社区药剂师对牙科护理的知识、态度和实践评估：一项全国性横断面调查。
Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice among community pharmacists towards dental care: A national cross sectional survey.
作者信息
Hajj Aline, Hallit Souheil, Azzo Christel, Abdou Frederic, Akel Marwan, Sacre Hala, Salameh Pascale, Rabbaa Khabbaz Lydia
机构信息
Faculty of Pharmacy, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon.
Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacy and Drug Quality Control Laboratory, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon.
出版信息
Saudi Pharm J. 2019 May;27(4):475-483. doi: 10.1016/j.jsps.2019.01.010. Epub 2019 Jan 11.
BACKGROUND
Community pharmacists' contribution in health maintenance and promotion is significant but more studies are still needed to evaluate their role as healthcare providers.
OBJECTIVES
Our primary objective was to assess knowledge, attitude, and practice among community pharmacists in Lebanon towards dental care. Secondary objectives included assessing the barriers to a good dental care practice and assess their educational needs for oral health counseling.
METHODS
A national cross-sectional study was carried out using an online questionnaire and targeting community pharmacists in Lebanon. Five, three and six questions were used to assess pharmacists' perceived knowledge, attitude and practice respectively. Stepwise linear regressions were conducted taking each time a different scale score as the dependent variable.
RESULTS
497 (78.88%) pharmacists completed the survey (62% females). More than half (53.3%) exhibited good perceived knowledge, 39% a positive attitude and 47.3% a good practice regarding oral health. Pharmacists reported a good perceived knowledge regarding common oral conditions (good, very good and excellent knowledge: 73.2%). Most of the pharmacists (86.52%) perceived oral health promotion as an important part of their services. Moreover, 28.77% (n = 143) of pharmacists declared having difficulties in obtaining oral health information. The main barriers to a good practice included limited interaction between dentists and pharmacists and lack of training regarding oral health. The multivariable analyses showed a significant positive intercorrelation between perceived knowledge, attitude and practice. Working in the pharmacy for more than 40 h a week was associated with higher perceived knowledge (Beta = 2.846). Having a PhD degree was associated with lower practice scores (Beta = 3.676), whereas female gender was associated with lower practice scores (Beta = 2.334).
CONCLUSIONS
Pharmacists have the overall required knowledge and attitude to play an important role in the patients' counseling towards dental care.
背景
社区药剂师在健康维护和促进方面的贡献显著，但仍需要更多研究来评估他们作为医疗服务提供者的作用。
目的
我们的主要目标是评估黎巴嫩社区药剂师对牙科护理的知识、态度和实践。次要目标包括评估良好牙科护理实践的障碍以及评估他们在口腔健康咨询方面的教育需求。
方法
采用在线问卷对黎巴嫩的社区药剂师进行了一项全国性横断面研究。分别使用五个、三个和六个问题来评估药剂师的感知知识、态度和实践。每次以不同的量表分数作为因变量进行逐步线性回归分析。
结果
497名（78.88%）药剂师完成了调查（62%为女性）。超过一半（53.3%）的药剂师表现出良好的感知知识，39%态度积极，47.3%在口腔健康方面实践良好。药剂师报告对常见口腔疾病有良好的感知知识（良好、非常好和优秀知识：73.2%）。大多数药剂师（86.52%）认为口腔健康促进是其服务的重要组成部分。此外，28.77%（n = 143）的药剂师表示在获取口腔健康信息方面存在困难。良好实践的主要障碍包括牙医与药剂师之间互动有限以及缺乏口腔健康培训。多变量分析显示感知知识、态度和实践之间存在显著的正相关。每周在药房工作超过40小时与更高的感知知识相关（β = 2.846）。拥有博士学位与较低的实践得分相关（β = 3.676），而女性性别与较低的实践得分相关（β = 2.334）。
结论
药剂师具备在患者牙科护理咨询中发挥重要作用所需的总体知识和态度。
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