Department of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Centre of Quality Management of Medicines, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Front Public Health. 2021 Sep 1;9:720939. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.720939. eCollection 2021.
To evaluate the impact of an educational training program on the knowledge, attitude and perceived barriers of community pharmacists (CPs) towards obesity and overweight management. This interventional study, which consisted of an educational training program, was conducted on a single cohort of Malaysian CPs. Thirty CPs attended the educational training program. The educational training program was delivered through didactic lectures, case studies and small group discussions, and consisted of various sessions covering different topics related to weight management. A validated questionnaire was used to assess the impact of the intervention on the CPs' knowledge, attitude, and perceived barriers. The overall mean knowledge score increased both immediately after (14.93 ± 1.62) and 30 days following the intervention (17.04 ± 2.51), and the increment was statistically significant 30 days following the intervention ( = 0.001) compared to both pre-intervention and immediate-post intervention stages. After the intervention, the participants had a more positive attitude towards the provision of weight management service (WMS) in community pharmacies. They had significantly stronger perceptions about the importance of their role to manage overweight and obesity and their professional competence to treat obese patients. In addition, the barrier of not having space in pharmacy to perform proper counselling for weight management and the barrier of not having training sessions in the area of obesity management were perceived to be significantly less important post-intervention. This study showed the potential positive impact of an educational training program on CPs knowledge, attitudes and perceived barriers towards WMS.
评估教育培训计划对社区药剂师（CPs）在肥胖和超重管理方面的知识、态度和感知障碍的影响。这是一项干预性研究，包括一个教育培训计划，在马来西亚 CPs 的单个队列中进行。30 名 CPs 参加了教育培训计划。教育培训计划通过课堂讲座、案例研究和小组讨论进行，包括不同的课程，涵盖与体重管理相关的各种主题。使用经过验证的问卷评估干预对 CPs 的知识、态度和感知障碍的影响。总体平均知识得分在干预后立即（14.93 ± 1.62）和 30 天后（17.04 ± 2.51）均有所提高，并且与干预前和干预后立即相比，干预后 30 天的增量具有统计学意义（= 0.001）。干预后，参与者对在社区药店提供体重管理服务（WMS）的态度更加积极。他们对自己在管理超重和肥胖方面的角色的重要性以及治疗肥胖患者的专业能力有了更强的认识。此外，在干预后，认为药店没有空间进行适当的体重管理咨询以及没有肥胖管理领域的培训课程这两个障碍被认为重要性显著降低。本研究表明，教育培训计划对 CPs 提供 WMS 的知识、态度和感知障碍具有潜在的积极影响。
