Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Biomed Res Int. 2017;2017:8310636. doi: 10.1155/2017/8310636. Epub 2017 Aug 29.
Community pharmacists are in a key position to provide information on drugs and thus promote the rational use of drugs.
The present study was designed to determine the needs and resources of drug information in community pharmacies.
A prospective institution based cross-sectional study was carried out and data were collected on 48 community pharmacists in Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, using interviewer administered structured questionnaire.
Almost all pharmacists ( = 47, 97.9%) often receive drug related queries and these were mainly from consumers ( = 41, 85.4%). While most questions relate to drug price ( = 29, 60.4%) and dosage ( = 21, 43.8%), the information resources mainly referred to were drug package inserts and national standard treatment guidelines. However, limited availability of information resources as well as limited ability to retrieve relevant information influenced the practice of pharmacists. Female pharmacists claimed better use of different information resources than males ( < 0.05).
Community pharmacists in Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, are often accessed for drug related information. But there are limitations in using up to date and most reliable resources. Therefore, intervention aimed at improving pharmacists' access to and evaluation of drug information is urgently needed.
社区药剂师处于提供药物信息的关键位置，从而可以促进合理用药。
本研究旨在确定社区药店药物信息的需求和资源。
采用前瞻性基于机构的横断面研究，在埃塞俄比亚西北部贡德尔收集了 48 名社区药剂师的数据，使用访谈员管理的结构化问卷进行收集。
几乎所有药剂师（=47，97.9%）经常收到与药物相关的查询，这些查询主要来自消费者（=41，85.4%）。虽然大多数问题与药物价格（=29，60.4%）和剂量（=21，43.8%）有关，但主要参考的信息资源是药物说明书和国家标准治疗指南。然而，信息资源的有限可用性以及检索相关信息的能力有限，影响了药剂师的实践。女药剂师比男药剂师声称更好地利用了不同的信息资源（<0.05）。
埃塞俄比亚西北部贡德尔的社区药剂师经常被问及与药物相关的信息。但是，在使用最新和最可靠的资源方面存在限制。因此，迫切需要采取干预措施，改善药剂师获取和评估药物信息的机会。
