Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Biopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Sagamu Campus, Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria.
Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Biopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Sagamu Campus, Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria.
Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2022 Mar;14(3):336-343. doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2022.01.004. Epub 2022 Feb 16.
Perceptions of pharmacy students as future health care providers can enhance the health and pharmaceutical care (PC) needs of older adults. The objective of this study was to investigate pharmacy students' awareness and perceptions of the health and PC needs of older adults.
A cross-sectional survey was conducted among pharmacy students in Southwest, Nigeria for four weeks using a 39-item structured questionnaire. Unpaired t-tests and one-way analysis of variance were performed. A P < .05 was considered significant.
Based on 422 completed questionnaires, 299 (70.9%) were females, 283 (67.1%) were 20 to 24 years, 123 (29.2%) were in 200 Level, 402 (95.3%) had heard of PC with their first source of information being pharmacy school, 352 (83.4%). Reliability of the instrument was 0.92 (Cronbach's alpha). Mean + SD of pharmacy students' perceived health and PC needs of older adults were 3.73 ± 1.176 and 4.21 ± 1.031, respectively. The majority, 355 (84.2%), agreed on the importance of health care providers understanding their geriatric patients' family circumstances and social environment and 381 (90.3%) perceived that such will strengthen their professional relationship with older adults.
Pharmacy students were aware of PC and indicated positive attitudes towards caring for older adults but few had provided care. Reinforcement of PC training and emphasis on geriatric topics in pharmacy curriculum are reiterated.
对药学专业学生作为未来医疗保健提供者的看法可以增强老年人的健康和药物治疗（PC）需求。本研究的目的是调查药学专业学生对老年人健康和 PC 需求的认识和看法。
在尼日利亚西南部的药学专业学生中进行了为期四周的横断面调查，使用了 39 项结构问卷。进行了未配对 t 检验和单因素方差分析。P <.05 被认为具有统计学意义。
基于 422 份完整的问卷，299 名（70.9%）为女性，283 名（67.1%）为 20 至 24 岁，123 名（29.2%）为 200 年级，402 名（95.3%）听说过 PC，他们的第一个信息来源是药学院，352 名（83.4%）。该仪器的可靠性为 0.92（Cronbach's alpha）。药学专业学生对老年人健康和 PC 需求的感知平均值为 3.73±1.176 和 4.21±1.031。大多数学生（84.2%）同意医疗保健提供者了解他们的老年患者家庭情况和社会环境的重要性，381 名（90.3%）认为这将加强他们与老年人的专业关系。
药学专业学生了解 PC，并对照顾老年人表现出积极的态度，但很少有人提供过此类服务。再次强调在药学课程中加强 PC 培训和重视老年学主题。
