Perceptions, knowledge, and perceived barriers of Yemeni pharmacists and pharmacy technicians towards evidence‐based practice

Al-Jamei, Sayida; Farha, Rana Abu; Zawiah, Mohammed; Kadi, Taha; Al-Sonidar, Afnan

doi:10.1111/jep.12988

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“…10 Unlike them, younger pharmacists had courses about evidence-based pharmacy and critical literature evaluation in their pharmacy degree programs, which would explain the differences. 11 Lack of formal education was just one of the recognized obstacles for research utilization. Pharmacists might not use the higher quality sources as they did not have time to perform the necessary literature search and analysis.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Pharmacists might not use the higher quality sources as they did not have time to perform the necessary literature search and analysis. 10,11 Senior pharmacists often had more responsibilities on managerial tasks which led to them having less time to work with the patients and utilizing evidence based pharmacy in their practice. 10 Furthermore, they might have only limited access to higher quality sources.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Community pharmacists’ use, perception and knowledge on dietary supplements: a cross sectional study

Bukic

Kuzmanic

Rušić

et al. 2021

Pharm Pract (Granada)

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Background: Pharmacists are commonly tasked with recommending the appropriate dietary supplement and advising the patients of their correct and safe use. Previous research, conducted on pharmacy students, showed that they did not always use the evidence based sources of information, with personal use identified as a significant predictor influencing the decision to recommend a supplement. Objectives: To compare use, perceptions and knowledge of dietary supplements of pharmacists with different years of work experience and to explore factors that could influence their recommendation of supplements. Methods: A questionnaire based cross-sectional study was conducted on Croatian community pharmacists in September 2017. The questionnaire explored pharmacists’ demographic characteristics, use, perceptions and knowledge of dietary supplements. Pharmacists (N=102) were divided in two groups based on their work experience: P0 (<10 years) and P1 (≥10 years). Results: All included pharmacists had high knowledge scores without differences between groups (P0=10, IQR 9-12 vs P1=11, IQR 9-12, expressed as median and interquartile range (IQR), p=0.275). Less experienced pharmacists perceived there was less research conducted on the dietary supplements compared to their more experienced counterparts (P0=1, IQR 1-2 vs P1=2, IQR 2-3, expressed as median and interquartile range, p<0.001). Groups differed in sources used when choosing the appropriate supplement with P0 using higher quality sources such as systematic reviews in comparison to P1 (32.1% vs 8.7%, p=0.004). Pharmacists’ decision to recommend a dietary supplement was influenced by their personal use (odds ratio 0.216, 95%CI 0.068:0.689, p=0.01) and work experience (odds ratio 0.154, 95%CI 0.045:0.530, p=0.003). Conclusions: Pharmacists did not use the high quality sources when recommending dietary supplements and their decision to recommend the supplement was not based on objective evaluation of evidence. Further education about the practice of evidence-based pharmacy is necessary, with special emphasis on senior pharmacists who might have missed that aspect during their formal education.

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Community pharmacists’ use, perception and knowledge on dietary supplements: a cross sectional study

Bukic

Kuzmanic

Rušić

et al. 2021

Pharm Pract (Granada)

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“…Additionally, those who had read such an article reported massive problems in understanding clinical trials. This could be explained by a lack of understanding basic evidence‐based terms revealed by other studies . Furthermore, other studies identified that free established databases for clinical studies such as MEDLINE or Cochrane Library are insufficiently known and underutilized …”

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“…Several studies have assessed the awareness, attitude, knowledge and skills of pharmacists towards evidence‐based practice . However, limited data are available on the current practical implementation of evidence‐based OTC counselling, particularly on the consideration of clinical trials for decision‐making …”

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The impact of evidence from clinical trials on counselling for over‐the‐counter drugs: A national survey of pharmaceutical staff in German pharmacies

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What is known and objective: Evidence from clinical trials should form the foundation of healthcare advice. Comparatively little has been investigated about the implementation of evidence in over-the-counter (OTC) counselling in community pharmacies. The objective of this study was to explore the current impact of clinical trials on OTC counselling from the perspective of pharmaceutical staff. Methods: Pharmaceutical staff in German community pharmacies were invited to participate in a nationwide cross-sectional survey using SoSci Survey. Within the questionnaire, the following items were queried: (i) attitudes towards influencing factors on OTC drug recommendation, (ii) practical procedure of OTC drug recommendations, (iii) experiences and challenges in handling clinical trials, and (iv) current and desired continuing education on self-medication. Multiple logistic regression was employed to identify predictors for OTC recommendations based on clinical trials in routine. Results and discussion: In total, 1068 participants completed the survey. (i) Clinical trial data were rated as 'very important' for drug recommendations by 33% and as 'rather important' by 50%. (ii) 8% reported that they base their recommendations on clinical trial data 'in almost all consultations', 40% 'in most consultations'. (iii) 69% faced difficulties in including clinical trial data into their counselling. (iv) 7% read original clinical trials at least once a month. Predictors for routine OTC recommendations based on clinical trials were as follows: male gender, university degree, clinical trials considered to be important for recommendations, inclusion of clinical trials in counselling assessed as easy, higher frequency of reading specialized literature per year, increasing number of working pharmacists in the pharmacy, and more casual than regular customers in the pharmacy.What is new and conclusion: Most of the pharmaceutical staff recognize the importance of clinical studies for self-medication advice. Based on self-report, however, clinical trial data are not taken routinely into account in practice. Only a minor

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“…Also, most of the resources they used to meet their information needs were non-evidence-based sources, and they preferred to consult their professors and colleagues. Al-Jamei et al (2019) reported that pharmacists had very little knowledge of the PubMed database and were unfamiliar with other databases. In Kalavani et al’s (2018) study, the use of specialized assistants with evidence-based medical databases was also reported as low.…”

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confidence: 99%

Acceptance of evidence-based nursing databases by educational nurses using Rogers’ model

Salmasi¹,

Kazerani²,

Shekofteh

et al. 2020

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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Nurses always need accurate, up-to-date and reliable information. Evidence-based resources can be an appropriate approach to this need. The first step in utilizing these resources is to acknowledge them and use them in clinical practice. This descriptive cross-sectional study was designed to determine the acceptance rate of evidence-based databases by nurses based on Rogers’ innovation-diffusion model. A total of 214 nurses working in educational hospitals participated in the study in 2019. The data collection tool was a questionnaire, with confirmed validity and reliability, which was designed based on five components of Rogers’ model: knowledge, persuasion, decision, implementation and confirmation. The data analysis was performed using SPPS Version 23 to compute descriptive and analytical statistics indices. Based on the categories in Rogers’ model, the nurses had moderate views on the rate of acceptance of evidence-based databases, limited (low) knowledge and awareness of the databases, a favorable persuasion level and a low implementation rate. Well-educated, senior educational supervisors and nurses were more in line with persuasion, knowledge and implementation of evidence-based resources. According to the regression analysis ( p < 0.001), persuasion and confirmation components had the greatest effect on the acceptance of databases, indicating the significance of providing evidence-based nursing education, both formal and informal, using the related databases.

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Perceptions, knowledge, and perceived barriers of Yemeni pharmacists and pharmacy technicians towards evidence‐based practice

Cited by 12 publications

References 31 publications

Community pharmacists’ use, perception and knowledge on dietary supplements: a cross sectional study

Community pharmacists’ use, perception and knowledge on dietary supplements: a cross sectional study

The impact of evidence from clinical trials on counselling for over‐the‐counter drugs: A national survey of pharmaceutical staff in German pharmacies

Acceptance of evidence-based nursing databases by educational nurses using Rogers’ model

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