Ali Mohammed Awad Osman, Mahgoub Esra Abdallah Abdalwahed, Nimir Mohammed, Ali Kamil Mirghani
Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
Alghad International Colleges for Applied Health Sciences, Abha City, Saudi Arabia.
Curr Drug Saf. 2020;15(1):32-37. doi: 10.2174/1574886314666190729114946.
Pharmacists play an essential role in educating the epileptic patients about their disease and their medications. Improving the patient's awareness may lead to improve their compliance and decrease drug-drug interaction and ultimately improve their quality of life.
This study aimed to assess the pharmacist's knowledge about anti-epileptic drugs in Khartoum State, Sudan.
We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study in Khartoum State, Sudan. Proportionate stratified sampling was used to determine the targeted Pharmacies, and all pharmacists who were present in the selected pharmacy at the time of data collection and fulfilled our selection criteria were included in the study. A structure closed-ended questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data from candidates.
Majority of participants were female (66.9%), less than 30 years old (66.7%) and have less than 5 years of experience (62.1%). Unfortunately, the majority of the participants (85.3%) had poor knowledge, and only (14.7%) of them had good knowledge. Furthermore, the study revealed that age (p =.030), years of experience (p =.026) and the degree in pharmacy (p = .003) were significantly associated with knowledge level.
Majority of the pharmacists in Khartoum State have poor knowledge about anti-epileptic drugs. Further research is needed to investigate the actual factors behind this knowledge gap and to propose interventions to improve the pharmacist's knowledge and practice aiming to improve the quality of health care provided to the patients.
药剂师在向癫痫患者传授疾病及用药知识方面发挥着重要作用。提高患者的认知度可能会提高其依从性，减少药物相互作用，并最终改善其生活质量。
本研究旨在评估苏丹喀土穆州药剂师对抗癫痫药物的知识水平。
我们在苏丹喀土穆州进行了一项描述性横断面研究。采用按比例分层抽样来确定目标药房，所有在数据收集时出现在选定药房且符合我们选择标准的药剂师都纳入了研究。使用结构化封闭式问卷从参与者那里收集定量数据。
大多数参与者为女性（66.9%），年龄小于30岁（66.7%），经验少于5年（62.1%）。不幸的是，大多数参与者（85.3%）知识水平较差，只有14.7%的人知识水平良好。此外，研究表明年龄（p = 0.030）、工作年限（p = 0.026）和药学学位（p = 0.003）与知识水平显著相关。
喀土穆州的大多数药剂师对抗癫痫药物的知识水平较差。需要进一步研究以调查这种知识差距背后的实际因素，并提出干预措施来提高药剂师的知识水平和实践能力，旨在改善为患者提供的医疗保健质量。
