Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine and Health Science, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Department Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
PLoS One. 2022 Mar 15;17(3):e0264193. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264193. eCollection 2022.
Enhancing the contribution of practicing pharmacists into scientific evidence via practice-based research (PBR) is crucial in maintaining high-quality clinical practice and healthcare delivery. Involving community pharmacists in PBR can potentially can also help break barriers to the utilization of the current best evidence in everyday pharmacy practice. The impact of pharmacists' attitude towards PBR on their utilization of current best evidence in pharmacy practice is understudied.
The aim of the study was to investigate the impact of community pharmacists' attitudes toward PBR on their utilization of current best evidence, barriers for conducting PBR in clinical practice were also investigated.
In this cross-sectional study, 169 community pharmacists working across Jordan filled a questionnaire to assess their attitudes towards PBR, barriers to PBR, and their utilization of the current best evidence in clinical practice.
Pharmacists in this study showed a positive attitude toward PBR (attitude mean score >3.5). A positive attitude towards PBR was associated with high utilization of the best current scientific evidence. We also investigated several barriers to PBR and their association with utilization those included; the lack of perceived benefits, lack of institutional support, and lack of self-engagements of community pharmacists to PBR. The lack of perceived benefit was found to be negatively associated with pharmacists' utilization of the current best scientific evidence.
In this study, pharmacists' utilization of current best evidence was found to be significantly impacted by their attitude toward PBR. The current study findings highlight the importance of supporting, promoting, and facilitating PBR among community pharmacists which can potentially enhance their utilization of the current best evidence in their everyday pharmacy practice.
通过基于实践的研究（PBR）增强执业药师对科学证据的贡献，对于维持高质量的临床实践和医疗服务至关重要。让社区药师参与 PBR 研究还可能有助于克服在日常药学实践中利用当前最佳证据的障碍。药师对 PBR 的态度对其在药学实践中利用当前最佳证据的影响尚未得到充分研究。
本研究旨在探讨社区药师对 PBR 的态度对其利用当前最佳证据的影响，并探讨在临床实践中开展 PBR 的障碍。
在这项横断面研究中，169 名在约旦各地工作的社区药师填写了一份问卷，评估他们对 PBR 的态度、开展 PBR 的障碍以及他们在临床实践中利用当前最佳证据的情况。
本研究中的药师对 PBR 表现出积极的态度（态度平均得分>3.5）。对 PBR 的积极态度与对当前最佳科学证据的高利用有关。我们还研究了 PBR 的几个障碍及其与利用的关联，包括：缺乏感知益处、缺乏机构支持以及社区药师对 PBR 的缺乏自我参与。缺乏感知益处与药师对当前最佳科学证据的利用呈负相关。
在这项研究中，药师对当前最佳证据的利用与其对 PBR 的态度显著相关。本研究结果强调了支持、促进和促进社区药师开展 PBR 的重要性，这可能会增强他们在日常药学实践中利用当前最佳证据的能力。
