Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan.
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Amman, Jordan.
Res Social Adm Pharm. 2021 Mar;17(3):514-522. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2020.04.020. Epub 2020 Apr 23.
The 2019 Coronavirus infection (COVID-19) caused by a novel strain of coronavirus was detected in China in December 2019, and declared a public health emergency of international concern on January 30, 2020. Community pharmacists have an important role in supporting the local health emergency preparedness and response arrangements.
To investigate pharmacists and pharmacy students' awareness and source of their information regard the management of the coronavirus pandemic, and their perspective of their role during this emergent situation.
This descriptive cross-sectional online survey study was conducted in Jordan during the COVID-19 outbreak (from 15 to 30 March 2020). A validated online questionnaire addressing participants' current awareness about epidemics/pandemics and COVID-19, source of information and their perspectives of their role. Data were analyzed using statistical package for social science (SPSS).
Participants (n = 726) had a mean age of 26.9 (8.0) years with 71.9% females. Pharmacy students made 35.3% of the sample while the rest were pharmacists. Only 54.3% of participants believed that they got enough education about epidemics/pandemics, and 94.6% of them follow on the latest coronavirus updates on treatments, and that is mainly from the media (59.5%) followed by the World Health Organization reports (58.7%) and then the published researches (57%). Awareness score (out of 20) of pharmacists (n = 470) was significantly higher (p < 0.001) than that of students (n = 256). Better Awareness scores were also associated with higher age of participants, graduating from a public versus a private university, and attending more educational workshops.
The majority of pharmacists and pharmacy students reported that they have a major role in the management of epidemics/pandemics through the community pharmacies but the majority follow on the latest coronavirus updates from the media. This fact rings bills considering the numerous conflicting messages publicized during the pandemic through the media.
2019 年新型冠状病毒引发的 2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）于 2019 年 12 月在中国被检出，并于 2020 年 1 月 30 日被宣布为国际关注的突发公共卫生事件。社区药剂师在支持当地卫生应急准备和应对安排方面发挥着重要作用。
调查药剂师和药学学生对冠状病毒大流行管理的认识和信息来源，以及他们在这一紧急情况下对自己角色的看法。
本研究是在 2020 年 COVID-19 爆发期间（2020 年 3 月 15 日至 30 日）在约旦进行的一项描述性横断面在线调查研究。一份经过验证的在线问卷，涉及参与者对传染病/大流行和 COVID-19 的当前认识、信息来源及其对自身角色的看法。使用社会科学统计软件（SPSS）进行数据分析。
共有 726 名参与者，平均年龄为 26.9（8.0）岁，其中 71.9%为女性。药学学生占 35.3%，其余为药剂师。只有 54.3%的参与者认为他们接受了足够的传染病/大流行教育，94.6%的人关注最新的冠状病毒治疗更新，这主要来自媒体（59.5%），其次是世界卫生组织报告（58.7%），然后是已发表的研究（57%）。药剂师（n=470）的知晓得分（满分 20 分）显著高于学生（n=256）（p<0.001）。更高的知晓得分与参与者年龄较大、毕业于公立大学而非私立大学以及参加更多教育研讨会有关。
大多数药剂师和药学学生报告说，他们通过社区药房在传染病/大流行管理中发挥了重要作用，但大多数人通过媒体关注最新的冠状病毒更新。考虑到在大流行期间媒体发布了大量相互冲突的信息，这一事实敲响了警钟。
