Health and Safety Department, Dubai Municipality, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Discipline of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Gelugor, Malaysia.
Front Public Health. 2023 Sep 8;11:1251393. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1251393. eCollection 2023.
Previous studies have highlighted instances where pharmacists lacked knowledge regarding women's health issues related to epilepsy.
To assess UAE community pharmacists' knowledge, toward women's issues in epilepsy.
a cross-sectional research method was employed. A team of seven pharmacy students in their final year visited a randomly selected sample of community pharmacies in the UAE and face-to-face interviews were conducted with the pharmacists using a structured questionnaire. The questionnaire includes two parts; Eight questions designed to elicit data about the demographics of the study participants and 12 questions eliciting insights into the participants' knowledge of women's issues in epilepsy.
A total of 412 community pharmacist were recruited in the study. The overall level of knowledge about women's issues in epilepsy was good and the average knowledge score was 81% with a 95% confidence interval (CI) [79.1, 82.7%]. The results of multivariate analysis showed higher knowledge scores in chain pharmacies (OR 1.37; 95% CI 1.12-1.67), Chief pharmacists (OR 1.44; 95% CI 1.01-2.06), Pharmacists in charge (OR 3.46; 95% CI 2.7-4.45), pharmacists with 1-5 Years of experience (OR 2.87; 95% CI 1.71-4.82), pharmacists with 6-10 Years (OR 2.63; 95% CI 1.58-4.38), pharmacists with >10 years (OR 3.13; 95% CI 2.03-4.83), graduation form regional universities (OR 1.37; 95% CI 1.12-1.67), graduation form international universities (OR 1.73; 95% CI 1.36-2.20) and receiving a training on epilepsy (OR 1.36; 95% CI 1.12-1.67).
While the findings reveal an overall promising level of knowledge among community pharmacists regarding the issues faced by women with epilepsy, pinpointing which clinical and demographic factors have the most significant impact on this knowledge would permit the implementation of tailored educational interventions. Workshops and modules targeting the issues faced by women with epilepsy would further raise the knowledge and competence among community pharmacists in this area, ensuring better pharmaceutical care for this population.
先前的研究强调了药剂师在与癫痫相关的女性健康问题方面缺乏知识的情况。
评估阿联酋社区药剂师对女性癫痫问题的了解程度。
采用横断面研究方法。一个由七名药学专业最后一年的学生组成的团队在阿联酋随机选择了一批社区药店进行实地访问，并使用结构化问卷对药剂师进行面对面访谈。问卷包括两部分：八道问题旨在获取研究参与者的人口统计学数据，以及十二道问题旨在深入了解参与者对女性癫痫问题的了解。
共有 412 名社区药剂师参与了这项研究。他们对女性癫痫问题的总体知识水平良好，平均知识得分 81%，置信区间（CI）为[79.1，82.7%]。多变量分析的结果显示，在连锁药店（OR 1.37；95%CI 1.12-1.67）、首席药剂师（OR 1.44；95%CI 1.01-2.06）、药剂师主管（OR 3.46；95%CI 2.7-4.45）、有 1-5 年经验的药剂师（OR 2.87；95%CI 1.71-4.82）、有 6-10 年经验的药剂师（OR 2.63；95%CI 1.58-4.38）、有 10 年以上经验的药剂师（OR 3.13；95%CI 2.03-4.83）、毕业于地区大学的药剂师（OR 1.37；95%CI 1.12-1.67）、毕业于国际大学的药剂师（OR 1.73；95%CI 1.36-2.20）和接受过癫痫培训的药剂师（OR 1.36；95%CI 1.12-1.67）中，知识得分较高。
尽管研究结果表明社区药剂师在女性癫痫患者面临的问题方面总体知识水平较高，但确定哪些临床和人口统计学因素对这些知识有最大的影响，可以使针对该知识的有针对性的教育干预措施得以实施。针对女性癫痫患者所面临问题的研讨会和模块将进一步提高社区药剂师在这方面的知识和能力，确保为这一人群提供更好的药物护理。
