Nattiya Kapol

• Ph.D.
• Silpakorn University

Purpose This study investigates whether cancer-related stigma and pain among patients with advanced cancer influences their perceptions of receiving responsive care. Methods We surveyed 2138 advanced cancer patients from 11 hospitals in eight Asian countries. Participants rated their most recent healthcare visit and a hypothetical patient’s experi...

Objectives The purpose of this study is to evaluate the validity of the standard approach in expert judgment for evaluating precision medicines, in which experts are required to estimate outcomes as if they did not have access to diagnostic information, whereas in fact, they do. Methods Fourteen clinicians participated in an expert judgment task t...

Objective Evaluate the cost and clinical impacts of rapid whole-exome sequencing (rWES) for managing pediatric patients with unknown etiologies of critical illnesses through an expert elicitation experiment. Method Physicians in the intervention group ( n = 10) could order rWES to complete three real-world case studies, while physicians in the con...

Objectives This study aimed to assess the cost-effectiveness of introducing universal maternal pertussis immunisation under the national vaccine programme in Thailand.Methods We conducted a cost-utility analysis from a societal perspective to compare maternal vaccination with (1) TdaP vaccine, (2) Td vaccine and aP vaccine, and (3) Td vaccine only....

Background Depression is a substantial health burden. Pharmacist activities may help improve health outcomes of patients with depression when comparing to current practice with no pharmacist-involved intervention. Objective To systematically review and analyze randomized controlled trials assessing the impact of pharmacist services on patients wit...

Implementation of preconception care interventions have been encouraged for improving maternal and child health outcomes; therefore, evidence on their cost-effectiveness is needed. We conducted the systematic review to examine the efficiency of those interventions by collecting evidence from published economic evaluation studies. Out of 14 included...

Objective: To assess the current state of cancer treatment incorporating Thai traditional medicine (TTM) and to identify problems in the system, by using the health system framework of the World Health Organization. Methods: A qualitative study was conducted by interviewing three groups of people involved in the healthcare system. The groups wer...

Objectives To evaluate the adjuvant therapy of trastuzumab cost and quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) in lifetime horizon and describe the use of an economic evaluation in supporting policy-making decisions in the treatment of early-stage breast cancer in Thailand. Methods A Markov model was used to evaluate the cost effectiveness of 1-year adju...

Objective: To evaluate the cost-utility of drug treatment for fracture prevention in Thai postmenopausal women with osteoporosis without fracture history, considering adverse events from drugs, and assess the budget impact over 5 years. Materials and Methods: Cost-utility was assessed using a Markov model. Cycle length was set at 1 year and followe...

Background Pegylated interferon alpha 2a, alpha 2b and ribavirin have been included to the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) for treatment of only chronic hepatitis C genotypes 2 and 3 in Thailand. This reimbursement policy has not covered for other genotypes of hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) especially for genotypes 1 and 6 that accou...

Objective: To compare pharmacy student’s and other students’ attitude towards ethical issues in professional practices of community pharmacists. Methods: Data were collected from third and fifth year students in pharmacy school, and second and fourth year students in other schools, from 3 universities. Using the self-administered questionnaire, the...

Objective: To compare pharmacy student’s and other students’ attitude towards ethical issues in professional practices of community pharmacists. Methods: Data were collected from third and fifth year students in pharmacy school, and second and fourth year students in other schools, from 3 universities. Using the self-administered questionnaire, the...

Alternative medicine is an area of unconventional medicine that has attracted much interest in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Alternative medicine is most frequently used in complement with Western medicine; hence, it is also referred to as “Complementary and Alternative Medicine.” In Thailand, forms of alternative medicine, such as Thai mass...

Objective To suggest revisions to the Thai pharmacy competency standards and determine the perceptions of Thai pharmacy practitioners and faculty about the proposed pharmacy competency standards. Methods The current competency standards were revised by brainstorming session with nine Thai pharmacy experts according to their perceptions of society’...

In Thailand, there is an attempt to develop the Thai HTA database in order to improve the accessibility and usefulness of HTA information. At present, the database is available online at www.db.hitap.net. The database includes (1) economic evaluation studies i.e. cost-minimization analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-benefit analysis, and co...

Objective: To suggest revisions to the Thai pharmacy competency standards and determine the perceptions of Thai pharmacy practitioners and faculty about the proposed pharmacy competency standards. Methods: The current competency standards were revised by brainstorming session with nine Thai pharmacy experts according to their perceptions of society...

To evaluate the curricula content of Thai pharmacy schools based on the Thai pharmacy competency standards. Course syllabi were collected from 11 pharmacy schools. A questionnaire was developed based on the Thai pharmacy competency standards. Course coordinators completed the questionnaire assessing the curricula content. The curricula for both the...

Objective: To suggest revisions to the Thai pharmacy competency standards and determine the perceptions of Thai pharmacy practitioners and faculty about the proposed pharmacy competency standards. Methods: The current competency standards were revised by brainstorming session with nine Thai pharmacy experts according to their perceptions of society...