Alfadly Saeed, Anaam Mohammed, Alzunaydi Sulaiman Ibrahim, Almutlaq Abdulsalam Sulaiman, Swidan Abdulaziz Mohammed, Alsahali Saud, Almogbel Yasser, Alshammari Mohammed, Almunef Mohammed, Siddeeg Khalid
Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia.
Pharmacy Department, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hadramout University, Hadramout, Yemen.
Patient Prefer Adherence. 2024 Jul 9;18:1451-1461. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S462699. eCollection 2024.
The study aimed to evaluate the knowledge and counseling skills of community pharmacy professionals regarding managing acute diarrhea in children in the Qassim region of Saudi Arabia.
A cross-sectional study consisting of a questionnaire and simulated client scenario was conducted to collect data from pharmacy professionals working in community pharmacies over a period of 3 months in the Qassim region of Saudi Arabia. Pharmacy professionals were assessed for evaluating cases using 5 indicators (the age of the child, the frequency of diarrhea, fever and the presence of mucus or blood) and also for their recommendations and counseling.
The data were collected from 60 pharmacy professionals after site visits. In the questionnaire, 60% of the pharmacy professionals used all 5 indicators, while in the simulation, 13.3% used at least 3 indicators and 80% used 2 or fewer indicators ( = 0.35). An oral rehydration solution was recommended alone by 35% of the pharmacy professionals and with other drugs by 13.3% in the questionnaire, while in the simulation, an oral rehydration solution alone was recommended by 15% and other drugs by 48.3%. Approximately 86.7% of the pharmacy professionals did not give any dietary advice, and 50% did not counsel the simulated client on the recommended drug.
The community pharmacy professionals in the study did not ask enough questions to evaluate a child suffering from acute diarrhea appropriately in the simulation. More questions were asked in the questionnaire; however, the difference is not significant. Additionally, they did not provide proper dietary advice, and their recommendation of an oral rehydration solution was insufficient.
本研究旨在评估沙特阿拉伯卡西姆地区社区药房专业人员在处理儿童急性腹泻方面的知识和咨询技巧。
开展了一项横断面研究，该研究由问卷调查和模拟客户场景组成，以收集在沙特阿拉伯卡西姆地区社区药房工作的药房专业人员在3个月期间的数据。根据5项指标（儿童年龄、腹泻频率、发热以及是否存在黏液或血液）评估药房专业人员对病例的评估情况，同时评估他们的建议和咨询情况。
在实地走访后，从60名药房专业人员处收集了数据。在问卷调查中，60%的药房专业人员使用了所有5项指标，而在模拟场景中，13.3%的人使用了至少3项指标，80%的人使用了2项或更少指标（ = 0.35）。在问卷调查中，35%的药房专业人员仅推荐了口服补液溶液，13.3%的人将其与其他药物一起推荐，而在模拟场景中，仅推荐口服补液溶液的占15%，推荐其他药物的占48.3%。约86.7%的药房专业人员未提供任何饮食建议，50%的人未就推荐药物向模拟客户提供咨询。
本研究中的社区药房专业人员在模拟场景中未提出足够多的问题来恰当评估患有急性腹泻的儿童。问卷调查中提出的问题更多；然而，差异并不显著。此外，他们未提供适当的饮食建议，且对口服补液溶液的推荐不足。
