Kiflu Mekdes, Tsega Sintayehu Simie, Moges Tilaye Arega, Alem Helen Abebaw, Getachew Melese
Department of Pharmacy, College Health Science, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia.
Department of Medical Nursing, School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Science, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
SAGE Open Med. 2024 Aug 16;12:20503121241267239. doi: 10.1177/20503121241267239. eCollection 2024.
Although pharmaceutical care provision is the primary goal of the pharmacy profession, its actual implementation has been lacking in developing nations. Therefore, this study investigated pharmacy professional's understanding, attitudes, and practice toward pharmaceutical care.
A cross-sectional study was conducted from 30 July 2022 to 30 August 2022, at all community and hospital pharmacies in Motta town, Northwest Ethiopia. Data were gathered using a self-administered questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS version 26.0. A logistic regression model with a -value of 0.05 and a 95% confidence interval was applied to identify factors associated with understanding, attitude, and practice.
The study had a 97.7% response rate. Of the 130 participants, 71 (54.6%) were females. Slightly more than half (56.2%) of the participants were aware of the aim (56.2%) of pharmaceutical care and responsibilities (56.9%) of pharmacy professionals in the pharmaceutical care process. However, most participants lack awareness of the similarities and differences between clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical care. Concerning their attitude, most participants (66.9%) believed that pharmaceutical care provision should be the primary responsibility of pharmacy professionals, and it will benefit patients (61.6%) and the healthcare system (60.8%). Pharmacy professionals frequently evaluate their patients and identify health or drug therapy-related problems and potentially available therapeutic alternatives. However, they rarely engaged in any health screening activities or provided feedback to the doctor on the patient's progress. Training status, sex, and years of practice/understanding were significantly related to pharmacy professionals' level of understanding, attitudes, and practice toward pharmaceutical care, as both years of practice and understanding are related to practice.
Our study revealed a deficit in pharmacy professionals' understanding, attitude, and practice toward pharmaceutical care in Motta town, Northwest Ethiopia. Policymakers, health authorities, and educational institutions should work together to develop strategies and instructional initiatives that optimize pharmaceutical care provision and thus achieve optimal patient outcomes and lower healthcare costs.
尽管提供药学服务是药学专业的主要目标，但在发展中国家，其实际实施情况一直欠佳。因此，本研究调查了药学专业人员对药学服务的理解、态度和实践情况。
于2022年7月30日至2022年8月30日在埃塞俄比亚西北部莫塔镇的所有社区和医院药房开展了一项横断面研究。使用自填式问卷收集数据，并采用SPSS 26.0版本进行分析。应用显著性水平为0.05且置信区间为95%的逻辑回归模型来确定与理解、态度和实践相关的因素。
本研究的应答率为97.7%。在130名参与者中，71名（54.6%）为女性。略超过半数（56.2%）的参与者知晓药学服务的目标（56.2%）以及药学专业人员在药学服务过程中的职责（56.9%）。然而，大多数参与者并不了解临床药学与药学服务之间的异同。关于他们的态度，大多数参与者（66.9%）认为提供药学服务应是药学专业人员的主要职责，并且这将使患者（61.6%）和医疗保健系统（60.8%）受益。药学专业人员经常评估他们的患者，识别与健康或药物治疗相关的问题以及潜在可用的治疗选择。然而，他们很少开展任何健康筛查活动或就患者的进展情况向医生提供反馈。培训状况、性别以及实践/理解年限与药学专业人员对药学服务的理解水平、态度和实践显著相关，因为实践年限和理解年限均与实践相关。
我们的研究揭示了埃塞俄比亚西北部莫塔镇药学专业人员在对药学服务的理解、态度和实践方面存在不足。政策制定者、卫生当局和教育机构应共同努力制定策略和教学举措，以优化药学服务的提供，从而实现最佳的患者治疗效果并降低医疗成本。
