The knowledge and attitude of the Turkish community pharmacists toward pharmacovigilance in the Kadikoy district of Istanbul

2008 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 556-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hale Zerrin Toklu ◽  
Meral Keyer Uysal
Keyword(s):  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Turkish Community

scholarly journals Insight into Turkish Community Pharmacists’ Services in the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Muhammed Yunus Bektay ◽  
Betul Okuyan ◽  
Mesut Sancar ◽  
Fikret Vehbi Izzettin
Keyword(s):  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Turkish Community ◽  
Insight Into

scholarly journals Evaluation of Community Pharmacists Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Modified Release Dosage Forms

2022 ◽  
Vol 30 (Suppl.) ◽  
pp. 40-47
Author(s):  
Noor Yousif Albassam ◽  
Amenah Mohammed ◽  
Suhair Murtada
Keyword(s):  
Pharmacy Practice ◽  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Dosage Forms ◽  
Modified Release ◽  
Knowledge Practice ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
South Of Iraq ◽  
Novel Drug ◽  
The City

Purpose:To evaluate knowledge, practice and attitude of community pharmacists in Basra regarding modified release dosage forms which are widely used for many therapeutic purposes in pharmacy practice. Methods:The current study was conducted among certified pharmacists in Basra governorate- south of Iraq. Data collection was carried out by a questionnaire. Results:A total number of 175 community pharmacists responded to the questionnaire. The majority worked in OTC based dispensing pharmacies located in the center of the city. Most respondents missed K1 and were unable to state the difference between different types of modified products. There was a major positive agreement towards medical representatives' rule in promoting the prescribing of modified release products by physicians. Avoiding crushing and breaking of solid oral modified release drugs were identified by the majority of participants. Correlation analysis showed a 22.8 correlation coefficient between knowledge and attitude which was statistically significant. Males showed statistically significant higher knowledge and practice scores than females. Conclusions:The conduction of a brief educational program would be very beneficial in bringing basic theoretical knowledge with practicing points of interest and promote a more positive attitude toward this unique class of novel drug delivery system.

scholarly journals Assessing the Change of Community Pharmacist’s Knowledge on Tuberculosis and Attitude to practice as a Tuberculosis DOTS provider after an Educational Intervention

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 7593-7599
Author(s):  
Rajeswari Ramasamy ◽  
Guru Prasad Mohanta ◽  
Shobha Rani R Hiremath ◽  
Raman Dang ◽  
Chandramouli R ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Tuberculosis Patient ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
The Government

Government of India officially launched Directly Observed Treatment-Short course (DOTS) strategy in 1997 to offer better Tuberculosis (TB) care services under Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP). Under this strategy, DOTS providers need to observe and assist the tuberculosis patient to take their DOTS medicine and document the same after each dosing. As part of Public-Private Mix (PPM) partnership under RNTCP, Community Pharmacists (CPs) needs be trained to observe DOTS.This study was aimed to assess the change of CPs basic knowledge on tuberculosis; and attitude to practice as TB-DOTS provider after an educational intervention. Pretest and post test were carried out for 149 participants, to measure the changes in their TB Knowledge and attitude. The changes in the proportions of choices the subjects were analyzed  using inferential statistical tests. It was evident from our study that CPs in spite of their knowledge about the TB and the pathogenesis, they were found largely unaware of the Government DOTS-TB treatment national policy and the role they can play in their private practice setups

