Journal of Education and Health Promotion

‘Perceptions’ and ‘practices’ to antibiotic usage among diabetic patients receiving care from a rural tertiary care center: A mixed‑methods study

. Manjunath Inchara; . Mahendra M. Reddy; . Nagesh Ramya

Volume 12, Issue 5 , June 2022, , Pages 1-7

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BACKGROUND: Contribution to antibiotic resistance can happen at two interfaces – doctorprescribing antibiotics inadvertently or patient’s usage of antibiotics inadvertently. ... Read More BACKGROUND: Contribution to antibiotic resistance can happen at two interfaces – doctorprescribing antibiotics inadvertently or patient’s usage of antibiotics inadvertently. This study wasconducted among diabetic inpatients in a rural tertiary health center in Kolar, South India, to assessthe various practices related to antibiotic use and to explore the possible reasons for these practiceswith regard to antibiotic use.MATERIALS AND METHODS: An exploratory sequential mixed‑methods study was conductedwith an initial cross‑sectional quantitative study followed by qualitative in‑depth interviews duringAugust–September 2019. A pretested semi‑structured questionnaire was used to capture thesociodemographic, disease‑, and treatment‑related characteristics and practices related to antibioticuse. An open‑ended interview guide was used to conduct in‑depth interviews. The practices toantibiotic use were reported using frequency (percentage). Manual descriptive content analyses weredone by two investigators separately to identify codes under the broad topic “reasons for adoptedpractices with regard to antibiotic use.”RESULTS: Of the 152 diabetic inpatients interviewed, 20 (13.2%) felt that antibiotics are safe drugsand can be used commonly. Among these inpatients, seven (4.6%) knew that antibiotics can killbacteria and four (2.6%) perceived ‘antibiotic resistance’ as a big problem in India. The practiceof checking the expiry date before using antibiotics was seen in 21 (13.8%) and 44 (29%) of themfinished the full course of antibiotics. A total of six codes were identified under the broad theme of“reasons for adopted practices with regard to antibiotic use” among diabetic inpatients.CONCLUSIONS: Less than one‑third of them completed the antibiotic course given by the doctor, andalmost everyone was ready for over‑the‑counter purchase of antibiotics offered by the pharmacist.The reasons for such practices were mostly attributed to the “partial drug purchases” and “incompleteadvice by the doctor.” There is an urgent need to plan and deliver an interventional package to enhancethe knowledge and inculcate good antibiotic usage practices among these high‑risk populations.

The knowledge of COVID‑19 treatments, behaviors, and attitudes of providing the information on COVID‑19 treatments: Perspectives of pharmacy students

. Dyah Aryani Perwitasari; . Imaniar Noor Faridah; . Haafizah Dania; . Lolita Lolita; . Lalu Muhammad Irham; . Muthia Dewi Marthilia Alim; . Maratun Shoaliha; . Mochammad Junaidy Heriyanto

Volume 11, Issue 5 , June 2021, , Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: Increasing community awareness about the transmission and treatment ofCOVID‑19 will stop the spread of the virus. Pharmacy students are the potential facilitator to givecommunity ... Read More BACKGROUND: Increasing community awareness about the transmission and treatment ofCOVID‑19 will stop the spread of the virus. Pharmacy students are the potential facilitator to givecommunity education about COVID‑19 treatment. The objective of this study is to evaluate thepharmacy students’ knowledge of COVID‑19 treatment, behavior, and attitude of providing theinformation about COVID‑19 treatment.MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted cross‑sectional study, recruiting 429 pharmacystudents from three schools of pharmacy in Indonesia. The questionnaire about the knowledge ofCOVID‑19 treatment, behavior, and attitude of providing the information on COVID‑19 treatment metthe validity and reliability criteria. We defined the proportion of knowledge, behavior, and attitude ofthe students using SPSS® version 22.RESULTS: Most of the students are in the earlier years (46.63%), female (84.15%), find the informationabout COVID‑19 from many sources of media (85.08%) including scientific articles and knowinformation about COVID‑19 transmission around their life area (76.46%). The students’ knowledgeabout antiviral and plasma convalescent is good (>70%), the positive behaviors are related to theCOVID‑19 treatment information regarding to the antiviral and the provision of Vitamin C (>50%), andthe positive attitude are related to giving information about the use of avigan®, plasma convalescent,chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, and immunomodulator (>50%).CONCLUSIONS: As a future pharmacist, the knowledge of pharmacy students about COVID‑19treatment needs to be improved since earlier years. Furthermore, using the good knowledge aboutCOVID‑19 treatment, the positive behavior and attitude of providing information of the students, thecommunity behavior and attitude will be improved. The high year students have a tendency for thegood knowledge and positive behavior and attitude of providing the information.

Approaches and perspectives for online learning during the COVID‑19 pandemic and future chaos

. Shagufta Nesar; . Kiran Rafiq; . Muhammad Rizwan; . Syed Mehmood Hasan

Volume 11, Issue 4 , May 2021, , Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: Online learning (OLL) methodology has been incorporated in higher educationextensively on the mount over the last few decades and with the onset of COVID‑19 situation, ... Read More

Evaluation of pharmacy information system in teaching, private and social services Hospitals in 2011

. Sakineh Saghaeiannejad-Isfahani; . Razieh Mirzaeian; . Hasan Jannesari; . Asghar Ehteshami; . Awat Feizi; . Ahmadreza Raeisi

Volume 4, Issue 2 , May 2014, , Pages 1-6

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Objective: Supporting a therapeutic approach and medication therapy management, thepharmacy information system (PIS) acts as one of the pillars of hospital information system.This ensures ... Read More

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‘Perceptions’ and ‘practices’ to antibiotic usage among diabetic patients receiving care from a rural tertiary care center: A mixed‑methods study

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The knowledge of COVID‑19 treatments, behaviors, and attitudes of providing the information on COVID‑19 treatments: Perspectives of pharmacy students

Abstract

Approaches and perspectives for online learning during the COVID‑19 pandemic and future chaos

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Evaluation of pharmacy information system in teaching, private and social services Hospitals in 2011

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