ResearcherID - CLICK HERE Scientific Journal Impact Factor (SJIF-2020) - CLICK HERE

COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS' KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND PRACTICES REGARDING MEDICATION SAFETY FOR PREGNANT WOMEN

S.K. Godasu, Kyatham Hemanth, D. Varun, Jaffer Sadik Mohammed , T.Naga Aparna

The aim of the study is to assess the community pharmacist’s knowledge, attitude and practice towards medication safety during pregnancy. Community Pharmacy in and around Global Hospital , Hyderabad, Telangana. The study received clearance from Sree dattha institute of Pharmacy ethical committee after submitting the proposal with study title, duration, inclusion and exclusion criteria, objectives and a brief methodology about work to be carried. The KAP (Knowledge, Attitude & Practices) study was conducted among community pharmacists towards medication safety in pregnant women. A total of 260 community pharmacists agreed to participate in the study. A total of 260 community pharmacists were enrolled in the study, in which 157 male pharmacists and 103 female pharmacist. The cross sectional study concluded that more number of study subjects were male between 20-29 years with diploma in pharmacy education. The study found that community pharmacists are having a poor knowledge, positive attitude and poor practice about safe medication use in pregnant women. Poor levels of knowledge directly pay a path to poor practice among community pharmacists. This can be fulfilled by providing focused educational intervention to CPs, based on the lacunas observed in the study. As women take different medications during pregnancy, both prescription and over-the-counter drugs, including complementary and traditional medications, it is important to understand their knowledge about the use of such products in pregnancy. The absence of obligatory continuing pharmacy education for pharmacists is expected to have negatively affected the level of medication knowledge and consequently the pharmaceutical care services delivered in community and hospital pharmacies. Keywords: Assessment, Community Pharmacist, Medication Safety, Pregnant Women

FULL TEXT