The Pharmaceutical Care Network Europe (PCNE) was established in 1994 and it became an official association (under Dutch law) in 2004.
Pharmaceutical Care is the pharmacist's contribution to the care of individuals, in order to optimize medicines use and improve health outcomes.
The 15-STARS is anovel questionnaire to screen for non-adherence that was developed within this working group. It is now available for all interested researchers and practioners free of charge (Publication by Arnet et al in RSAP available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2023.11.005). Translated versions are currently available in:
If you are interested to use the 15-STARS please contact the working group leaders for a permission to use. It is freely available but we want to keep track of its use. If your language is not available yet, please also contact us. If you are interested to translate the 15-STARS in your language, you will be asked to use the preferred methods of translation of the 15-STARS and hand in a short report on translation and cultural adaptation.
Contact persons are: Christiane Eickhoff (c.eickhoff@abda.de) and Isabelle Arnet (isabelle.arnet@unibas.ch).
