Awareness about drug information center among health-care professionals at a tertiary care hospital

Kesari, Harshad V; Shirure, Prashant A.; Deshkar, Anuradha T

doi:10.5455/njppp.2017.7.0101331012017

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“…From the various opinions received about the establishment of the DIC a main opinion was to open it up at hospital and being the place were patient friendly and pharmacist friendly it can be useful to bring the change in the environment and to change the current drug scenario in the nation. A common and widely perspective DIC with proper set of information and providers is a necessary part and is being welcomed [8][9][10][11][12].…”

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A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire-Based Study to Find Out the Knowledge and Awareness of Community Pharmacist and Physician about Drug Information Center (DIC) and Its Services

Hadia¹,

Shah²,

Parikh³

et al. 2021

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Background: Drug information centre (DIC) is a facility specially developed to provide relevant, accurate and unbiased drug information (DI) to consumer and health care professionals regarding the proper use of the drugs, drug safety and all the critical problems regarding the drug information of their usage and side effects. Objective: The present study was about to access the knowledge of the primary care physicians and community pharmacists about the DIC and its facilities and to spread awareness regarding the same. Methodology: A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study was conducted among the 88 participants of Vadodara city, Halol-Kalol town for 6 months of period. 68 pharmacist and 20 physicians took part in the study from these cities. The data was further Analysed by comparing the available data and resource to find out the awareness regarding the DIC. Result: During the study duration, a total of 88 participants took part in the study from various out of them 68 (77%) were community Pharmacist, and 20 (23%) were primary care physicians. In the end of the study, 48 (70.2%) pharmacist and 10 (50%) physicians know about the following data of DI, DIC, DIQ (Drug Information Query), resources and the role of pharmacist in DIC and it was clearly evaluated that the knowledge about the DIC, DI, DIQ was not thoroughly available for the pharmacist and physicians. Conclusion: The present study concludes that the awareness about Drug Information Centre (DIC), Drug Information, and its value and importance is not as much as it should be in Vadodara city, Halol-Kalol. Several awareness programme should be carried to bring the importance and value of DIC in limelight and to make it accessible easily for all to decrease several drug related problems.

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A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire-Based Study to Find Out the Knowledge and Awareness of Community Pharmacist and Physician about Drug Information Center (DIC) and Its Services

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Shah²,

Parikh³

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“…3 DI is the knowledge of acquired facts through study, reading, and practical experience related to a chemical substance intended for the diagnostic uses or treatment and prevention of disease. 4 DI also provides both written and/or verbal information related to the drugs and medication therapy upon request from various committees, healthcare providing organizations, patients, and public health officers. 5 Furthermore, providing safe and effective patient care for DI requires a thorough evaluation of a specific patient or patient population.…”

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Analysis of Practice of Drug Information Resources by Dentists in Saudi Arabia

Alomi¹,

Alshammari²,

Alsaab³

2021

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Aim: This study's objective was to analyze dentists' practice of drug information resources in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methods: This is a 4-month cross-sectional study about the dentists' practice of drug information resources in Saudi Arabia. It is a self-reported and electronic survey of dentists. We included dentists from interns to consultants and from all specialties in dentistry and located in Saudi Arabia. The survey consisted of two parts. The first part collected demographic information. The second part collected data about the type of drug information inquiries, aspects of dental drug information resources, and the dental drug information resources and types of dental drug information resources used in practice are responsible. We used the 5-point Likert response scale system to obtain responses to the survey questions. The data were collected through the Survey Monkey system and analyzed through the Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS), Jeffery's Amazing Statistics Program (JASP), and Microsoft Excel (version 16). Results: The average number of dental information resources was 0.84 per patient daily. The most commonly referred resource in relation to the dental drug information was biweekly (94 (36.43%)), monthly (92 (35.66%)) followed by weekly (35 (13.58%)) newsletter in addition to those published a few times per year (18 (6.98%)). The most frequently searched question was about the adverse reaction (190 (73.36%)) and drug availability (144 (55.60%)), whereas the majority of the dental prescriptions was related to the oral ulcer (83 (32.05%)) and sedation medications (74 (28.57%)). The average score for the item "implemented items for dental drug information resources" was 1.78. The highest score was obtained for the element "an annual plan of dental drug information resources" (1.88). In contrast, the lowest score was obtained for "dental drug information resources dentist's competency" (1.7), with statistically significant differences between all responses (p<0.001). The highest scores of dental drug information resources (to authorities) the responsibility was a clinical pharmacist (4.65) and pharmacy technicians (4.34). In contrast, the lowest score was dentists (2.19), with statistical signification among all answers in each aspect (p<0.001). Conclusion: Despite the demand for resources to resolve drug-related dental care problems, the resources were seldom utilized. Targeting education and training of dental information resources is required to improve dental patient care in Saudi Arabia.

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Awareness about drug information center among health-care professionals at a tertiary care hospital

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A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire-Based Study to Find Out the Knowledge and Awareness of Community Pharmacist and Physician about Drug Information Center (DIC) and Its Services

A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire-Based Study to Find Out the Knowledge and Awareness of Community Pharmacist and Physician about Drug Information Center (DIC) and Its Services

Analysis of Practice of Drug Information Resources by Dentists in Saudi Arabia

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