Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices (KAPs) of Community Pharmacists Regarding COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Survey in 2 Provinces of Pakistan

Muhammad, Khayal; Saqlain, Muhammad; Muhammad, Gul; Hamdard, Ataullah; Naveed, Muhammad; Butt, Muhammad Hammad; Khan, Siraj; Ismael, Najlaa Saadi; Khan, Zakir; Karataş, Yusuf

doi:10.1017/dmp.2021.54

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“…On the other hand, the finding of the present reviewed studies consistently showed that health professionals who were older, highly educated, and who had obtained information from social media, such as television, had good knowledge of COVID-19 compared to their counterparts (24). A possible explanation for this finding is the ability of highly educated health professionals to easily understand the nature of the disease and identify the sources of information.…”

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confidence: 64%

“…The direction of the association of gender, service year, and taking infection prevention training were reported inconsistent among studies. Three studies reported that being female had a positive association with knowledge (20,23), while one study reported the opposite (24). In addition, being elder, having a higher level of education, and the use of social media as sources of information were factors found to be associated with better knowledge.…”

Section: Study Outcome Measuresmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…Regarding factors associated with attitude, having high knowledge (21,24), absences of chronic illness, and a high level of education (24) were positively associated with attitude. Furthermore, types of profession (15,21), service years (15), age (17), level of education (17), use of personal protective equipment (21), and gender (29) were significantly associated with HCPs' practice toward COVID-19 (Table 3).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Healthcare Providers Toward Novel Coronavirus 19 During the First Months of the Pandemic: A Systematic Review

Tegegne

Kefale

Engidaw

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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Introduction: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a highly contagious viral infection that has spread to every corner of the world. Lack of knowledge among healthcare providers (HCPs) about diseases such as COVID-19 may delay the diagnosis, disease spread, and produce poor infection control practices. Hence, this systematic review aimed to summarize the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of HCPs toward COVID-19 during the first months of the pandemic.Methods: A systematic review was conducted according the PRISMA guidelines, and the protocol was registered on PROSPERO (CRD42020191742). A relevant article search was performed on EMBASE, PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, and the Google Scholar database. The methodological quality of studies was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale. The median percentage of HCPs with good KAP was computed.Results: Twenty studies involving 12,072 HCPs were included in the review process. Median percentages of 75.8% (IQR: 69.3–87.7%), 74.6% (IQR: 54.4–74.6), and 79.8% (IQR: 67.0–79.8%) of HCPs had good knowledge, and positive attitude and practice, respectively. Although the reported risk factors were inconsistent among studies, age, gender, level of education, experience, infection prevention training, and sources of information were associated with knowledge of HCPs. In addition, being elderly, having a high level of education, absence of chronic illness, and good knowledge and practice were significantly associated with the attitude of HCPs. Further, types of profession, experience, age, level of education, use of personnel protective equipment, and gender were significantly associated with the practice of HCPs.Conclusions: Approximately, three-fourths of HCPs had good knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward COVID-19 during the first months of the pandemic, although the percentage of HCPs was inconsistent in different study settings. In addition, associated factors of KAP were inconsistent among studies; hence, stake holders should target locally identified risk factors to design relevant education packages and infection prevention training to halt the rapid transmission of COVID-19.Systematic Review Registration:https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42020191742, identifier: CRD42020191742.

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confidence: 93%

Section: Study Outcome Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Healthcare Providers Toward Novel Coronavirus 19 During the First Months of the Pandemic: A Systematic Review

Tegegne

Kefale

Engidaw

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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“…A questionnaire was designed from the published studies related to COVID-19 [9,[12][13][14][15][16][17][18].…”

Section: Outcome Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Awareness of COVID-19 among Illiterate Population in Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

Salman

Mustafa²,

Asif

et al. 2021

Disaster med. public health prep.

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Background: COVIID-19 outbreak has been accompanied by a massive infodemic. However, many vulnerable individuals such as illiterate or low-literate, older adults, and rural populations have limited access to health information. In this context, these individuals are more likely to have poor knowledge, attitudes, and preventive practices related to COVID-19. The current study was aimed to investigate COVID-19’s awareness of the illiterate population of Pakistanis. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among illiterate Pakistanis having age ≥ 18 years through a convenient sampling approach. The study participants were interviewed, face to face, by respecting the defined precautionary measures. All data were entered and analyzed using SPSS version 22. Results: The mean age of the study participants’ (N = 394) was 37.2±9.60 years, with the majority of males (80.7%). All participants were aware of the COVID-19 outbreak and television news channels (75.1%) were the primary source of information. The mean knowledge score was 5.33±1.88. About 27% of participants had good knowledge score (score ≥ 7) followed by moderate (score 4-6) and poor (score ≤ 3) knowledge in 41.6%, and 31.5% respondents, respectively. The attitude score was 4.42±1.22 with good (score ≥ 6), average (score 4-5), and poor attitude (score ≤ 3) in 19%, 66%, and 15% participants, respectively. The average practices-related score was 12.80±3.34, with the majority of participants having inadequate practices. Conclusion: COVID-19 knowledge, attitude, and preventive practices of the illiterate population in Pakistan are unsatisfactory. This study highlights the gaps in specific aspects of knowledge and practice that should be addressed through awareness campaigns targeting this specific population.

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“…Also, in low-middle income countries, deaths due to chronic diseases are a serious concern [3]. The mortality in low-middle income countries can be reduced by running public health programs where different stakeholders of the society participate to create awareness among the public about the myths of infectious and non-infectious diseases [4,5].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Knowledge Attitude and Practices in Community Health Programs by the Pharmacists in Lahore, Pakistan

Sherwani

Aslam

Gill

et al. 2021

JPRI

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Introduction: A public health program intends to improve the health care services in society to lessen the disease burden particularly in the case of non-infectious diseases. This research work investigates the knowledge, practice, and attitude of pharmacists in community health programs offered by the government concerning their demographic associates. Methods: A cross-sectional survey from 75 registered pharmacists is conducted in Lahore, Pakistan to explore the role of pharmacists in public health programs by using a self-administered questionnaire from January 01, 2021, to January 15, 2021. The collected data is analyzed through frequencies, percentages, and a chi-square test of association. Results: Most of the pharmacists were in favor that the disease burden can be reduced by indulging pharmacists in public health programs. Many pharmacists already working on public health issues were screening of the blood glucose, blood pressure, obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and smoking cessation. Conclusion: Like many other countries, Pakistan may also effectively accomplish its public health goals by offering training to the pharmacists and retaining them in public health programs at the pharmacy level.

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices (KAPs) of Community Pharmacists Regarding COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Survey in 2 Provinces of Pakistan

Cited by 28 publications

References 35 publications

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Healthcare Providers Toward Novel Coronavirus 19 During the First Months of the Pandemic: A Systematic Review

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Healthcare Providers Toward Novel Coronavirus 19 During the First Months of the Pandemic: A Systematic Review

Awareness of COVID-19 among Illiterate Population in Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

Knowledge Attitude and Practices in Community Health Programs by the Pharmacists in Lahore, Pakistan

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