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A Questionnaire Based Survey among Community Pharmacy Personnel to Evaluate the Level of Knowledge Towards Antimicrobial Prescriptions and Adverse Drug Reactions

Author(s) Nithya Kalyani R, Sriram s
Country India
Abstract Abstract:
Introduction:Antibiotics, which have revolutionized medicine and saved millions of lives worldwide, are losing their efficacy because of the rapid emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Moreover, growing rates of AMR are now increasing morbidity, mortality, and costs. Rational use of medicines is essential as it ensures patient safety, optimizes therapeutic outcomes, prevents the development of drug-related problems, and reduces the overall cost of healthcare. The role of the pharmacist has a great potential to promote the proper use of antibiotics in the community, as they have the ability for effective and rational prescribing. Objective: To conduct a questionnaire based survey among Community pharmacists to evaluate the level of knowledge and antimicrobial prescriptions and adverse drug reactions in community pharmacies located in Coimbatore.Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted by distributing a self-administered questionnaire among community pharmacists in Coimbatore. A convenience sample of 113 community pharmacies who gave their written consent were surveyed.Results:A total number of 150 community pharmacies were visited of which only 113 pharmacies provided their written consent and agreed for the survey. The entire study population included 75% of male and 25% of female. Qualified community pharmacists running a community pharmacy was very low, only 20 pharmacies out of 113 pharmacies were run by pharmacist. Graduates with other UG and PG degrees are running the pharmacies on high proportion. Non-Pharmacy professionals were found on a high ratio even people with secondary and higher secondary education are running the pharmacies. About 12 community pharmacy personnel had knowledge on ADR, only 10 had knowledge on Pharmacovigilance and 60 of them came across antibiotic induced ADR. Only 5 of the community pharmacy personnel had reported ADR and 7 of them had knowledge on AMC.Even though, pharmacists felt ADR monitoring is very much essential and were willing to report, they are unaware about the National Pharmacovigilance Program of India and their initiatives towards reporting ADR’s by healthcare professionals.
Keywords Community Pharmacists, Antimicrobials, Adverse drug reactions
Field Medical / Pharmacy
Published In Volume 6, Issue 3, May-June 2024
Published On 2024-05-31
Cite This A Questionnaire Based Survey among Community Pharmacy Personnel to Evaluate the Level of Knowledge Towards Antimicrobial Prescriptions and Adverse Drug Reactions - Nithya Kalyani R, Sriram s - IJFMR Volume 6, Issue 3, May-June 2024. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i03.21589
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i03.21589
Short DOI https://doi.org/gtw6qm
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