Drug Information Services in Low-Resource Setting: A Responsibility of Pharmacists or Pharmacologists or Both the Professions Conjointly.
Drug information
pharmacology
pharmacy education
Journal
Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences
ISSN: 0976-4879
Titre abrégé: J Pharm Bioallied Sci
Pays: India
ID NLM: 101537209
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
received:
20
11
2020
revised:
13
01
2021
accepted:
20
02
2021
entrez:
5
8
2021
pubmed:
6
8
2021
medline:
6
8
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
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. 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. 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. 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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34349491
doi: 10.4103/jpbs.JPBS_748_20
pii: JPBS-13-283
pmc: PMC8291111
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
283-290Informations de copyright
Copyright: © 2021 Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
There are no conflicts of interest.
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