Still evolving medicine information services in the developing world

Harish, Cvn; Anand, Aishwarya; Patil, Amol

doi:10.1016/j.sapharm.2020.07.007

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“…[ 3 ] The DIC concept is relatively underexplored by the pharmacy and pharmacology educators of India. [ 4 ] In addition, very few centers worldwide contribute to reducing morbidity, mortality, and pharmacoeconomic burden reduction with rightful drug information provision. [ 5 ] In India, pharmacy pharmacology graduates and postgraduates are regularly taught the concept of drug information service without stressing critical appraisals of published drug literature.…”

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Drug Information Services in Low-Resource Setting

Patil

Kumar

Yadav

et al. 2021

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences

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Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the pharmacy professionals’ understanding and viewpoints on drug information center (DIC) services and differences, if any, with pharmacologist's survey conducted earlier. Materials and Methods: An electronic cross-sectional knowledge, practice, and attitude survey was carried out. A questionnaire in the form of the hyperlink was sent to pharmacy professionals through e-mail, Facebook messenger, and WhatsApp. Factors linked to pharmacy professionals’ vision in expanding countrywide DIC services were studied with logistic regression in R. Results: A total of 125 pharmacy professionals responded. The participant believing in the published literature as a standard reference for establishing and running the DIC services; participants identifying more challenges in the day-to-day DIC functioning; and participants believing in the ability of DIC in reducing morbidity, mortality, and cost of care had 4.76 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.97–6.44), 4.24 (95% CI = 0.97–6.44), and 2.43 (95% CI = 0.97–6.44) times association with good knowledge score. Good attitude scores were discovered of participants working in fully and partially functional DIC (odds ratio [OR] = 9.66, CI = 0.97–6.44 and OR = 9.49, CI = 0.97–6.44) to participants not involved in DIC duties. The participant who understood DIC services’ real purpose had 2.83 (95% CI = 0.97–6.44) times association with good practice scores. Overall, pharmacy professionals carried better attitude scores, but lesser knowledge, and practice scores than pharmacology professionals. Conclusion: Lower knowledge and practice score of pharmacy professionals asks for training in critical appraisal of published literature and due modifications in graduate and postgraduate curricula. A collaborative approach between pharmacists and pharmacologists is needed to improve the quality of drug information services and evidence-based medicine practice in low-resource countries like India.

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confidence: 99%