Knowledge of final year medicine, pharmacy, audiology and nursing students in South Africa on drug-induced ototoxicity: A pilot study
| Autor: | Natalie Schellack, Lebogang Ramma, O. Mogole, Cara Hollander |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Students Health Occupations medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis Universities Pilot Projects Pharmacy Computer-assisted web interviewing Audiology Nonprobability sampling South Africa Young Adult pharmacotherapy Pharmacotherapy Ototoxicity Nursing Health care lcsh:Oral communication. Speech Humans Medicine Original Research Multidisciplinary training students business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease Cross-Sectional Studies ototoxicity lcsh:P95-95.6 Female business Malaria multidisciplinary |
| Zdroj: | South African Journal of Communication Disorders, Vol 66, Iss 1, Pp e1-e12 (2019) South African Journal of Communication Disorders, Volume: 66, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-12, Published: 2019 The South African Journal of Communication Disorders |
| ISSN: | 2225-4765 0379-8046 |
| Popis: | Background: There is a high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis (TB), cancer and malaria in South Africa, and the drugs used to treat these conditions can be ototoxic. It is therefore important that healthcare professionals are able to identify and understand these drugs and their effects to ensure effective care of the patient. Objective: This study aimed to assess the knowledge regarding pharmacotherapy-induced ototoxicity amongst final year, medicine, pharmacy, audiology and nursing students across South African universities. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used, and data were collected via a self-administered online questionnaire. Non-probability purposive sampling was used to identify the participants at the universities which train audiologists, pharmacists, medical and nursing students. Results: An overall response rate of 41% ( n = 720) was obtained. Sixty-four per cent ( n = 461) of respondents were women (median age: 23 years). The majority of the respondents (95%) knew what pharmacotherapy-induced ototoxicity was, but a few (39%) knew the general signs and symptoms of ototoxicity. Furthermore, just less than half of the sample (48%) could identify the specific ototoxic medicines and the type of damage caused by this medication. Conclusion: To manage pharmacotherapy-induced ototoxicity effectively, a multidisciplinary healthcare team must have sufficient knowledge about ototoxicity. Therefore, efforts should be made to introduce extensively concepts of pharmacotherapy-induced ototoxicity into the undergraduate curricula of pharmacy, medical, nursing and audiology programmes. |
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