Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan.
Int J Clin Pract. 2020 Dec;74(12):e13620. doi: 10.1111/ijcp.13620. Epub 2020 Aug 31.
The present study aimed to exploring community pharmacists' willingness and readiness to test for COVID-19 in Jordan.
Purposeful sampling was used to identify a list of 30 community pharmacies, which were approached to participate in the study. Twenty interviews were needed to reach data saturation. In-depth interviews were conducted, recorded, transcribed, and analysed using NVivo 11 Software. Interviews followed a previously prepared and validated 10-item interview guide. The interview guide discussed pharmacists' willingness and readiness to test for COVID-19.
Twenty community pharmacists were interviewed for the purpose of the present study. Interviews took place during April 2020 and the mean interview duration was 23.30 minutes. Respondents had a mean age of 36.4 years and a mean experience of 8.8 years. The majority were female (70%) and 50% held a BSc in Pharmacy. Regarding respondents' willingness to test for COVID-19 emerging themes were helping other healthcare professional, willingness to contribute to official efforts in fighting COVID-19, acting as an accessible testing cite, willingness to carry out home testing. Regarding respondents' readiness to test for COVID-19 emerging themes were Pharmacists lack basic testing skills, pharmacies are not ready to preform tests and the need for training and certifying.
Jordanian pharmacists are willing to test patients for COVID-19 in community pharmacies, however, they thought they are not ready enough to undergo such tests and needed extra training and better safety precautions.
本研究旨在探讨约旦社区药剂师对 COVID-19 检测的意愿和准备情况。
采用目的性抽样方法确定了 30 家社区药店的名单，并邀请他们参与研究。需要进行 20 次访谈以达到数据饱和。采用 NVivo 11 软件对深入访谈进行记录、转录和分析。访谈采用预先准备并经过验证的 10 项访谈指南进行。访谈指南讨论了药剂师对 COVID-19 检测的意愿和准备情况。
本研究共对 20 名社区药剂师进行了访谈。访谈于 2020 年 4 月进行，平均访谈时间为 23.30 分钟。受访者的平均年龄为 36.4 岁，平均从业经验为 8.8 年。大多数为女性（70%），50%持有药学学士学位。关于受访者对 COVID-19 检测的意愿，出现的主题包括帮助其他医疗保健专业人员、愿意为抗击 COVID-19 的官方努力做出贡献、作为可及的检测场所、愿意进行家庭检测。关于受访者对 COVID-19 检测的准备情况，出现的主题包括药剂师缺乏基本检测技能、药店尚未准备好进行检测以及需要培训和认证。
约旦药剂师愿意在社区药店为 COVID-19 患者进行检测，但他们认为自己还没有准备好进行此类检测，需要额外的培训和更好的安全预防措施。
