Department of Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2020 Dec;14(6):782-788. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2020.186. Epub 2020 Jun 5.
The novel 2019 coronavirus outbreak that first appeared in Wuhan has quickly gained global attention, due to its high transmissibility and devastating clinical and economic outcomes. The aim of this study was to assess the possible roles of Jordanian pharmacists in minimizing the stage of community transmission.
A cross-sectional survey using Google forms targeting Jordanian pharmacists was conducted during March 2020 and distributed electronically by means of social media. Using the survey tool, we measured the pharmacists' knowledge, the educative activities they perform, and their perceptions regarding undertaking traditional and untraditional roles during the COVID-19 outbreak, as specified by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP). Collected data were analyzed using SPSS version-19.
Jordanian pharmacists (n = 449) reported performing various educative activities, and in general, they were knowledgeable about various aspects of the COVID-19 disease (median knowledge score: 20 [range, 13-25]), but certain gaps in knowledge were detected that must be addressed. Pharmacists had positive perceptions about both their traditional and untraditional roles specified by the FIP, the median perceptions score was 4 (range, 1-5).
Jordanian pharmacists can be used to reduce community transmission of the outbreak. However, more actions are required to keep pharmacists knowledgeable with recent disease updates to enable them to perform their tasks effectively during times of crisis.
首次出现在武汉的新型 2019 冠状病毒爆发，由于其高传染性和毁灭性的临床及经济后果，迅速引起了全球关注。本研究旨在评估约旦药剂师在最大限度减少社区传播阶段可能发挥的作用。
2020 年 3 月，我们针对约旦药剂师进行了一项横断面调查，使用 Google 表格以电子方式通过社交媒体进行分发。我们使用调查工具，衡量了药剂师的知识、他们开展的教育活动，以及他们对在 COVID-19 爆发期间承担传统和非传统角色的看法，这是国际药剂师联合会（FIP）规定的。使用 SPSS 版本 19 对收集的数据进行分析。
约旦药剂师（n = 449）报告开展了各种教育活动，总的来说，他们对 COVID-19 疾病的各个方面都有一定的了解（知识中位数得分：20 [范围，13-25]），但发现了一些必须解决的知识差距。药剂师对 FIP 规定的传统和非传统角色均持积极看法，中位数看法得分为 4（范围，1-5）。
约旦药剂师可用于减少疫情的社区传播。然而，需要采取更多行动来保持药剂师对最新疾病更新的了解，以便在危机时期使他们能够有效地履行其任务。
