Zaffar Varda, Anwar Yusra, Ilyas Sahar, Sajid Eesha, Sherazi Bushra Ali
5th Year Student, Pharma-D, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2020 Feb;70(2):376-380. doi: 10.5455/JPMA.18218.
To assess the knowledge and attitude of healthcare professionals towards electronic prescribing system.
The cross-sectional study was conducted at the Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan, from July to August, 2018, and comprised physicians, pharmacists and nurses working at the public-sector facility. Data was collected through structured interviews and the parameters were assessed by using a pre-validated questionnaire. Data was analysed using SPSS 22.
Of the 303 healthcare professionals, 101(33.3%) each were physicians, pharmacists and nurses. The overall age range was 30-50 years. Physicians had the highest mean knowledge level 20.57±7.87 (p<0.05), while pharmacists had the highest mean attitude score 14.18±3.4 (p>0.05).
Physicians, pharmacists and nurses had appropriate knowledge of and attitude towards electronic prescribing system, but physicians had significantly more knowledge compared to the other HCPs.
评估医疗保健专业人员对电子处方系统的知识和态度。
2018年7月至8月在巴基斯坦拉合尔的医学科学服务研究所进行了横断面研究，研究对象包括在公共部门机构工作的医生、药剂师和护士。通过结构化访谈收集数据，并使用预先验证的问卷对各项参数进行评估。使用SPSS 22对数据进行分析。
在303名医疗保健专业人员中，医生、药剂师和护士各有101名（33.3%）。总体年龄范围为30至50岁。医生的平均知识水平最高，为20.57±7.87（p<0.05），而药剂师的平均态度得分最高，为14.18±3.4（p>0.05）。
医生、药剂师和护士对电子处方系统有适当的知识和态度，但与其他医疗保健专业人员相比，医生的知识明显更多。
