Dentist’s Perception of Medication Safety in Saudi Arabia

Alomi, Yousef Ahmed; Bukhary, Fouzia Abdul Karim; Alsinan, Rahmah Abdulilah

doi:10.5530/ijpcs.2021.10.7

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“…This reflects that the new generation of physicians are willing to participate in the research or have the time to respond to the questionnaire. The physician's perception of medication safety is inadequate, ranking lower than the previous study on dental perception of medication safety [5]. There were different practices and perceptions among physicians more than dentists [5].…”

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“…The physician's perception of medication safety is inadequate, ranking lower than the previous study on dental perception of medication safety [5]. There were different practices and perceptions among physicians more than dentists [5].…”

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confidence: 68%

“…The physicians agreed that drug safety education is necessary, and physicians believe the medical waste is an essential part of medication safety, which is similar to past dental studies [5]. The physicians are correct about the medications safety educational course because there are no such course requirements like Basic Life Support (BLS).…”

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confidence: 81%

“…Moreover, the demand for learning or practicing medications safety due to various barriers may prevent implementation in practice. For example, there was no undergraduate or postgraduate education and training of medications safety; there was a lack of time or understaffed to implement the medications safety guidelines or the perception of unnecessary medications safety procedures [5]. Several studies have been conducted about the physician or dentist's perception or nurse's perceptions of medication safety [5][6][7][8][9][10][11].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For example, there was no undergraduate or postgraduate education and training of medications safety; there was a lack of time or understaffed to implement the medications safety guidelines or the perception of unnecessary medications safety procedures [5]. Several studies have been conducted about the physician or dentist's perception or nurse's perceptions of medication safety [5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. Other studies have been about pharmacists' perceptions of adverse drug reaction reporting systems [12].…”

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Perception of Physician about Medication Safety in Saudi Arabia

Alomi¹,

Imam²,

Abdel-Sattar³

et al. 2022

Journal of Pharmaceutical Negative Results

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Objective: In this study, we aimed to explore the perception of physician about medication safety in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Methods: In this cross-sectional survey, we aimed to explore the perception of physician about medication safety in Saudi Arabia. We used a self-reported electronic survey questionnaire and distributed it to physicians, from intern to consultant, and specialists in Saudi Arabia. The survey collected demographic information of the physicians and about the perception of medication safety in medical care. Besides, the perception of barriers prevents off implementation of the medication safety system in medical care. We used 5-point Likert response scale system with close-ended questions to obtain responses. The data were collected through the Survey Monkey system and analyzed with the use of Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS), Jeffery’s Amazing Statistics Program (JASP), and Microsoft Excel (version 16) software.Results: A total of 253 physicians responded to the questionnaire, with the majority of them belonged to the central region 73 (54.07%), with statistically significant difference among the areas (p<0.01). Most of the responders were in the age group of 24–35 years 72 (59.02%) with statistically significant differences between all age groups (p<0.01). Most of the physicians were General Practitioners 32 (27.59%), residents 31 (26.72%), and specialists 22 (18.97%) with statistically significant differences between all qualification levels (p<0.05). The average score of Perception of Physician about Medication Safety was (3.13) with high scores obtained for the element was 'the physician felt the continuing education should include the medication's safety (3.33).' and 'the physicians believed that Medication’s wastage services are essential in medical care (3.30).' The average score related to 'perceptions of barriers prevent you from implementing medication safety in medical and surgical care was 3.13. The highest score for the element implemented was a report that would generate extra work (3.34) and an uncertain association between the dental drugs and safety-related issues (3.33) with statistically significant difference between answers (p<0.05).Conclusion: In this study, the Perception of Physician about Medication Safety aspects or obstacles of implementation was found to be inadequate in Saudi Arabia. Therefore, implementing periodic education and training in medication safety in medical care are highly recommended to improve the medication safety aspects in medical care in Saudi Arabia.

