Establishing and Evaluating a Study Questionnaire on Knowledge and Attitudes of Healthcare Professionals Towards Recreational and Medical Cannabis Across Europe

Jouanjus, Émilie; Sans-Pola, Carla; Mainoli, Beatrice; Javid, Farideh A.; Ekheden, Isabella

doi:10.1007/s40261-021-01058-x

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“…Nurses and midwives in Cyprus having more years of work experiences in the clinical sectors, might have a more positive attitudes concerning MC use. Similar results found among other professionals worldwide concerning MC use [ 14 ].…”

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confidence: 90%

“…The data collection instrument was the Attitudes, Beliefs, and Knowledge toward Medical Cannabis Questionnaire (MCQ) [ 13 , 14 ], which was developed for cross-national studies on MC education among healthcare professionals and students [ 10 , 14 – 17 ]. Thirteen questionnaire items assess attitudes and beliefs toward MC/cannabis (e.g., benefits, risks, effectiveness).…”

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Attitudes, beliefs and knowledge about medical cannabis among nurses and midwives in Cyprus: a cross-sectional descriptive correlational study

Sokratous

Kaikoush²,

Mpouzika

et al. 2022

BMC Nurs

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Background There is a lack of evidence on healthcare professionals’ attitudes, knowledge, and beliefs about medical cannabis in Cyprus and across the world. Therefore, the present study aimed to explore the attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge about MC use among nurses and midwives in Cyprus. Special focus was given to differences across gender, age, religion, marital status, and years of work experience. Methods A descriptive, cross-sectional correlational study with internal comparisons was conducted during the 26th Nurses and Midwives Congress in Cyprus. All active nurses and midwives (convenience sampling), from the private and national healthcare services (n = 526) were eligible to participate. To analyze the data, the Pearson Chi-square test for group differences was employed, and descriptive and inferential statistics were assessed. Results The final sample population consisted of 232 nurses and midwives (response rate of 46.4%). In total, 67(28.9%) participants were male, and 165(71.1%) were female. Cypriot nurses and midwives reported lack of knowledge regarding the risks and benefits about MC use to patients. However, specific number of participants believed MC use was considered acceptable for the patients with persistent muscle spasms, insomnia/sleeping disorders, mental health conditions, and terminal illnesses. The vast majority of the participants believed that formal training on MC should be integrated into academic programs, and expressed the necessity of urgent training under the current curriculum, as well as, educational training programs about MC use should be integrated into the practice/clinical practice. Concerning the socio-demographic characteristics of the participants, gender had a statistically significant positive effect on participants’ attitudes and beliefs about MC (p < 0.01, 26.8% vs. 13.4%). Male and unmarried participants reported higher frequency about cannabis use for recreational purposes, compared with female group (p < 0.01, 22.8%Vs 11.4%). Unmarried participants agreed that using cannabis might develop serious mental health risks compared with married participants group (p < 0.05, 77.9% vs. 66.8%). Conclusions The conclusions seem to be rather recommending in favor of MC use. Participants proposed enriching nursing curricula with theoretical and clinical/laboratory courses about MC during studies and clinical practice. Additional tailoring interventions should be established to decrease recreational cannabis use among Cypriot nurses and midwives.

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Attitudes, beliefs and knowledge about medical cannabis among nurses and midwives in Cyprus: a cross-sectional descriptive correlational study

Sokratous

Kaikoush²,

Mpouzika

et al. 2022

BMC Nurs

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“…The project was launched in December 2019, assessing knowledge and attitudes of healthcare professionals from all over Europe. The results have been valued in the form of a scientific article published in a peer-reviewed journal [ 10 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The project on the knowledge and attitudes of health professionals towards recreational and medical cannabis has given place so far to our first research publication as a group [ 10 ]. The project is still ongoing, with a currently active questionnaire open to European healthcare professionals who are likely to be involved in the management (prescription, delivery, administration, advice) of patients treated with cannabis-based products, whatever their specialty.…”

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European association for clinical pharmacology and therapeutics young clinical pharmacologists working group: a cornerstone for the brighter future of clinical pharmacology

