Awareness and Perception Towards Implementation of Dispensing Separation in Malaysia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Background: Dispensing separation (DS) is a critical policy change that will reduce medical costs, improve population health and increase the quality of healthcare in Malaysia. This study aims to determine the awareness and perception of the public regarding the DS methods. Methods: This cross-sectional study uses a pre-validated, self-administered questionnaire, which has been administered to 200 residents in Jitra, Kedah, Malaysia. Descriptive and inferential statistics have been used to analyse the data. Results: Females formed 64.0% of the participants, with Malay being the dominant ethnic group (n = 167, 83.5%); 77.5% of the participants reported they were aware of the role of pharmacists in the healthcare system. However, 35.0% of the participants reported having never heard the term ‘dispensing separation’ in any mainstream media in Malaysia, whereas 73.5% of the participants reported that a pharmacist was more reliable than a physician in providing medicines once the diagnosis had been made and 77.5% of them acknowledged that pharmacists were experts in the field of medication. There was a significant association between the participant’s awareness and the agreement on perceptions toward the implementation of the DS (P < 0.05). Conclusion: Awareness of the implementation of DS among residents in Jitra is still low. However, there is strong evidence of public support and the benefits of DS in Malaysia.

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Perceived quality of life in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: a cross-sectional study in primary care on the role of illness perceptions

BMC Family Practice ◽

10.1186/1471-2296-15-140 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Saskia WM Weldam ◽

Jan-Willem J Lammers ◽

Monique JWM Heijmans ◽

Marieke J Schuurmans

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Illness Perceptions ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Chronic Obstructive ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽

Perceived Quality Of Life

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Use of standardised patients to assess quality of healthcare in Nairobi, Kenya: a pilot, cross-sectional study with international comparisons

BMJ Global Health ◽

10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000333 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. e000333 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Benjamin Daniels ◽

Amy Dolinger ◽

Guadalupe Bedoya ◽

Khama Rogo ◽

Ana Goicoechea ◽

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Keyword(s):

International Comparisons ◽

Quality Of Healthcare ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Assess Quality ◽

Standardised Patients

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Relationships among perceived quality of healthcare services, satisfaction and behavioural intentions of international students in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021180 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (9) ◽

pp. e021180 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Musheer Abdulwahid Aljaberi ◽

Muhamad Hanafiah Juni ◽

Rasheed Addulsalam Al-Maqtari ◽

Munn Sann Lye ◽

Murad Abdu Saeed ◽

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Keyword(s):

International Students ◽

Quality Of Healthcare ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Perceived Quality ◽

Kuala Lumpur ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Behavioural Intentions

ObjectiveThe current study aimed to investigate the relationships among the perceived quality of healthcare services, satisfaction and behavioural intentions among international students in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.SettingA cross-sectional study on public universities in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.ParticipantsAll participants in this study were international students joining public universities in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Primary independent variablePerceived quality of healthcare services measured on a SERVQUAL scale.Primary dependent variableParticipants’ satisfaction of healthcare services assessed using five items.Secondary dependent variableBehavioural intentions measured on six items.ResultsOf the 556 international students, 500 (90%) completed the survey. The study used structural equation modelling (SEM) through the AMOS (Analysis of Moment Structures) software to analyse the data. SEM analyses showed that the perceived quality of healthcare services significantly and directly affected satisfaction, with a value of 89% and an effect size of 0.78. It also had a significant indirect impact on the behavioural intentions (0.78) of international students. The results indicated that participants’ satisfaction had a statistically significant impact on their behavioural intentions (0.77).ConclusionPerceived quality of care is an important driver of international students’ satisfaction and their behavioural intention with healthcare services. Such relations of effects among the three investigated factors were also positive and significant.

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Role of Global Self-Esteem, Professional Burnout and Selected Socio-Demographic Variables in the Prediction of Polish Nurses’ Quality of Life – A Cross-Sectional Study

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy ◽

10.2147/rmhp.s252270 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol Volume 13 ◽

pp. 671-684 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ewa Kupcewicz ◽

Marcin Jóźwik

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Demographic Variables ◽

Professional Burnout ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional

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Assessment of the practicability of implementing the EULAR recommendations for the role of nurses in the management of chronic inflammatory arthritis in China

European Journal of Inflammation ◽

10.1177/2058739220935225 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 18 ◽

pp. 205873922093522

Author(s):

Ling Ma ◽

Yan Liang ◽

Sheng-nan Yu ◽

Ying Wang ◽

Susan M Oliver ◽

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Keyword(s):

Inflammatory Arthritis ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Chronic Inflammatory Arthritis ◽

Eular Recommendations ◽

European League Against Rheumatism

Chronic inflammatory arthritis (CIA) severely impacts quality of life in over 100 million people in China. In 2011, the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) developed recommendations for the role of nurses in the management of CIA. However, it remains unknown whether these recommendations could be fully implemented in China. Therefore, we aimed to solve the problem in this study. We conducted a nationwide cross-sectional study among 485 nurses in rheumatology and immunology departments based on an online questionnaire. The agreement of the recommendations by the subjects and the feasibility of the recommendations they believe were assessed by visual analogue scale (VAS). Our results showed that over 80% of the subjects agreed with each recommendation (VAS 5–10), and over 80% of the subjects considered the recommendations feasible (VAS 5–10). This study indicates that the EULAR recommendations can also be well implemented in China.

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