Knowledge, Attitudes and Education of Pharmacists Regarding Pharmacogenetic Testing

Roederer, Mary W.; Riper, Márcia Van; Valgus, John M.; Knafl, George J.; McLeod, Howard L.

doi:10.2217/pme.11.87

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“…In U.S., seven studies have revealed consistent positive attitudes towards PG among pharmacists; 67% felt that PG should be focal point in patient care, 17 83% of pharmacists believed that genetic can improve patients outcomes, 15 more than half of participants felt that PG can reduce ADRs and has promising benefits to healthcare systems. [16][17][18][19]26 Similar findings were revealed from UK that 80-95% considered PG as beneficial to patients, despite reported gross limited knowledge of PG reflected in only 6% felt well informed about PG; 9 from Malaysia 67% of pharmacists felt that PG is very important in drug safety; 12 these is in agreement with findings from Australia 24 and Nigeria. 20 Recently from Ukraine, 87% of future pharmacists perceived benefits from PG, but only one-third (1/3) of the participants that correctly understood PG and 70% not aware of PG 25 and this is comparable with results from Canada.…”

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confidence: 75%

“…25 Three surveys were qualitative, that used one or combination of semi structure questionnaire, one-day meeting and case scenarios, 9,22,26 and with regard to design, four research were cohort study, 19,21,24,26 while the rest nine were Crosssectional studies, 9,12,15,16,18,[22][23][24][25] Pharmacogenetics or PG or pharmacogenetic testing and pharmacists or pharmacy students were discussed in all the articles. Table 1 presented the summary of included researches in this systematic review.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Seven studies have had a response rate of less than 60% for pharmacists, 12,15,16,18,19,23 while the remaining six have response rate more than 60%, 9,17,21,22,25 Only three researches used statistical analysis in questionnaire validation; 12,18,21 two studies used pilot study to validate the questionnaire in the studies; 17,19 majority of studies used experts reviews or kept silence on validity of questionnaire. 9,15,16,[22][23][24][25][26] In total 4,624 pharmacists participated in the reviewed articles.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Concerning Pharmacogenomics among Pharmacists: A Systematic Review

Yau¹,

Aziz²,

Haque³

2015

JYP

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Background: Pharmacists are furnished with expert drug knowledge and have been considered as valuable resource of drug information, therefore, are well positioned to play a leading role in the application of pharmacogenomics (PG) in to clinical practice. This might prevent Chemotherapy related adverse events and improve patient outcomes, despite the ethical, privacy concerns and potential implications of lifelong genetic-data. Methods: This review is to evaluate and digest the various studies on Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice concerning pharmacogenomics among pharmacists and to suggest future research areas. 13 English published studies from 2004 to 2014 were selected. Studies involving Pharmacists of different area of practice and covering research from different continents were selected. Only studies on attitudes, knowledge and practice concerning pharmacogenetics among pharmacists from 2004 to 2014, and research articles published in English were selected. Non-research articles, studies done on general public; studies conducted among other healthcare professionals; studies on genetics of diseases or toxicogenetics were excluded. Results: Knowledge and practice regarding pharmacogenetics among pharmacists were poor despite good attitudes. There was knowledge advancement from 38% in 2005 to more than 50% 2013 in some countries. Some barriers to adoption of pharmacogenomics into patient care and interventional recommendations were highlighted. Conclusion: there is an urgent call for additional training of Pharmacogenomics among pharmacists and to incorporate pharmacogenomics into curriculum of pharmacy schools. Pharmacists and future pharmacists should be trained on how to critically evaluate the use, efficacy, and safety of available pharmacogenetic testing.

