Alhamad Hamza, Jaber Deema, Abu-Farha Rana, Albahar Fares, Edaily Sahar M, Donyai Parastou
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zarqa University, P.O. Box 2000, Zarqa 13110, Jordan.
Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Applied Science Private University, Amman 11931, Jordan.
Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Dec 27;11(1):75. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11010075.
The reissuing, redispensing, redistributing, or even recycling of the returned unused stored medicines is referred to as medicine reuse. A few studies have examined people's willingness to reuse unused stored medicines. This study aims primarily to explore the public's willingness to reuse unused stored medicines in the future and the factors affecting their decisions, and to assess the pharmacological types and formulations of the unused stored medicines by the public. A cross-sectional study was conducted using a convenient sampling technique over three weeks (February-March 2022) among Jordanian populations. Data were collected from 681 participants who agreed to fill out a questionnaire, which was distributed online. Participants showed a positive perception of reusing any of the unused stored medicines in the future; of those, 79.6% ( = 400) believed that reusing "unused medicines" has economic benefits and 50% ( = 251) believe there are environmental benefits. Moreover, more than half of the participants believed that reusing "unused medicines" is safe ( = 256, 51%), but provided that a pharmacist or a doctor evaluates their quality or that the unused medicines are stored well. Results from this study show that the public positively endorses the idea of reusing unused stored medicines if the quality and safety are assured. However, future studies are needed to evaluate the Jordanian healthcare professionals' perceptions towards medicine reuse and pharmaceutical companies' willingness to be a part or facilitator of medicine reuse.
退回的未使用储存药品的重新发放、重新调配、重新分发甚至再利用被称为药品再利用。一些研究调查了人们对再利用未使用储存药品的意愿。本研究主要旨在探讨公众未来对再利用未使用储存药品的意愿及其决策的影响因素，并评估公众未使用储存药品的药理类型和剂型。采用方便抽样技术，于2022年2月至3月的三周内在约旦人群中进行了一项横断面研究。数据收集自681名同意填写问卷的参与者，问卷通过网络分发。参与者对未来再利用任何未使用储存药品持积极态度；其中，79.6%（n = 400）认为再利用“未使用药品”有经济效益，50%（n = 251）认为有环境效益。此外，超过一半的参与者认为再利用“未使用药品”是安全的（n = 256，51%），但前提是药剂师或医生对其质量进行评估或未使用药品储存良好。本研究结果表明，如果质量和安全得到保证，公众积极支持再利用未使用储存药品的想法。然而，未来需要研究评估约旦医疗保健专业人员对药品再利用的看法以及制药公司参与或促进药品再利用的意愿。
