The survey of the research and development center of Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) of Indonesia in 2013 concluded that public awareness to consume halal products was at a high level. Although the government guaranteed halal products for the customer, the implementation is still not fully implemented. “Halal” status of the pharmaceutical product in Indonesia is still in doubt. The indicator is that 90 percent of the pharmaceutical industry's raw materials are imported materials, that have no guaranteed halal system for these products. In particular, pharmacists have an important role in the preparation of halal pharmaceutical products. Therefore, a study conducted to analyze the pharmacists' behavior regarding halal labeling of pharmaceutical products. This study focused on the behavior of pharmacists in Malang City who are members of the Indonesian Pharmacist Association/Ikatan Apoteker Indonesia (IAI) with the survey method. The objective of this study was to obtain an overview of the perception of the pharmacist on halal labeling in pharmaceutical products in Malang City. The research instrument was a questionnaire. Descriptive statistics ware used to analyze data. The results showed that pharmacists in the city of Malang accepted and strongly agree on halal labeling of pharmaceutical products.
BackgroundAdherence to medication has an important role in the long-term management of diabetes. The Indonesian Endocrinologist Association found that of the 50% of the entire population who have been diagnosed with diabetes, two-thirds are undergoing therapy and only one-third have been achieving the intended outcomes of the drug therapy. This study aimed to identify patients’ adherence behavior and the root causes of non-adherence.MethodsThis study used a non-experimental mixed-methods approach. A total of 40 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), who were part of the referral program of the National Health Care Security System (BPJS Kesehatan) were recruited by purposive sampling from 17 primary health care centers in Surabaya, Indonesia.ResultsThe adherence behavior assessment revealed non-adherence among 80% of the patients. The highest instances of non-adherence based on the percentage scores involved the following: patients forgot to take the medications (38.23%), patients preferred not to take the medications (20.59%) and the drug products were not available for the patient (14.71%). The factors influencing non-adherence included the complex instructions for taking medication, the absence of a reminder, the unwanted side effects of the drug, the feeling of repetition, the feeling that drugs were ineffective and the concern for the drug’s effects on the kidney.ConclusionsThe high rates of non-adherence identified in this study encourage pharmacists to implement better medication therapy management for chronic diseases. The patients’ understanding of drug therapy indications and regimens is very important in increasing the expectations of achieving effective treatment, awareness and concern for medication safety and treatment compliance.
Appropiate recommendation provided by pharmacists is considered as a crucial factors to prevent morbidity and mortality among children with acute diarrhea in the community. This study aimed to determine the type and the appropriateness of recommendations provided by the community pharmacists in the eastern part of Surabaya to children presenting with acute diarrhea. This was cross-sectional study conducted by using a questionnaire consisting of questions about participants’ characteristics and a case of acute diarrhea in children without complications and other “alarm symptoms” requiring medical referral. The appropriate recommendation for the case was to give a combination of oral rehydration solution (ORS) and zinc with or without other recommendations. Data were analyzed descriptively using SPSS version 22. A total of 84 pharmacists provided consent to be participants in this study. The majority of participants (73,81%) were pharmacists manager and more than 50% of them completed pharmacist professional degree between 2010 and 2019. Type of pharmacists’ recommendations were further classified as: medical referral, provision of medicine, laboratory testing, and non-pharmacology treatment. The most provided recommendations were provision of medicine (97,62%) with or without other recommendations. Medical referral were recommended by 22 pharmacists (26,19%). Of the total participants, 13,09% provided appropriate recommendations. Findings of this study indicate the necessity to optimise the role of community pharmacists in managing acute diarrhea in children. Further study to identify the needs of community pharmacists, either conducted with qualitative or quantitative approach, is required as the key step before implementing further intervention.
Perubahan gaya hidup dan pola konsumsi masyarakat telah menyebabkan peningkatan penggunaan suplemen makanan. Suplemen pada dasarnya dikonsumsi untuk melengkapi nutrisi, bukan untuk menggantikannya. Usia diketahui memiliki pengaruh pada pengetahuan dan perilaku konsumsi suplemen. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan usia dengan pengetahuan dan perilaku penggunaan suplemen pada mahasiswa Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember. Pengumpulan data dilakukan pada tanggal 11 September 2019 dengan menggunakan accidental non random sampling untuk 161 responden yang dianalisis menggunakan uji chi-square. Responden dikategorikan menjadi 3 kelompok berdasarkan usia yaitu kurang dari 19 tahun, 19-21 tahun dan diatas 21 tahun. Berdasarkan penelitian ini didapatkan responden terbanyak terdapat pada rentang usia 19-21 (67,7%), diikuti dengan usia kurang dari 19 tahun (28,0%) dan usia diatas 21 tahun (4,3%). Vitamin C (46,58%) merupakan suplemen yang paling banyak dikonsumsi, sebagian besar responden tidak dapat menjelaskan cara mendapatkan suplemen yang asli (37,27%), responden paling banyak membeli suplemen di apotek (42,24%), dan sebanyak 49,07% responden merasakan efek lebih bugar dan sehat setelah mengonsumsi suplemen. Berdasarkan analisis data, didapatkan hasil bahwa perbedaan usia tidak memengaruhi tingkat pengetahuan dan ketepatan perilaku responden terhadap penggunaan suplemen.
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