Impact of education on the knowledge, attitude and practice of disposal of expired and unused medications among pharmacy students.

Autor:	Mahnoora Z; Nitte (Deemed to be University), NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (NGSMIPS), Department of Pharmacy Practice, Mangaluru, Karnataka 575018, India., Nandakumar UP; Nitte (Deemed to be University), NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (NGSMIPS), Department of Pharmacy Practice, Mangaluru, Karnataka 575018, India. Electronic address: nandakumarvtkv@gmail.com., Joel JJ; Nitte (Deemed to be University), NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (NGSMIPS), Department of Pharmacy Practice, Mangaluru, Karnataka 575018, India. Electronic address: junojoel@nitte.edu.in., Kolar R; Nitte (Deemed to be University), KS Hegde Medical Academy (KSHEMA), Department of Community Medicine, Mangaluru, Karnataka 575018, India. Electronic address: resh_stat@yahoo.com., Chand S; Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, Lucknow, India. Electronic address: sureechand193@gmail.com.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Annales pharmaceutiques francaises [Ann Pharm Fr] 2023 Jun; Vol. 81 (4), pp. 667-673. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Dec 23.
DOI:	10.1016/j.pharma.2022.12.008
Abstrakt:	Objective: To assess the impact of education among pharmacy students on their level of knowledge, attitude and practices in the disposal of expired and unused medications. Materials and Methods: A pre-test post-test study without control group was conducted in which a total of 573 students pursuing Bachelor of Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy programmes were enrolled. The impact of education provided was analysed with the aid of a previously validated KAP questionnaire. Data on KAP was analysed using SPSS software 24.0. Results and Discussion: The knowledge, attitude and practice of the total students improved from 74.17±17.063 to 91.06±11.87, 75.92±19.26 to 91.73±12.318 and 43.11±22.77 to 82.06±16.149 respectively. The improvement with respect to knowledge and attitude was significantly high among Doctor of Pharmacy students when compared to Bachelor of Pharmacy, with P value<0.001 for both domains. Conclusion: The present study concludes on the effectiveness of educational intervention in generating a positive impact on the student population with respective to adequate disposal practices to be followed for unused and expired medications. (Copyright © 2022 Académie Nationale de Pharmacie. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)
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