THE ROLE COMMUNITY PHARMACIST IN SCREENING FOR TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS

Abstract

Objective: Promote a coherent and participatory broad study on the role of the pharmacist in the screening of type 2 diabetes mellitus, carried out in community pharmacies as an important instrument in primary health care for the population. Method: consists of a review of studies published between January 2013 and January 2021 in the Brazilian Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, SaBios, sciELO, Ibero-american journal of humanities sciences and education that covered with relevant type 2 diabetes mellitus. These articles were published in the Google academic database. Results: Of a total of 28 scientific papers, 7 articles were found directly related to pharmaceutical care for diabetic patients, but none of them describes the importance of the applicability of diabetes screening performed by a pharmacist in the community pharmacy.Conclusion: Phase, if necessary, to develop ongoing trading works to train pharmacists who work in community pharmacies, especially with regard to chronic non-communicable diseases, specifically in the attention focused on the screening of type 2 diabetes mellitus.