Shawahna Ramzi, Atrash Ahlam, Jebril Aman, Khalaf Areen, Shaheen Eman, Tahboosh Hala
Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine; An-Najah BioSciences Unit, Centre for Poisons Control, Chemical and Biological Analyses, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine; Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine.
Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine.
Seizure. 2017 Mar;46:1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2017.01.002. Epub 2017 Jan 19.
Pharmacists are key players in providing healthcare for patients with chronic diseases including women with epilepsy. The purpose of this study was to assess pharmacist's knowledge of women's issues in epilepsy in the Palestinian pharmacy practice.
The study was conducted in a cross-sectional observational design using a 12-item test on women's health in epilepsy. Demographic details were collected. Scores were calculated as percentage of correct answers for each pharmacist.
The sample consisted of 408 pharmacists. The median correct score was only 53.8% with an IQR of 30.8. Pharmacists who interacted with ≥10 patients with epilepsy per month were 1.61 (95% C.I of 1.04-2.49) more likely to score ≥60% in the test than those who interacted with <10 patients with epilepsy per month. The difficulty index ranged from very easy to difficult. Nearly 91% of the pharmacists answered correctly the question on the role of folic acid in reducing teratogenesis and only 46% answered correctly the question on exposure to valproic acid and the risk of giving birth to a child with autism.
Although pharmacists could be knowledgeable and in key position to provide essential information to patients with chronic diseases, there are many knowledge gaps in women's health issues in epilepsy that need bridging. Greater exposure to and interaction with people with epilepsy might be helpful in enhancing knowledge of pharmacists of specific issues pertaining to women's health in epilepsy.
药剂师是为包括癫痫女性患者在内的慢性病患者提供医疗保健服务的关键人员。本研究的目的是评估巴勒斯坦药房实践中药剂师对癫痫女性相关问题的了解程度。
本研究采用横断面观察设计，使用一项关于癫痫女性健康的12项测试。收集了人口统计学细节。计算每位药剂师的正确答案百分比得分。
样本包括408名药剂师。正确得分中位数仅为53.8%，四分位距为30.8。每月与≥10名癫痫患者互动的药剂师在测试中得分≥60%的可能性是每月与<10名癫痫患者互动的药剂师的1.61倍（95%置信区间为1.04 - 2.49）。难度指数从非常容易到困难不等。近91%的药剂师正确回答了关于叶酸在降低致畸作用中的作用的问题，只有46%的药剂师正确回答了关于接触丙戊酸与生出患自闭症孩子风险的问题。
尽管药剂师可能知识渊博且处于为慢性病患者提供重要信息的关键位置，但在癫痫女性健康问题上仍存在许多知识空白需要填补。更多地接触癫痫患者并与他们互动可能有助于增强药剂师对癫痫女性健康特定问题的了解。