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Perception of Physician about Medication Safety in Saudi Arabia

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Imam²,

Abdel-Sattar³

et al. 2022

Journal of Pharmaceutical Negative Results

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Patient safety culture perceptions among dentists in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia

Al-Khalifa,

Shahin,

AlSharief

et al. 2024

BMC Oral Health

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Objective Safe patient care can help reduce treatment costs, morbidity, and mortality. This study aimed to assess dentists’ perceptions of patient safety culture and related factors in the Eastern region of Saudi Arabia. Methods This cross-sectional study used a sample of 271 dental professionals working in private and public dental hospitals and clinics in the Eastern region of Saudi Arabia. The Safety Attitude Questionnaire (SAQ), a validated tool consisting of 36 items on a 5-point Likert scale, was used to assess dentists’ perceptions of patient safety culture. The score of SAQ ranges from 0 to 100 and a cut-off ≥ 75 is considered a positive attitude toward patient safety culture. Results There were 53.9% males and 46.1% females in the study with a mean age of 35.56 ± 6.87 years. Almost half of the participants (52%) attended a course on patient safety and 22.1% experienced medical error in the last month. The mean score of the SAQ of the sample was 65.14 ± 13.03 and the patient safety score was significantly related to the marital status (P = 0.041), attendance of patient safety course (P < 0.001), and experience of medical error (P = 0.008). The highest mean score (73.27 ± 20.11) was for the job satisfaction domain, followed by the safety climate domain (67.69 ± 16.68), and working conditions domain (66.51 ± 20.43). About one-quarter of the participants (22.5%) demonstrated positive attitudes toward patient safety culture. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that dental professionals who attended a patient safety course were 4.64 times more likely to demonstrate positive attitudes toward patient safety than those who did not attend a course (P < 0.001). Conclusion This study showed that patient safety culture was significantly related to the attendance of safety courses, marital status, and experiencing medical error. About one out of four dental professionals demonstrated a positive attitude towards patient safety culture which was significantly associated with the attendance of the safety course.

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Safety Culture of Physicians’ Medication in Saudi Arabia

Alomi¹,

Imam²,

Abdel-Sattar³

et al. 2022

Journal of Pharmaceutical Negative Results

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Objective: The study aims to demonstrate the Physicians’ Medication Safety Culture in Saudi Arabia.Methods: It examines a cross-sectional survey of physicians' medication safety practices in Saudi Arabia. It self-reported an electronic survey of physicians in Saudi Arabia, ranging from intern to consultant level, and physician specialties. The survey included respondents' demographic information about physicians who reported medication safety items in medical care, as well as medications who executed medication safety. With closed-ended questions, the 5-point Likert response scale system was used. The survey monkey system was used to analyze data on the Physicians’ Medication Safety Culture. In this study, the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS), Jeffery's Amazing Statistics Program (JASP), and Microsoft Excel sheet version 16 were used.Results: The total number of responding physicians was 253, with the majority 73 (54.07 %) coming from the central region, which was statistically significant among the areas (p<0.01). The majority of those who responded were from private hospitals 48(18.97%), MOH hospitals 41(16.21%), and University hospitals 40 (15.81%). Furthermore, 72 (60.50%) were female, while 47 (39.50%) were male, with a statistically significant difference (p<0.01). The average frequency of medications safety items reported monthly in medical care was (5.97), with the highest score element being Medication’s wastage services system (6.42), followed by Medications labelling before use (6.31), Medical drug information resources (6.15) and Medication’s safety committee for medical care (6.11). Anticoagulants 33 (33.33 %) and NSAIDs 32 (32.32 %) were the medications used in medication error reporting. Sedation medications 38(38.78%) and muscle relaxant medications 36 (36.73%) were the drugs used in ADR reporting. Antineoplastic 40 (40.00%) and Anti-seizure drug 39 (39.39%) were the most commonly used medicines in the looks like sound-alike system (38.24 %). Anti-arrhythmic 43 (43.88 %) and anti-psychotic medication 40 (40.40%) were the drugs used in the high alert medication system.Conclusion: The Physicians’ Medication Safety Cultures were inadequate and contradictory. Consequently, the physicians instituted non-serious aspects of medication safety culture. Hence, reviewing aspect medications safety cultures in medical practice with a focus on education and training is strongly advised in Saudi Arabia.

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Dentist’s Perception of Medication Safety in Saudi Arabia

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