healthcare system, playing a significant role in health promotion, disease prevention and management, and the collection of data and generation of Real World Evidence.

On this page, you can consult the scientific articles and posters produced by the Cientis team. Each project represents our commitment to transformative knowledge and the strengthening of the healthcare system in Portugal.

Collaborative deprescribing intervention of proton-pump-inhibitors on community-dwelling older adults

Collaboration between pharmacies and primary healthcare had a positive impact

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44,3%

Absolute difference in deprescribing rates between the intervention and control groups at six-month follow-up

90%

Participants reporting satisfaction or high satisfaction with the collaborative intervention

List of Scientific Publications

Morbimortality consequences of use and misuse of psychoactive medicines in Portugal

Introduction of Biopharmaceuticals in Europe: A Cross-Sectional Study of Early Diffusion Patterns and Data Availability

Effectiveness of a Collaborative Deprescribing Intervention of Proton Pump Inhibitors on Community-Dwelling Older Adults: The C-SENIoR Pragmatic Non-randomised Controlled Trial

Iodine supplementation for pregnancy in Portugal: identification of nutritional composition of iodine containing supplements and characterization of pharmacy dispenses from 2008-2022

The impact of community pharmacies on regional equity in access to professional rapid antigen testing for SARS-CoV-2 in Portugal

Pharmacist’s role in influenza immunisation: a scoping review

COVID-19 pandemic and the consumption of self-care products for pediculosis capitis in Portugal: an interrupted time-series analysis

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a collaborative deprescribing intervention of proton-pump-inhibitors on community-dwelling older adults: Protocol for the C-SENIoR, a pragmatic non-randomized controlled trial

Prevalence, incidence, and sociodemographic and clinical characterisation of people with elimination stomas in Portugal

Community pharmacy intervention during the COVID-19 pandemic: local dispensing of hospital outpatient medicines and professional-use rapid antigen testing (TRAg)

Patient preferences and cost-benefit of hypertension and hyperlipidemia collaborative management model between pharmacies and primary care in Portugal: A discrete choice experiment alongside a trial (USFarmácia)

Measuring the value of solidarity: The abem financial assistance program for out-of-pocket payments on pharmacy medicines in Portugal

Effectiveness of a collaborative diabetes screening campaign between community pharmacies and general practitioners

Real-World Effectiveness in Hypertension and Hyperlipidemia Collaborative Management between Pharmacies and Primary Care in Portugal: A Multicenter Pragmatic Controlled Trial (USFarmácia)

Economic Evidence for Pharmacist-Led Vaccination Services

Characteristics of Oral Corticosteroid Users Among Persons with Asthma on GINA Step 3 Therapy and Above: A Cross-Sectional Study in Portuguese Community Pharmacies

Point-of-care HIV and hepatitis screening in community pharmacies: a quantitative and qualitative study

Cost-effectiveness and cost-utility of hypertension and hyperlipidemia collaborative management between pharmacies and primary care in portugal alongside a trial compared with usual care (USFarmácia)

Real-world impact of transferring the dispensing of hospital-only medicines to community pharmacies during COVID-19 pandemic

Medicine shortages in community pharmacies: Impact on patients and on the health system

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