Gillani Syed Wasif, Shahwan Manar Khalil Saeed, Szollosi Doreen E
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Gulf Medical University.
MCP student, College of Pharmacy, Gulf Medical University, Pharmacist, Burjeel Pharmacy, Abu Dhabi.
Pharm Pract (Granada). 2022 Oct-Dec;20(4):2757. doi: 10.18549/PharmPract.2022.4.2757. Epub 2022 Nov 18.
Our study aimed to assess the knowledge, understanding and confidence of the practicing pharmacists in UAE as an antimicrobial Stewards. Antimicrobial resistance threatens the achievements of modern medicine globally, and it's highly required for the AMS principles to be implemented in our communities.
A cross-sectional online- questionnaire based survey was used among UAE pharmacy practitioners from different areas of practice who are holding pharmaceutical degrees and/or licensed pharmacists. The questionnaire was sent to the participants via social media platforms. The questionnaire was validated, and reliability assessment was made prior to the conduct.
A total of 117 pharmacists responded to this study, out of which (70.9%, n=83) were females. Pharmacists which are from various practice fields participated in the survey, but the majority were pharmacists in Hospital pharmacies or Clinical pharmacists (47%, n=55), also community pharmacists (35.9%, n=42), while only (16.9%, n=20) ware from other areas of pharmacy including industrial pharmacy and academia. The majority of participants 88.9% (n= 104) were interested in pursuing their career as an Infectious disease pharmacist or getting a certificate in antimicrobial stewardship. The mean scores in the knowledge towards antimicrobial resistance was 3.75 (poor: 1-1.6, moderate: 1.7-3.3, Good: 3.4-5), indicates that the pharmacists have a good level of knowledge towards AMR. A total of 84.3% of participants succeeded in Identifying the correct intervention for antibiotic resistance. The findings also showed that the total mean score of hospital pharmacists (mean=10.6±1.12), and the average of the scores of community pharmacists (mean=9.8±1.38), were non-significant between the different area of practice. 52.3% of the participants had a training on antimicrobial stewardship during their experiential rotation which reflected on their confidence in their performance and knowledge assessment (p value < 0.05).
The study concluded good knowledge and high confidence levels among practicing pharmacists in UAE. However, the findings also identify areas of improvement in the practicing pharmacist, and the significant relationship between the knowledge and confidence scores reflects the ability of the practicing pharmacists to integrate the AMS principles within the UAE, which aligns with the attainability of the improvement.
我们的研究旨在评估阿联酋执业药师作为抗菌药物管理师的知识、理解程度和信心。抗菌药物耐药性威胁着全球现代医学的成就，在我们的社区实施抗菌药物管理原则非常必要。
对来自不同执业领域、拥有药学学位和/或持牌的阿联酋药剂师进行了一项基于在线问卷的横断面调查。问卷通过社交媒体平台发送给参与者。在进行调查之前，对问卷进行了验证并进行了可靠性评估。
共有117名药剂师回应了这项研究，其中女性占70.9%（n = 83）。来自各个执业领域的药剂师参与了调查，但大多数是医院药房的药剂师或临床药剂师（47%，n = 55），社区药剂师也占35.9%（n = 42），而只有16.9%（n = 20）来自包括工业药学和学术界在内的其他药学领域。大多数参与者88.9%（n = 104）有兴趣从事传染病药剂师的职业或获得抗菌药物管理证书。对抗菌药物耐药性知识的平均得分为3.75（差：1 - 1.6，中等：1.7 - 3.3，好：3.4 - 5），表明药剂师对抗菌药物耐药性有良好的知识水平。共有84.3%的参与者成功识别出抗生素耐药性的正确干预措施。研究结果还表明，医院药剂师的总平均分（平均值 = 10.6±1.12）和社区药剂师的平均得分（平均值 = 9.8±1.38）在不同执业领域之间无显著差异。52.3%的参与者在其实践轮转期间接受了抗菌药物管理培训，这反映在他们对自己表现和知识评估的信心上（p值 < 0.05）。
该研究得出结论，阿联酋执业药师具有良好的知识水平和较高的信心水平。然而，研究结果也指出了执业药师需要改进的方面，知识得分与信心得分之间的显著关系反映了执业药师在阿联酋将抗菌药物管理原则纳入实践的能力，这与改进的可行性相一致。
