NCT05162079

Protocol for the ESREFLUJO Study: Epidemiological Study of Heartburn and Gastroesophageal Reflux in Community Pharmacy

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 1,200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Introduction: Symptoms as heartburn and/or reflux is frequent consultations in community pharmacies, the characterization of them is crucial to provide appropriate patient counseling. To facilitate the assistance work of the community pharmacist and its coordination between different levels of care, a group of experts in Community Pharmacy, Primary Care, and Gastroenterology has recently worked on an algorithm to manage these symptoms. Objective: Analyse the epidemiological characteristics of patients who consult for symptoms of heartburn and/or reflux in Spanish community pharmacies, and evaluate the clinical and humanistic results of the protocolization of a Professional Pharmaceutical Service in said patients. Methods and analysis: The study design consists of a cross-sectional descriptive part, in which the clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of the patients who come to the community pharmacy will be evaluated for consultation derived from heartburn and/or reflux symptoms and a before-after descriptive study in which will evaluate the clinical and humanistic results in patients who come to the pharmacy after receiving pharmaceutical care.

Conditions

• Reflux

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-03-01
• Primary completion: 2022-07-01
• Completion: 2022-09-01
• First posted: 2021-12-17
• Last updated: 2021-12-17