scholarly journals Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude among Pharmacists toward Pharmaceutical Care in Eastern Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirubel Minsamo Mishore ◽  
Abraham Nigussie Mekuria ◽  
Assefa Tola ◽  
Yohanes Ayele
Keyword(s):  
Pharmaceutical Care ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Community Pharmacies ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Eastern Ethiopia ◽  
Dire Dawa ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Objective. To assess knowledge and attitudes toward pharmaceutical care service among hospital and community pharmacists working in Harar and Dire Dawa town, Eastern Ethiopia. Method. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among pharmacists working in hospital and community pharmacies, 2018. A total of 43 health settings (6 hospital and 37 community pharmacies) were involved in this study. All pharmacists who met the inclusion criteria were selected using a purposive sampling technique to take part in the study. The pretested structured self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data. The collected data was coded, entered, and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21.0. The findings were presented by frequencies and percentages, and summary measures were displayed using tables. Chi-Square test and Fisher’s exact test were performed to determine the association between sociodemographic characteristics and the level of knowledge and attitude about pharmaceutical care. The study protocol was approved by the Harar Health Sciences College Research Ethics Review Committee. Results. A total of seventy-eight pharmacists were included in the study with a response rate of 97.5%. The mean age (±Standard Deviation (SD)) of the study participants was 32.47 ± 7.42 years, and the majority (88.3%) of the respondents were males. 56.4% of the respondents were working in the hospitals while 43.6% were working in community pharmacy. Overall, 85.9% of the respondents had good knowledge of pharmaceutical care. The types of training curriculum of the participants showed an association with the attitude of pharmacists (P value = 0.022). Similarly, pharmacists’ knowledge was associated with their practice setting (P value = 0.008). Conclusion. The majority of pharmacists are knowledgeable about PC. However, nearly half of the pharmacists had an unfavorable attitude toward pharmaceutical care. Harari Regional and Dire Dawa City Health Bureaus should organize and provide in-service training on pharmaceutical care to pharmacists working in community and hospital pharmacies. Furthermore, the bureaus should advocate pharmaceutical care as one area in a continuous professional development program.

scholarly journals Pharmacovigilance in Sudan: Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviour among Community Pharmacists

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Awad Mousnad
Keyword(s):  
Drug Safety ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Routine Practice ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Adr Reporting ◽  
History Of ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Background: Adverse drug reaction monitoring and reporting require a multidisciplinary approach and pharmacists have a major role to play in this matter. Under-reporting of the ADRs by the prescribers is a common problem in devolving countries. Aim: To assess the knowledge, attitude and behaviour of community pharmacists toward pharmacovigilance in Khartoum city. Method: Descriptive cross-sectional study among 258 community pharmacists during the period from October to November 2017 using a pre-designed questionnaire. The study was evaluated participants regarding knowledge on drug safety in routine practice, the knowledge and attitude of community pharmacists toward ADR reporting and their behaviour on ADR related aspects. Result: Out of 325 participants, most of them were male (50.8%) with age group From 18 years to 30 years (62%) and B. Pharm (57.8%) and practice experience more than 2 years to 5 years (38.8%) and Training received in pharmacovigilance Yes (42.2%). Assessing pharmacist’s knowledge showed that 74% of community pharmacists know the ADR definition and 39.5% are not know the ADR are preventable to some extent, no association between knowledge and qualification, and there is an association with practice. Assessing pharmacists knowledge toward ADR reporting, 69% of the participant are agree awareness of the national pharmacovigilance program in Sudan revealed no statistically significant association with training in pharmacovigilance, positive attitude of pharmacist toward ADR reporting, 67.8% of the pharmacists believed that the role of the pharmacist in ADR reporting was essential revealed there are statistically significant associations with training in pharmacovigilance, the behaviour of pharmacist toward ADR, 91.9%of participant agrees to ask for the allergy history of the patient before dispensing the medication revealed no statistically significant association with training in pharmacovigilance. Conclusion: Even though most of the pharmacists had knowledge, attitude and behaviour on ADR reporting and related aspects, the number of them did not know drug safety-related aspects of specific drugs. Educational programs have to be generated awareness on how to report ADR and stimulate pharmacists’ more active participation in the pharmacovigilance program. There is a true need to have training programs to improve the knowledge of pharmacists on ADR related aspects that are of benefit daily, which could greatly have an impact on patient safety. Key Policy Messages: The result reflected pharmacists knowledge toward ADR reporting, most of the participant are agree awareness of the national pharmacovigilance program in Sudan revealed no statistically significant association with training in pharmacovigilance, positive attitude of pharmacist toward ADR reporting, most of the pharmacists believed that the role of the pharmacist in ADR reporting was essential revealed there are statistically significant associations with training in pharmacovigilance, the behaviour of pharmacist toward ADR, majority of the participant agrees to ask for the allergy history of the patient before dispensing the medication revealed no statistically significant association with training in pharmacovigilance.

