Rasheed Muhammad Kamran, Hasan Syed Shahzad, Alqasoumi Abdulmajeed, Babar Zaheer Ud-Din
Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia.
School of Pharmacy, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK.
J Pharm Policy Pract. 2023 Jul 13;16(1):87. doi: 10.1186/s40545-023-00597-2.
Demand for diabetes care and prevention has increased due to Saudi Arabia's high prevalence of diabetes mellitus and its insufficient treatment. This raised awareness of the significance of community pharmacists in Saudi Arabia, who may significantly improve diabetes treatment by setting up pharmacist-led diabetic clinics. Thus, to assess community pharmacists' readiness to lead diabetes clinics in Saudi Arabia, this study evaluated the usefulness of an educational session on diabetes care.
The preparation of community pharmacists for diabetes treatment and management was assessed using a validated diabetes-specific questionnaire. An engaging and thorough diabetes education class was presented by two licensed diabetes educators. One-way ANOVA, chi-square, and the Mann-Whitney U-test were used to statistically assess the pre- and post-knowledge and attitude scores of community pharmacists.
Following a learning session, the community pharmacists had a significant increase in understanding oral hypoglycemic medicines, monitoring the disease's course, and dosing of insulin for diabetics (p = 0.01). Additionally, the community pharmacist's perspective and attitude score on managing diabetes increased from 49.74 to 52.74 (p = 0.01).
The study's findings demonstrated a marked improvement in community pharmacist's knowledge of and attitude toward running pharmacist-led diabetic clinics following a session on diabetes education in collaboration with the Pharmacy College. The study's findings also emphasized the significance of developing a structured programme for diabetes education in Saudi Arabia to address the demands of community pharmacists in terms of professional development.
由于沙特阿拉伯糖尿病患病率高且治疗不足，对糖尿病护理和预防的需求有所增加。这提高了人们对沙特阿拉伯社区药剂师重要性的认识，他们可以通过设立由药剂师主导的糖尿病诊所显著改善糖尿病治疗。因此，为了评估沙特阿拉伯社区药剂师领导糖尿病诊所的准备情况，本研究评估了一次糖尿病护理教育课程的实用性。
使用经过验证的特定于糖尿病的问卷评估社区药剂师对糖尿病治疗和管理的准备情况。由两名有执照的糖尿病教育工作者举办了一场引人入胜且全面的糖尿病教育课程。使用单向方差分析、卡方检验和曼-惠特尼U检验对社区药剂师的知识和态度得分的前后情况进行统计学评估。
经过一次学习课程后，社区药剂师在了解口服降糖药、监测疾病进程以及糖尿病患者胰岛素给药方面有显著提高（p = 0.01）。此外，社区药剂师在管理糖尿病方面的观点和态度得分从49.74提高到了52.74（p = 0.01）。
研究结果表明，在与药学院合作开展糖尿病教育课程后，社区药剂师在开展由药剂师主导的糖尿病诊所方面的知识和态度有了显著改善。研究结果还强调了在沙特阿拉伯制定结构化糖尿病教育计划的重要性，以满足社区药剂师在专业发展方面的需求。
