Islam Md Ashraful, Al-Karasneh Aseel Fuad, Naqvi Atta Abbas, AlShayban Dhfer Mahdi, Al-Hayek Fatimah, Al-Badrani Sarah, Al-Salem Raghad, Ghori Syed Azizullah
Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Clinical Pharmacy, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia.
College of Clinical Pharmacy, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia.
Pharmacy (Basel). 2020 Nov 18;8(4):222. doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8040222.
This study aimed to assess public knowledge about medicine information, safety, and adverse drug reaction reporting (ADR) in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. A cross sectional study was conducted using purposive stratified sampling in different settings of Dammam city for three months (January-March 2020). The target population was identified as consumers who had used the medicines in the last 3 months. The questionnaire was adopted from the literature and was validated. Content and face validities were established, and reliability was assessed. The study was approved by the concerned ethics committee. A total of 915 participants returned completed questionnaires. A total of 54.4% participants aged between 18 and 30 years, 65.8% were females and 53.1% had obtained bachelor level education. The mean score for knowledge of medicines (K1) was 5.46 ± 1.07. The mean score for knowledge regarding medication safety (K2) was 5.94 ± 1.73. The mean score for tendency to report a suspected ADR (T1) was 3.43 ± 1.57. Gender was a determinant of knowledge regarding medication safety (K2) ( < 0.01) and ADR reporting tendency (T1) ( < 0.01). The marital status of patients was a determinant for both knowledge of medicines (K1) ( < 0.01) and, knowledge regarding medication safety (K2) ( < 0.01). The results of this study highlighted that although the scores for knowledge of medicines, and tendency to report ADR were better, the score for knowledge regarding medication safety was unsatisfactory.
本研究旨在评估沙特阿拉伯达曼市公众对药品信息、安全性及药品不良反应报告（ADR）的了解情况。采用目的分层抽样法，在达曼市不同场所进行了为期三个月（2020年1月至3月）的横断面研究。目标人群确定为过去3个月内使用过药品的消费者。问卷源自文献并经过验证。建立了内容效度和表面效度，并评估了信度。该研究获得了相关伦理委员会的批准。共有915名参与者返回了完整的问卷。共有54.4%的参与者年龄在18至30岁之间，65.8%为女性，53.1%拥有本科学历。药品知识（K1）的平均得分为5.46±1.07。用药安全知识（K2）的平均得分为5.94±1.73。报告疑似药品不良反应倾向（T1）的平均得分为3.43±1.57。性别是用药安全知识（K2）（<0.01）和药品不良反应报告倾向（T1）（<0.01）的决定因素。患者的婚姻状况是药品知识（K1）（<0.01）和用药安全知识（K2）（<0.01）的决定因素。本研究结果强调，尽管药品知识得分和药品不良反应报告倾向较好，但用药安全知识得分并不理想。