scholarly journals Assessing Pharmacists Knowledge and Attitude Toward the Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Qatar

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 107602962093394
Author(s):  
Ahmed El-Bardissy ◽  
Hazem Elewa ◽  
Ahmed Khalil ◽  
Walid Mekkawi ◽  
Shaban Mohammed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Anticoagulants ◽  
Direct Oral Anticoagulants ◽  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Total Response ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Professional Characteristics ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Pharmacists were found to play a key role in anticoagulation care. In order to make an appropriate selection and counselling regarding direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), pharmacists should be knowledgeable and abiding by evidence-based practice. We aim in this study to assess the knowledge and practices of practicing hospital and community pharmacists in Qatar regarding DOACs and their reflection on the dispensing and patient education. A prospective cross-sectional survey was developed. It included questions on demographic and professional characteristics. Additionally, it evaluated the awareness regarding safety, efficacy, and dispensing of DOACs. Lastly, a separate question was used to address the participant’s satisfaction with their knowledge. A total response were received from 211 pharmacists participating in the survey. Overall awareness score was moderate (41.6% ± 26%). These scores were in alignment with participants’ self-satisfaction with knowledge on DOACs (72% of participants were not satisfied). Being a clinical pharmacist, of male gender, and with a board certification were factors associated with increased awareness on DOACs. Results from this survey point to the importance of having more educational activities in order to improve pharmacist’s knowledge of DOACs.

scholarly journals Pharmacists as Immunizers in Lebanon: A National Survey of Community Pharmacists’ Willingness and Readiness to Administer Adult Immunization

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalal Youssef ◽  
Linda Abou Abbas ◽  
Suzan Farhat ◽  
Hamad Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Attitude Score ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Immunization Services ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
And Training

Abstract Background: Since the focus of healthcare has shifted toward prevention, pharmacists were highly encouraged to expand their practice to include immunization services. Our study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of community-based Lebanese pharmacists, in addition to their willingness to expand their practice scope to include vaccine administration. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted during the phase preceding the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine in Lebanon between 1st and 31st December 2020. Data were collected from Lebanese pharmacists through an online survey that included information on socio-demographic characteristics, clinical experience, willingness to administer vaccines, knowledge about vaccination, attitudes towards immunization, reasons supporting utilizing pharmacists as immunizers and the requested elements to incorporate immunization in pharmacists’ practice scope. Knowledge and attitude scores were computed. Participants’ overall knowledge and overall attitude were categorized using modified Bloom’s cut-off point as good if the score was equal or more than 60%, and poor if the score was less than 60%.Results: A total of 412 community pharmacists participated in this survey. Of the total, 66.5% of the surveyed community pharmacists are willing to administer vaccines. The majority of surveyed pharmacists (96.1%) had an overall good level. Out of all, 92.7% showed a positive overall attitude score toward immunization, 95.4% agreed that community pharmacists can play an important role in advertising and promoting vaccination. The main needed elements for implementing immunization services in pharmacies listed by participants were: support of health authorities (99.3%), statutory allowance (82.8%), patient demand (95.4%), pharmacist’s interest (96.1%) and continuous education and training workshops on immunization. Conclusion: Most of Lebanese community pharmacists are willing to offer immunizations. However, before any statutory reform targeting the expansion of pharmacists’ scope of practice to include provision of immunizations, it is important to consider education and training as a fundamental part of the process.

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