Knowledge, attitude and practice of pharmacists employed in Tehran pharmacies regarding calcium and vitamin D supplements. A Simulation Based Study in Iran

Publish Year: 1398
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تاریخ نمایه سازی: 28 بهمن 1398

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Introduction Vitamin D deficiency is considered to be one of the most common nutritional diseases worldwide, particularly in Iran based on the coverage of peoples and limited exposure to natural sunlight especially in urban areas, the Iranian people were strongly encouraged to take vitamin D supplements. There are several reports regarding vitamin D toxicity after long term consumption of vitamin D inappropriately.it is the first published alarm for health professionals in Iran. These necessitate prompt, improvement in the knowledge and skills of pharmacists about Vitamin D and calcium supplements to practice professionally toward better clinical judgment. In this regard, the present study was designed andimplemented to investigate a valid questionnaire and to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of pharmacists working in community pharmacies of Tehran about calcium and vitamin D supplements. Methods this study is a cross-sectional KAP survey in Oct 2018. A data gathering questionnaire consisting 3 parts of demographic information, as well as attitude, and knowledge of pharmacists was developed. Validity of the questionnaires was checked by expert faculty pharmacists and confirmed after corrections. The knowledge and attitude section of the questionnaire was completed by 200 pharmacists who participated in the continuous education programs and a simulated patient method wasused to determine the practice of the pharmacists. For this purpose, the scenario and relevant questions were designed as a logical algorithm. After collecting the data, statistical analysis of the data was performed using appropriate statistical tests applying SPSS 21.0 software. In all statistical tests, the significance level was considered as p <0.05. Results Overall 200 pharmacists including 66 males (33%) and 134 females(67%) with a mean ± SD age of 38.30 ± 12.21 years and work experience of 11.99 ± 10.70 years. The score for knowledge and practice were 10.46 ± 3.15 (out of 20) and 18.96 ± 9.93 (out of 100) , respectively. Pharmacists had a positive attitude regarding sufficient knowledge about supplements, also they had positive attitude for their independent judgment regarding administration of supplements (99.49%) , the recommendation of a supplement by pharmacists (64.31%) and the necessity of regular administration calcium supplements and vitamin D in the elderly (81.72%). Conclusion Our results show that the levels of knowledge were moderate and the practice scores were poor. it is necessary to plan the essential training courses for pharmacists and to improve their knowledge and skills in this regard.

Authors

Masoud Azadi

Student Research committee, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Hadi Esmaily

Clinical Pharmacy Department, Pharmacy School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Jamshid Salamzadeh

Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran