Elsayed Asmaa A, Rabea Hoda M, Salman Salman Ahmed, Wahsh Engy A
Clinical Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt.
Clinical Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt.
J Pharm Policy Pract. 2023 Oct 23;16(1):125. doi: 10.1186/s40545-023-00636-y.
After the era of the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of pharmacists was emphasized in the battle against highly spreading and infectious diseases like human Monkeypox (hMPV).
Assess the hMPV knowledge of the community, clinical pharmacists, and general practitioners (GPs) and raise their awareness about hMPV.
A web-based questionnaire was distributed randomly to Egyptian community pharmacists, clinical pharmacists, and GPs from all governorates. The questionnaire was divided into two sections: one for demographic information and the other for hMPV knowledge (nature of the disease, incubation period, transmission, symptoms, Prophylaxis, Prevention, and management). The evidence-based answers were provided after completing the submission. Data were descriptively analyzed using IBM SPSS software.
From a total of 753 respondents, only 710 participants were included in the final data analysis. The % of respondents who presented good total knowledge scores about hMPV was comparable between study groups (P = 0.826). There were no differences between groups identifying different disease clinical characteristics (P = 0.689) and hMPV management (P = 0.324). Community pharmacists had better knowledge scores than GPs in the prevention and prophylaxis domain (P = 0.037).
Pharmacists and GPs have good and similar knowledge levels of hMPV. However, a gap exists in recognizing the right hMPV incubation period, prophylaxis, and omitting antibiotics from hMPV management. Pharmacists and GPs are the frontline health care providers (HCPs), so they would require more knowledge enhancement about such contagious diseases to offer the best possible patient care.
在新冠疫情时代之后，药剂师在抗击人类猴痘（hMPV）等高度传播的传染病的战斗中的作用得到了强调。
评估社区、临床药剂师和全科医生（GPs）对hMPV的了解，并提高他们对hMPV的认识。
通过网络问卷随机分发给埃及所有省份的社区药剂师、临床药剂师和全科医生。问卷分为两个部分：一部分用于人口统计学信息，另一部分用于hMPV知识（疾病性质、潜伏期、传播、症状、预防、防控和管理）。提交完成后提供基于证据的答案。使用IBM SPSS软件对数据进行描述性分析。
在总共753名受访者中，最终数据分析仅纳入了710名参与者。各研究组中对hMPV总体知识得分良好的受访者百分比相当（P = 0.826）。在识别不同疾病临床特征（P = 0.689）和hMPV管理方面（P = 0.324），各组之间没有差异。在预防和防控领域，社区药剂师的知识得分高于全科医生（P = 0.037）。
药剂师和全科医生对hMPV的了解程度良好且相似。然而，在正确识别hMPV潜伏期、预防措施以及在hMPV管理中不使用抗生素方面存在差距。药剂师和全科医生是一线医疗保健提供者（HCPs），因此他们需要更多地了解此类传染病，以便为患者提供尽可能好的护理。
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