Belančić

Sans-Pola

Jouanjus

et al. 2022

Eur J Clin Pharmacol

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The European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (EACPT) is a leading society in Europe serving the European and global Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics community. Its specific aims include promotion of the utilisation and divulgation of the utility of clinical pharmacology services in health care delivery. EACPT currently has four active working groups (WGs): Education, Regulatory affairs, Clinical research and Young Clinical Pharmacologists (YCP WG). EACPT YCP WG was established in 2015 with the idea of improving education, research, training and networking/mobility opportunities for YCPs across Europe and globe. The main objective of the present manuscript is to provide detailed information on general characteristics, structure, chronogram, objectives, accomplishments and current/future focus areas of the EACPT YCP WG. Consequently, we tend to notably enhance EACPT YCP WG’s visibility, increase the number of its members and mobility/networking options and to expand areas of activity even more. Moreover, by this we can also make clinical pharmacology more attractive to early career fellows and colleagues and empower its position alongside other medical specialties.

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“…The Attitudes, Beliefs and Knowledge towards Medical Cannabis Questionnaire (MCQ) was used for data collection [15,21]. The questionnaire was developed for cross-national studies on MC education among healthcare professionals and students [13,14,[17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. Thirteen items of the MCQ assessed attitudes and beliefs towards MC/ cannabis (e.g.…”

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Attitudes, beliefs and knowledge regarding medical cannabis among healthcare students in Cyprus: A cross-sectional descriptive correlational study

Sokratous

Kaikoushi

Alexandrou

et al. 2022

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Background: Although the international research-based literature from the last two decades seems to favour medical cannabis (MC) use, there is a lack of evidence concerning healthcare students’ education on MC in Cyprus and across the world. Therefore, this study explored Cyprus healthcare students’ attitudes, beliefs and knowledge regarding MC use. We paid special attention to differences across specific sociodemographic (gender, age and religion status) and educational (level, year and study field) characteristics. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study with internal comparisons was performed from November 2019 to March 2020. All active undergraduate/postgraduate healthcare students (N= 900) studying in public and private universities in Cyprus were eligible to participate (final sample involved N = 819, response rate = 91%). To collect the data, we used the Attitudes, Beliefs and Knowledge towards Medical Cannabis Questionnaire (MCQ) questionnaire. To analyse the data, we employed the Pearson chi-square test for group differences, in addition to assessing descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Healthcare students had a generally positive attitude towards MC. Statistically significant differences were observed between genders and in terms of beliefs/risk associated with using MC, with males being likelier to believe that there are significant mental-health benefits associated with using ΜC (x2 = 8.06, OR: 0.6, 95% CI: 0.49–0.89) and females being likelier to believe that using MC poses serious physical (x2 = 23.00, OR: 1.6, 95% CI: 1.35–2.0, p < .001) and mental-health (x2 = 13.06, OR: 1.4, 95% CI: 1.2–1.81) risks. Moreover, healthcare students who received specific (formal) education about MC during their study/training, they were more prepared to answer patient/client questions about ΜC (x2 = 17.27, df = 1, p < .001). In addition, the participants who received formal education had more friends (x2=12.69, df=1, p <.001) or family member who uses/has used MC (x2=4.03, df=1, p <.05). Conclusions: This study provides useful information for curriculum development, educational changes and policy decisions related to cannabis use for medical purposes in Cyprus. The results show that the majority of healthcare students in Cyprus are in favour of MC use. However, the participants reported a dearth of knowledge and recommended additional evidence-based research and education to enhance their knowledge of MC use. Therefore, we recommend the implementation of formal education about MC in healthcare students in Cyprus during their study and clinical training. Furthermore, it is important to add MC-related theoretical and clinical/laboratory courses during studies and clinical practice.

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Establishing and Evaluating a Study Questionnaire on Knowledge and Attitudes of Healthcare Professionals Towards Recreational and Medical Cannabis Across Europe

Abstract: The study complies with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), applicable as of May 25 th , 2018 in all member states. The Research Ethics Committee (REC) of the University of Toulouse agreed that the study protocol was in accordance with ethical standards.

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Attitudes, beliefs and knowledge about medical cannabis among nurses and midwives in Cyprus: a cross-sectional descriptive correlational study

Attitudes, beliefs and knowledge about medical cannabis among nurses and midwives in Cyprus: a cross-sectional descriptive correlational study

European association for clinical pharmacology and therapeutics young clinical pharmacologists working group: a cornerstone for the brighter future of clinical pharmacology

Attitudes, beliefs and knowledge regarding medical cannabis among healthcare students in Cyprus: A cross-sectional descriptive correlational study

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