Pharmacy students’ attitude towards providing pharmaceutical care to patients with anxiety and their knowledge of psychotropic medicines in Jordan

Jomaa, Esraa Ebraheem Al; Abdel‐Qader, Derar H.; Silverthorne, Jennifer; Hamadi, Salim; Meslamani, Ahmad Z. Al

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“…The majority of the studies employed a cross‐sectional survey‐based methodology ( n = 8), 28,29,31–36 while one study used a mixed‐methods study design, with a quantitative phase and a qualitative phase 30…”

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“…Table 1 provides a summary of the descriptive characteristics of the studies included in the review. The included studies were reported from Jordan ( n = 4), 29,30,34,36 Kuwait ( n = 2), 31,33 Qatar ( n = 2), 31,32 Saudi Arabia ( n = 1), 28 and United Arab Emirates ( n = 1) 35 . The target populations in all the studies were BSc pharmacy students, 28–36 and PharmD degree 34–36 .…”

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“…Six studies used total population sampling, 30–34,36 one study used stratified sampling, 35 while purposive sampling was used in the qualitative phase of the mixed‐method study included in the review 30 . However, two studies did not include sufficient information about the participants' sampling technique and recruitment method 28,29 …”

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“…The full-text of the 26 articles and five additional articles identified manually were retrieved for further eligibility assessment. Finally, nine articles [28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36] were selected based on the predefined eligibility criteria for the review. The PRISMA flow diagram for the studies selection process is presented in Figure 1.…”

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“…The majority of the studies employed a cross-sectional survey-based methodology (n = 8), 28,29,[31][32][33][34][35][36] while one study used a mixedmethods study design, with a quantitative phase and a qualitative phase. 30 The appraisal of the identified articles based on the MMAT checklist showed that all of the nine studies demonstrated sufficient methodological rigours and robustness.…”

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Pharmaceutical care education at pharmacy colleges in the Middle East and North Africa region: A systematic review

Boura

Awaisu

ElGeed

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Clinical Pharmacy Therapeu

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What is known and objective New pharmacy curricula include content that equip students with a bundle of professional and interpersonal skills that allows the provision of evidence‐based patient‐centred pharmaceutical care (PC). PC has been adopted as a practise model underpinning these new roles for pharmacists in developed countries. However, anecdotal evidence suggests that countries in the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region have been relatively slow in including PC in pharmacy education. There seems to be a need to more accurately describe the extent to which PC is included in pharmacy education in the MENA region. The objective of this systematic review was (a) to determine the status of PC education in schools and colleges of pharmacy in the MENA region and (b) to identify pharmacy students' and/or educators' perceptions and attitudes towards PC, preparedness level to PC provision and perceived barriers to implement this practise model in countries of the MENA region. Methods A comprehensive literature search was conducted using MEDLINE, EMBASE, SCOPUS, International Pharmaceutical Abstract and ProQuest databases to identify articles published from 2000 to 2021. Selection of studies for inclusion in the review was based on a pre‐determined eligibility criterion to retrieve original research articles addressing the review objectives. Results Nine articles were eligible for inclusion in the review. The majority of the studies (n = 8) employed a survey‐based research method. The studies were conducted in Jordan (n = 4), Kuwait (n = 2), Qatar (n = 2), Saudi Arabia (n = 1) and United Arab Emirates (n = 1). The findings suggest that pharmacy students had overall positive attitude and perception towards PC and some studies reported that students expressed good preparedness levels to implement most of the PC aspects. Several barriers to the implementation of PC were reported such as the slow educational reforms in pharmacy programs and a number of organizational and professional barriers. The studies provided recommendations for improvements in the pharmacy curricula to support pharmacy students' preparation to become competent PC practitioners. What is new and conclusion The literature describing PC education in the MENA region is limited. Joint efforts among educational institutions and health authorities are needed to support PC implementation. There is a need to conduct further research to explore the status of PC education and practise in the different countries within the MENA region. This can drive future directions of pharmacy education to meet the needs of the pharmacy profession and healthcare systems in these countries.

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Pharmacy students’ knowledge of psychotropic medicines and their attitude towards providing pharmaceutical care to patients with anxiety in Nigeria

Akande-Sholabi¹,

Bakare²,

Adebisi³

2023

njpr

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Background: Healthcare professionals, such as pharmacists, play critical roles in the management of mental disorders by assessing the potential for adverse reactions, providing medication counseling, and medication review optimize treatment regimens.Objectives: This study aims to assess the knowledge of pharmacy students in a Nigerian university regarding psychotropic medicines and their attitude towards providing pharmaceutical care to patients with anxiety.Method: A cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted in May 2021 among fourth- and fifth-year pharmacy students in a Nigerian university. The data were summarized using descriptive statistics, such as frequencies and percentages. Chi square was utilized to examine the association between the demographic characteristics and the respondents' overall knowledge and attitude.Results: The response rate was 85%, as 126 responses were received. About half of the respondents 69 (54.8%) reported that they have received training on psychotropic medicines and 9 (9.1%) have been previously diagnosed with anxiety disorders. Only 53 (42.1%) and 71 (56.3%) of our respondents knew that escitalopram and alprazolam are categorized as anxiolytics respectively. Most respondents would like to talk to patients with anxiety about their medications 110 (87.3%), attend training on pharmaceutical care for patients with anxiety 103 (81.7%), and obtain a medication history for people with anxiety 113 (89.7%). Ninety-four (74.6%) pharmacy students would like to suggest prescription medication for a patient with anxiety and only 88 (69.8%) would like to correct any errors in prescription in any anxiety cases. Our findings also revealed that there is a significant association between the students’ attitude and year of study (p=0.038) and previous training on psychotropic medicines (p=0.004).Conclusion: Findings from this study suggested that participants require improved knowledge and training of psychotropic medicines.

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Pharmacy students’ attitude towards providing pharmaceutical care to patients with anxiety and their knowledge of psychotropic medicines in Jordan

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Pharmaceutical care education at pharmacy colleges in the Middle East and North Africa region: A systematic review

Pharmaceutical care education at pharmacy colleges in the Middle East and North Africa region: A systematic review

Pharmacy students’ knowledge of psychotropic medicines and their attitude towards providing pharmaceutical care to patients with anxiety in Nigeria

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