Knowledge, attitude and practice of community pharmacists towards nutrition counseling

Medhat, Moussa Istanis Marvek; Sabry, Nirmeen A.; Ashoush, Nermeen

doi:10.1007/s11096-020-01106-0

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“…As one of the commonly used theories in public health, the theory of KAP is easy to be applied and interpreted, which is also characterized by quantifiable data and the generalizability of small samples [29]. It has been widely used around the world to understand the current state of services of health care workers including community pharmacists in a particular area and to lay a foundation for taking measures to optimize it [30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]. It has been applied to test pharmacists' knowledge of clinical pharmacy and National Essential Medicine Syste, as well as their attitudes and practice in China [35,36].…”

Section: Variables and Instrumentmentioning

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Study of knowledge, attitude and practice regarding patient education in hypertension among community pharmacists in China

Chen

Liu

2022

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background In the prevention and treatment of hypertension, patient education is an important measure to improve the awareness rate and control rate of patients. The professional and geographical advantages of community pharmacists enable them to play an important role in the patient education in hypertension. The purpose of this study was to understand the situation of patient education in hypertension conducted in Chinese community pharmacies, and put forward measures according to the problems. Methods A multi-stage competitive sampling by convenience was used to select community pharmacists working in community pharmacies in China for the study. Based on KAP theory, the first draft of the questionnaire was designed and the Delphi method was used to improve the questionnaire and a pre-study was conducted to test the reliability of the questionnaire. In January 2020, electronic questionnaires were distributed to 143 community pharmacists in Chinese community pharmacies. SPSS24 software was used for descriptive statistics and subgroup analysis of data. Results One hundred and eight valid questionnaires were collected, and the efficiency rate was 75.5%. Most of the respondents were younger than 30 years old (98.1%), and had bachelor’s degree (95.4%). In terms of knowledge, only 15.7% considered themselves "very good" and even 10.2% considered themselves "very bad". Only 35%-55% of respondents answered correctly for patient education content that requires more specialized knowledge, such as treatment and medication. Respondents generally had a positive attitude on the effect of hypertension patient education, but slightly less recognition of their role in patient education. In terms of practice, programs related to patient education have been conducted to different degrees. More than 30% of the community pharmacists interviewed implemented them occasionally or never. Conclusions Despite a positive attitude, most of the respondents did not have a high level of knowledge or practice. In China, more research evidence and new guidelines are needed to emphasize the importance and responsibilities of community pharmacists. Continuing education should be certificated at the national level and meet the various needs of community pharmacists. And salary incentives can be tried to motivate them.

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Section: Variables and Instrumentmentioning

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Study of knowledge, attitude and practice regarding patient education in hypertension among community pharmacists in China

Chen

Liu

2022

BMC Health Serv Res

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“…Obesity is another important risk factor for MI not being investigated which is considered a limitation. Nonetheless, abdominal obesity measuring with waist-to-hip ratio has a significant positive correlation with MI; whereas, body mass index was found to have a weak correlation in this regard ( 41 ).…”

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“…Nevertheless, our study findings are consistent with the previous findings including that dyslipidemia is one of the important risk factors for myocardial infarction in the South Asian population ( 36 ), especially hypertriglyceridemia ( 37 ), low-HDL level ( 38 ) and elevated LDL ( 39 ), ( 39 ). Furthermore, poor glycaemic control in the known case and impaired glucose tolerance in normal individuals among South Asians ( 40 ) due to the high prevalence of insulin resistance ( 41 ) which increases the risk of cardiovascular events ( 36 , 37 ). The elevated TC/HDL and TG/HDL ratio among the South Asians and MENA region population in the present investigation authenticates the recently reported research as TC/HDL ( 38 ) and TG/HDL ( 39 ) ratio found to have the predominant risk factors for AMI.…”

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Ethnicity affects the risk factors of acute myocardial infarction and should be considered in educational programs

Alharbe

Alatawi

Amirthalingam

et al. 2022

Front. Cardiovasc. Med.

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Acute Myocardial infarction is a non-communicable disease representing the leading cause of death in Saudi Arabia. Studying the ethnicity in its risk factors has been poorly investigated.ObjectivesTo compare risk factors among Saudi nationals and expatriates.MethodsA retrospective cohort study for patients admitted to the Cardiac Care Unit of one of the largest tertiary care hospitals in Tabuk diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction from September 2018 to August 2019. Risk factors were compared among groups on the basis of their ethnicity.ResultsIn total 18,746 patients were included. Gender and age were the predominant risk factors; Male (p < 0.05) and age >50 years (p < 0.05). There were significant differences between Saudis and expatriates in all measurable parameters indicating that a genetic factor contributes to the risk factors, which was proved by the significant differences between the Middle East North Africa and South Asia subgroups. Interestingly, the mean values of laboratory results were higher than Saudi populations.ConclusionsThe disparity in lipid profile among the studied groups addresses the patient ethnicity should be considered during education programs for the risk factors of cardiovascular disease.

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“…explored similar trends, where 59.2% of the pharmacists considered that supplements should be dispensed according to the nutritionist’s or physician’s prescription. 36 Meanwhile, 69.3% of the pharmacists considered that supplements could be sold in the pharmacy under the pharmacist’s supervision. 36 …”

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confidence: 99%

“… 36 Meanwhile, 69.3% of the pharmacists considered that supplements could be sold in the pharmacy under the pharmacist’s supervision. 36 …”

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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Related to Dietary Supplements among a Group of Palestinian Pharmacists

Altamimi

Hamdan

Badrasawi

et al. 2021

Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J

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Objective: The use of dietary supplements DS has increased. With lack of related regulations, prescription of DS will depend on the pharmacist’s knowledge. Hence, the study aimed to evaluate the knowledge attitudes and practices (KAP) related to DS amongst community-based pharmacists. Methods: The study followed a cross sectional design targeted community pharmacists in Palestine. Selected participants have filled a self-administered questionnaire regarding their KAP related to DS. The questionnaire contained in total 15 items; knowledge 5, practices 7 and attitudes 3 questions. Results: Results have shown that the representative sample had 56% female. Participants experience almost distributed equally over 0-5, 5-10 and >10 years. Also, the majority of the participants was the responsible pharmacist and/or the pharmacy owner. Overall, participants have shown moderate level in knowledge towards DS with mean score of 3.68 ± 1.1 out of 5, the correct answers ranged from 3.6% to 75.3% of the surveyed participants. The practices with highest frequencies were: taking DS sometimes 79.9%, taking supplements from well-known brands 56.2%, giving supplements to any patient 55.7%, selling supplements according to the participants’ knowledge 74.2% and providing advice about supplements 73.2%. The questions about the pharmacists’ attitudes towards organising the regulation of the market of DS showed that more than half 52% of the participants believed that it was suitable. Association between knowledge score and practices was highly significant (P <0.001). Conclusion: The study has revealed that participants were moderate in their knowledge about DS. Also, there was a high connection between knowledge and practices. Keywords: Dietary Supplements; Pharmacist; Knowledge; Attitude; Practice; Curriculum.

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of community pharmacists towards nutrition counseling

Cited by 17 publications

References 27 publications

Study of knowledge, attitude and practice regarding patient education in hypertension among community pharmacists in China

Study of knowledge, attitude and practice regarding patient education in hypertension among community pharmacists in China

Ethnicity affects the risk factors of acute myocardial infarction and should be considered in educational programs

Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Related to Dietary Supplements among a Group of Palestinian Pharmacists

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