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A national study to assess pharmacists' preparedness against COVID-19 during its rapid rise period in Pakistan.
Hussain, Iltaf; Majeed, Abdul; Saeed, Hamid; Hashmi, Furqan K; Imran, Imran; Akbar, Muqarrab; Chaudhry, Muhammad O; Rasool, Muhammad Fawad.
  • Hussain I; Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.
  • Majeed A; Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.
  • Saeed H; University College of Pharmacy, Allama Iqbal Campus, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Hashmi FK; University College of Pharmacy, Allama Iqbal Campus, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Imran I; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.
  • Akbar M; Department of Political Science, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.
  • Chaudhry MO; School of Economics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.
  • Rasool MF; Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.
PLoS One ; 15(11): e0241467, 2020.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-914230
ABSTRACT
To evaluate the pharmacist's preparedness against the COVID-19 during its rapid rise period in Pakistan, an online cross-sectional study was carried out from March 30 to May 22, 2020 among the pharmacists using a pre-validated self-administered questionnaire. A total of 1149 participants completed the survey, amongst which 430(37.9%) were working as retail pharmacists, 216 (18.8%) as community pharmacists, and 213(18.5%) as hospital pharmacists. The mean COVID-19 knowledge score of the participants was 6.77±0.5, which indicated that 84% of them had good knowledge about COVID-19. The multiple linear regression model revealed that attitude was significantly associated with gender (p = 0.001), marital status (p<0.0001) and resident (p = 0.013). The mean practice score was 2.85±0.4, showing that 94% of the participants were following adequate preventive practices against this infection. The results from this study suggest that Pharmacists demonstrated good knowledge, positive attitudes, and acceptable practices regarding COVID-19.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pharmacists / Pneumonia, Viral / Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Coronavirus Infections / Pandemics Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged / Young adult Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: PLoS One Journal subject: Science / Medicine Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Journal.pone.0241467

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pharmacists / Pneumonia, Viral / Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Coronavirus Infections / Pandemics Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged / Young adult Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: PLoS One Journal subject: Science / Medicine Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Journal.pone.0241467