Correction: Improving Pharmacy Staff Knowledge and Practice on Childhood Diarrhea Management in Vietnam: Are Educational Interventions Effective?

Pham, Minh Duc; Byrkit, Mona; Pham, Van Hoang; Pham, Trung; Nguyen, Trung Thành

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“…Meanwhile, the advice about lifestyle measures was mentioned by nearly all the participated students after they used the application. This significant change could be attributed to the application’s ability in enhancing the knowledge of its users [ 29 ] or at least prevent the forgotten of information while dealing with the SP.…”

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Design and evaluation of a new mobile application to improve the management of minor ailments: a pilot study

Mikhael

Al-Hamadani

Hadi

2022

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background Seeking pharmacist advice about minor ailments is a common practice among Iraqi patients because such advice is free and quick. Unfortunately, the assessment and management of minor ailments by Iraqi pharmacists were inappropriate. Therefore, this study aimed to develop a model for a mobile application that can assist community pharmacists in the diagnosis and management of minor ailments. Methods The scientific content of the application was based on the information in the symptoms in the pharmacy and British National Formulary books. The design and content of the application were approved by two experts. Thereafter, the application was built for Android mobiles using flutter technology and dart language. A pre-post pilot study was conducted to assess outcomes associated with use of the application, including user acceptance and appropriateness of clinical recommendations. Fifteen students from the College of Pharmacy/University of Baghdad who had an Android mobile participated in this study. Two different scenarios about diarrhea were used during the pilot study, in which the researcher acted as a patient (SP) and the participant student as a pharmacist. Results After using the application, the number of questions asked by the participated student to the SP was significantly increased to about double. Additionally, providing the SP with appropriate non-pharmacological and pharmacological therapy along with optimum counseling and education were also significantly improved. All study participants agreed on the application’s ease of use and ability to reduce diagnosis and medication errors. Conclusions The implementation of the newly developed mobile application, diarrhea management step by step, was associated with improvements in assessment and recommended treatments for diarrhea cases with good acceptance by a pilot sample of pharmacy students at Baghdad University.

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Design and evaluation of a new mobile application to improve the management of minor ailments: a pilot study

Mikhael

Al-Hamadani

Hadi

2022

BMC Health Serv Res

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“…Several educational campaigns have been carried out in the communities by health workers and officials to provide adequate knowledge about diarrhoea disease, the use of ORS at home and recognition of danger signs necessary to prevent complications and mortalities from diarrhoea diseases. This is expected to yield positive results [14,15]. This study was therefore deployed to assess the knowledge of caregivers on home management of diarrhoea and their practice when their children have diarrhoea in order to ascertain if the narrative has changed since the last study in our locality.…”

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Diarrhoea, Home Management and Prevention among Mothers/Care-Givers Attending a Paediatric Outpatient Clinic in Rivers State, Nigeria

West

Okari

2023

Int J Res Rev

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Introduction: Diarrhoea is a major contributor to under-five morbidity and mortality. A good knowledge of the disease and caregivers’ ability to commence appropriate treatment at home is key in reducing childhood mortality. Aim: To assess caregivers’ knowledge, attitude and practice of diarrhoea home management and prevention in a paediatric outpatient clinic in Nigeria. Method: The study took place in the paediatric outpatient clinic of Rivers State University Teaching Hospital. A questionnaire was used to collect data on biodata, knowledge, attitude and practice of diarrhoea home treatment and prevention from mothers/caregivers. Each question answered correctly was awarded a mark. The participants were grouped into having good, fair and poor knowledge, attitude and practice based on their scores. Results: Overall, 69.7% of the participants had good attitude while only 31.1% and 34.8% had good knowledge and practice of diarrhoea home management. Majority of the participants (83.3%) correctly defined diarrhoea and knew that diarrhoeal illness could have complications (90.3%), but only few knew the signs of dehydration (34.2%) and identified danger signs of diarrhoea (22.4%). About 43% commenced treatment at home when their children had diarrhoea but only 14% gave the right treatment. The caregivers age, parity and educational level were significantly associated with good knowledge and attitude, while socioeconomic class of the mothers/caregivers was associated with good practice of diarrhoea home management and prevention. Conclusion: Mothers/caregivers’ knowledge and practice of home management/prevention of diarrhoeal disease was suboptimal. Health workers and community educators therefore need to do more to improve the narrative. Keywords: Diarrhoea, Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, Mothers/caregivers, Home management, Prevention, Nigeria

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Correction: Improving Pharmacy Staff Knowledge and Practice on Childhood Diarrhea Management in Vietnam: Are Educational Interventions Effective?

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Design and evaluation of a new mobile application to improve the management of minor ailments: a pilot study

Design and evaluation of a new mobile application to improve the management of minor ailments: a pilot study

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Diarrhoea, Home Management and Prevention among Mothers/Care-Givers Attending a Paediatric Outpatient Clinic in Rivers State, Nigeria

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