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confidence: 75%

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Concerning Pharmacogenomics among Pharmacists: A Systematic Review

Yau¹,

Aziz²,

Haque³

2015

JYP

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“…In the community setting, the internal CPD also may predict the pharmacists' knowledge and the outpatient's service hour could predict pharmacist' attitude. Previous study stated that some characteristics like sex, age, level of education type of service and the intensity of CPD [16][17][18]. Roeder et al showed that pharmacists with Pharm D degree had better knowledge than the lower degree [17].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Previous study stated that some characteristics like sex, age, level of education type of service and the intensity of CPD [16][17][18]. Roeder et al showed that pharmacists with Pharm D degree had better knowledge than the lower degree [17]. Pharmacist who worked in the community or hospital less than 5 years had good interests in pharmacogenetic than pharmacists who work more than 5 years [16].…”

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Knowledge, Awareness and Attitude of Pharmacists toward Pharmacogenetic Practice: Perspective of Community and Hospital in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Perwitasari¹,

Sl²,

Bp³

et al. 2017

J Community Med Health Educ

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Objectives: This study is aimed; to assess the knowledge, awareness and attitude of pharmacists in the community and hospital settings towards pharmacogenetic, to understand the differences of knowledge, awareness and attitude between community and hospital settings and to understand the factors predict the knowledge, awareness and attitude of the pharmacists. Methods:We conducted a cross-sectional study over 60 community pharmacies and 11 clinics and hospital pharmacies. We recruited 84 hospital pharmacists in the private hospitals and 24 community pharmacists. The questionnaire about knowledge, awareness and attitude of pharmacists towards pharmacogenetic were adopted from previous study. We also collected the data of demographic by interviewing the respondents. Results:Our study finds the significant differences of attitude between community and hospital pharmacists. The scores of knowledge, awareness and attitude in community setting are higher than the score of those in hospital settings. In the hospital setting, only education and CPD which may predict the awareness of pharmacists. In the community setting, characteristics which may predict the knowledge, awareness and attitude are outpatient services, work duration and CPD, respectively (p<0.05). Conclusion:The knowledge and awareness of pharmacists toward pharmacogenetic in Yogyakarta are good. Pharmacists' characteristics that may predict the knowledge, awareness and attitude toward pharmacogenetic are education, internal CPD, work duration, and types of patient's service.

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Knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes toward pharmacogenomics among pharmacists and pharmacy students: A systematic review

Wondrasek,

Fryza,

Aziz

et al. 2024

Health Science Reports

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Background and AimsPharmacists have been recognized as one of the most qualified healthcare professionals in the clinical implementation of pharmacogenomics, yet its widespread implementation in clinical pharmacy practice has remained limited. The review aims to systematically investigate knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes toward pharmacogenomics among pharmacists and pharmacy students to inform the future delivery of pharmacogenomics education programs.MethodsPubMed, MEDLINE, Embase, Scopus, and the International Pharmaceutical Abstracts were searched up to May 17, 2022. Studies were selected if they included data on pharmacists' or pharmacy students' knowledge, perception, or attitude about pharmacogenomics and were published in a peer‐reviewed, English‐language journal with full‐text availability. Any published study not deemed original research was excluded. All included studies were critically appraised using the Center for Evidence‐Based Management's critical appraisal tools. The data were descriptively analyzed and presented based on pharmacists' and pharmacy students' knowledge/awareness, perception/attitudes toward pharmacogenomic (PGx), confidence in using or interpreting PGx testing results, and their desire to get further PGx education or their most preferred method of further education.ResultsA combined total of 12,430 pharmacists and pharmacy students from 26 countries are represented in the 52 included studies. Despite overwhelmingly positive attitudes and perceptions toward pharmacogenomics among pharmacists and pharmacy students, an overall lack of adequate knowledge and confidence was found. The review also found a strong desire for further pharmacogenomics education among pharmacists and pharmacy students.ConclusionPharmacists and pharmacy students have positive perceptions and attitudes toward pharmacogenomics, which is hindered by a lack of knowledge and confidence. However, inadequate control for confounders, limited representativeness of the studied population or region, and small sample sizes diminish the generalizability of the review results. Knowledge and confidence could be improved through enhanced delivery of pharmacogenomic courses within the pharmacy curriculum and continuing education programs.

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Knowledge, Attitudes and Education of Pharmacists Regarding Pharmacogenetic Testing

Abstract: Most pharmacists were interested in learning more about pharmacogenetic testing.

Cited by 70 publications

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Concerning Pharmacogenomics among Pharmacists: A Systematic Review

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Concerning Pharmacogenomics among Pharmacists: A Systematic Review

Knowledge, Awareness and Attitude of Pharmacists toward Pharmacogenetic Practice: Perspective of Community and Hospital in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes toward pharmacogenomics among pharmacists and pharmacy students: A systematic review

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