Pharmacists' knowledge of drug food administration and their appropriate patient counseling a cross-sectional study from Palestine

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Research

Shahd Tahan¹  Roa’a Nassar¹  Maysoon Damere¹  Hiba Zyoud¹  Hadeel Salameh¹  Murad Abualhasan¹ 

[1] Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, P.O. Box 7, Nablus, State of Palestine, Palestine;

关键词: Pharmacists knowledge;    Drug-food interactions;    Community pharmacists;    Patient counseling;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s41043-023-00444-9

 received in 2023-08-15, accepted in 2023-09-08,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Pharmacists have a responsibility in the treatment of patients. Interactions between food and drugs may lead to a loss of therapeutic effectiveness or drug toxicity. Our study's objectives were to assess pharmacists' knowledge of patient counseling with regard to informing the patient about taking the drug in relation to food, as well as community pharmacists' knowledge of any pharmaceutical instructions that must be given to patients when delivering the drug. The pharmacists were assessed using an interview questionnaire. The results showed a variation in the pharmacist's knowledge about the administration of the drug with food. The chief pharmacists had better knowledge of the proper food administration counseling than that of assistant pharmacists; the percentage of those who did not give the proper food counseling was 24 vs. 58%, respectively (P < 0.05). Only (21%) of pharmacists with more work experience provided proper counseling, while only 18.2 and 18.7% of pharmacists with moderate and low work experience provided proper counseling, respectively. The study showed the pharmacists’ limited knowledge of drug administration with food and outdated counseling information. It is highly recommended that a continuous education system be encouraged and enforced by the ministry of health to update pharmacist’s knowledge of dispensed drugs.

【 授权许可】

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© BioMed Central Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2023

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